Unit 1: The FIRST HUMANS: PREHISTORY-3500 BCE
1. The First Humans and the Paleolithic Era 3
2. The Neolithic Era 17
Unit 2: FIRST CIVILIZATIONS: 3500 BCE 300 CE 31
3. Mesopotamia 32
4. Ancient Africa 43
5. The Phoenicians and t he Israelites 65
6. Ancient India 73
7. Ancient China 90
8. Ancient Greece 105
9. Ancient Rome 126
Unit 3: The MIDDLE AGES:400 CE 1500 CE 145
10. The Byzantine Empire 146
11. The Rise of Islam in t he Middle Ages 151
12. Early Civilizations of t he Americas 159
13. Medieval India 170
14. The Golden Age of China 177
15. Medieval Japan 185
16. Europe in t he Middle Ages 193
17. The European Crusades in t he Muslim World 205
Unit 4: RENAISSANCE and REFORMATION: 1350 1650 213
18. The Renaissance Begins 214
19. The Reformation 224
Unit 5: The AGE of EXPLORATION: 1400 1800 235
20. Europe Sets Sail 236
21. Europe Explores Asia (or Tries to) 248
22. American Colonies 255
Unit 6: REVOLUTION and ENLIGHTENMENT: 1500 1865 265
23. The Scienti...fic Revolution and the Enlightenment 266
24. Monarchies Rise in Europe 277
25. The American Revolution 287
26. The French Revolution 297
27. Nationalism A cross Europe and Independence Movements in South America and Haiti 307
28. The American Civil War 315
29. The Indust rial Revolution 325
30. The Women s Movement 338
Unit 7: The ERA of IMPERIALISM: 1800 1914 343
31. The European Quest for Imperialism 344
32. The Scramble for Africa 353
33. Japan Modernizes 361
34. The Spanish-American War 369
35. Reactions to Colonization 377
Unit 8: WORLD CONFLICTS in the EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1914 1945 387
36. World War I 388
37. The Great Depression 409
38. Political Shifts After the War 415
39. World War II 427
Unit 9: POST WORLD WAR II: The WORLD from 1945 to TODAY 449
40. Changes in Europe and t he Middle East After World War II 450
41. The Cold War 461
42. Nationalist and Independence Movements After World War II 475
43. Modern Global Transformations 485
44. Global Security and Major World Events of Today 495"
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