ORIGINS OF THE "WEST"
INTRODUCTION
UNIT 1: Pre-History and the Ancient World
Chapter 1 Before Civilization
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Section 1 Before Civilization
Section 2 Early Human Development
Section 3 Later Paleolithic Methods of Adaptation
Section 4 From Hunting and Gathering to Controlling Food Supplies: The Neolithic Revolution
Chapter 2 The First Civilizations
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Section 1 Civilization in the Fertile Crescent
Section 2 Civilization in the Nile Valley
Chapter 3 Migration and Empire: the Spread of Civilization
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Section 1 Empires in Mesopotamia
Section 2 Invasion and Empire in Africa
Section 3 Empires and Kingdoms in the Aegean
Section 4 Kingdoms and City-States in Southwest Asia
UNIT 2: The Rise of the Classical West
Chapter 4 The Persian and Greek World
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Section 1 The Persian Empire
Section 2 The City-States of Greece
Section 3 War and Empire in the Aegean (CA. 500-338 B.C.)
Section 4 The Development of Greek Culture
Chapter 5 The Hellenistic World
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Section 1 The Crisis of Greek Civilization
Section 2 The Rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great
Section 3 Hellenistic Civilization
Chapter 6 The Roman Republic
Chapter 7 The Roman Empire
UNIT 3: Decline and The West in Transition: The Medieval World
Chapter 9 Persia, Byzantium and the Rus
Chapter 10 The Rise of Islam
Chapter 11 A New Civilization in Western Europe: the Rise of Latin Christendom, 476-1350
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Chapter 11 Section 4
Chapter 13 Transformations in Asia and Africa on the Eve of European Overseas Expansion
UNIT 4: Civilizations in Revolution and Confrontation: The Early Modern World
Chapter 14 Seeds of Revolution: European Civilization, 1300-1650
Chapter 15 A New Worldview in Europe, 1500-1750
Chapter 16 The World in the Age of European Expansion, 1492-1763
Chapter 17 European Revolutions of Society and State, 1714-1815
UNIT 5: Consolidation and Expansion of the Modern World
Chapter 18 Industrial Revolution in the West: 1700-1914
Chapter 19 An Era of Expansion and Reform
Chapter 20 Nation-States and Empires in Europe: 1814-1914
Chapter 21 An Imperial World Order, 1757-1914
UNIT 6: The Modern World in Crisis
Chapter 22 World War I
Chapter 23 Revolution, Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism
Chapter 24 The Growth of Colonial Nationalism, 1880-1939
Chapter 25 World War II
UNIT 7: The Emergence of a Post-Imperial World Order
Chapter 26 Postwar Europe and North America, 1945-1968
Chapter 27 The Era of Decolonization
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Section1 Decolonization, Nationalism, and Independence in South Asia
Section 2 The People's Republic of China
Section 3 The Re-emergence of Japan
Section 4 Decolonization and the 'Hot' Cold War in Asia
Section 5 Post-Cold War Asia
Section 6 Nationalism, Decolonization and Independence in Southwest Asia
Section 7 Decolonization and Nationalism In Africa
Chapter 28 Postwar Latin America
Chapter 29 From the Past to the Future: 1968 to the Present
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Section 1 From Cold War To “New World Order”
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
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