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Each chapter ends with an "Important Events" chronology, and Notes. Part One: THE EMERGENCE OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES, TO 500 B.C.E. 1. Nature, Humanity, and History, to 3500 B.C.E. 2. The First River-Valley Civilizations, 3500-1500 B.C.E. 3. New Civilizations in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, 2200-250 B.C.E. 4. The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 B.C.E. Part Two: THE FORMATION OF NEW CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, 1000 B.C.E.-400 C.E. 5. Greece and Iran, 1000-30 B.C.E. 6. An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E. 7. India and Southeast Asia, 1500 B.C.E.-1025 C.E. Part Three: GROWTH AND INTERACTION OF CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, 300 B.C.E.-1200 C.E. 8. Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.-1100 C.E.. 9. The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam, 200-1200. 10. Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600-1200 . 11. Inner and East Asia, 400-1200. 12. Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 200-1500. Part Four: INTERREGIONAL PATTERNS OF CULTURE AND CONTACT, 1200-1550. 13. Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200-1500. 14. Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200-1500. 15. The Latin West, 1200-1500. 16. The Maritime Revolution, to 1550.

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