Contents
Foreword to the Paperback Edition
PART 1: LIFE BEFORE MAN (13.7 billion–7 million BC)
Chapter 2. The Age of Plants and Trees
Chapter 3. The Rise of Animals
PART 2: HUMAN EVOLUTION (7 million–5000 BC)
PART 3: ANCIENT HISTORY (5000 BC–1521 AD)
Chapter 6. The First Civilizations
Chapter 7. Oriental War and Peace
Chapter 8. The Classical World
Chapter 9. Natives and the Americas
PART 4: MODERN HISTORY (570 AD–present day)
Chapter 10. Islamic Globalization
Chapter 12. European Conquest and Revolt
Chapter 13. The Industrialized World
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