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Index
Cover
Also by Susan Wise Bauer
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part One: The Edge of History
Chapter One: The Origin of Kingship
Chapter Two: The Earliest Story
Chapter Three: The Rise of Aristocracy
Chapter Four: The Creation of Empire
Chapter Five: The Age of Iron
Chapter Six: The Philosopher King
Part Two: Firsts
Chapter Seven: The First Written Records
Chapter Eight: The First War Chronicles
Chapter Nine: The First Civil War
Chapter Ten: The First Epic Hero
Chapter Eleven: The First Victory over Death
Chapter Twelve: The First Reformer
Chapter Thirteen: The First Military Dictator
Chapter Fourteen: The First Planned Cities
Chapter Fifteen: The First Collapse of Empire
Chapter Sixteen: The First Barbarian Invasions
Chapter Seventeen: The First Monotheist
Chapter Eighteen: The First Environmental Disaster
Part Three: Struggle
Chapter Nineteen: The Battle for Reunification
Chapter Twenty: The Mesopotamian Mixing Bowl
Chapter Twenty-One: The Overthrow of the Xia
Chapter Twenty-Two: Hammurabi’s Empire
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Hyksos Seize Egypt
Chapter Twenty-Four: King Minos of Crete
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Harappan Disintegration
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Rise of the Hittites
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Ahmose Expels the Hyksos
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Usurpation and Revenge
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Three-Way Contest
Chapter Thirty: The Shifting Capitals of the Shang
Chapter Thirty-One: The Mycenaeans of Greece
Chapter Thirty-Two: Struggle of the Gods
Chapter Thirty-Three: Wars and Marriages
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Greatest Battle in Very Ancient Times
Chapter Thirty-Five: The Battle for Troy
Chapter Thirty-Six: The First Historical King of China
Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Rig Veda
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Wheel Turns Again
Chapter Thirty-Nine: The End of the New Kingdom
Chapter Forty: The Dark Age of Greece
Chapter Forty-One: The Dark Age of Mesopotamia
Chapter Forty-Two: The Fall of the Shang
Part Four: Empires
Chapter Forty-Three: The Mandate of Heaven
Chapter Forty-Four: The Bharata War
Chapter Forty-Five: The Son of David
Chapter Forty-Six: From Western to Eastern Zhou
Chapter Forty-Seven: The Assyrian Renaissance
Chapter Forty-Eight: New Peoples
Chapter Forty-Nine: Trading Posts and Colonies
Chapter Fifty: Old Enemies
Chapter Fifty-One: Kings of Assyria and Babylon
Chapter Fifty-Two: Spectacular Defeat
Chapter Fifty-Three: The Decline of the King
Chapter Fifty-Four: The Assyrians in Egypt
Chapter Fifty-Five: Medes and Persians
Chapter Fifty-Six: Conquest and Tyranny
Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Beginnings and End of Empire
Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Brief Empire
Chapter Fifty-Nine: Cyrus the Great
Chapter Sixty: The Republic of Rome
Chapter Sixty-One: Kingdoms and Reformers
Chapter Sixty-Two: The Power of Duty and the Art of War
Chapter Sixty-Three: The Spreading Persian Empire
Chapter Sixty-Four: The Persian Wars
Part Five: Identity
Chapter Sixty-Five: The Peloponnesian Wars
Chapter Sixty-Six: The First Sack of Rome
Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Rise of the Ch’in
Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Macedonian Conquerors
Chapter Sixty-Nine: Rome Tightens Its Grasp
Chapter Seventy: Alexander and the Wars of the Successors
Chapter Seventy-One: The Mauryan Epiphany
Chapter Seventy-Two: First Emperor, Second Dynasty
Chapter Seventy-Three: The Wars of the Sons
Chapter Seventy-Four: Roman Liberators and Seleucid Conquerors
Chapter Seventy-Five: Between East and West
Chapter Seventy-Six: Breaking the System
Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Problems of Prosperity
Chapter Seventy-Eight: New Men
Chapter Seventy-Nine: Empire
Chapter Eighty: Eclipse and Restoration
Chapter Eighty-One: The Problem of Succession
Chapter Eighty-Two: The Edges of the Roman World
Chapter Eighty-Three: Children on the Throne
Chapter Eighty-Four: The Mistake of Inherited Power
Chapter Eighty-Five: Savior of the Empire
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