1.
Cities, Civilizations, and Sources
2.
From Out of the Mesopotamian Mud
3.
Cultures of the Ancient Near East
4.
Ancient Egypt — The Gift of the Nile
5.
Pharaohs, Tombs, and Gods
6.
The Lost Civilization of the Indus Valley
7.
The Vedic Age of Ancient India
8.
Mystery Cultures of Early Greece
9.
Homer and Indian Poetry
10.
Athens and Experiments in Democracy
11.
Hoplite Warfare and Sparta
12.
Civilization Dawns in China — Shang and Zhou
13.
Confucius and the Greek Philosophers
14.
Mystics, Buddhists, and Zoroastrians
15.
Persians and Greeks
16.
Greek Art and Architecture
17.
Greek Tragedy and the Sophists
18.
The Peloponnesian War and the Trial of Socrates
19.
Philip of Macedon — Architect of Empire
20.
Alexander the Great Goes East
21.
Unifiers of India — Chandragupta and Asoka
22.
Shi Huangdi — First Emperor of China
23.
Earliest Historians of Greece and China
24.
The Hellenistic World
25.
The Great Empire of the Han Dynasty
26.
People of the Toga — Etruscans, Early Rome
27.
The Crucible — Punic Wars, Roman Imperialism
28.
The Death of the Roman Republic
29.
Augustus — Creator of the Roman Empire
30.
Roman Emperors — Good, Bad, and Crazy
31.
Han and Roman Empires Compared — Geography
32.
Han and Roman Empires Compared — Government
33.
Han and Roman Empires Compared — Problems
34.
Early Americas — Resources and Olmecs
35.
Pots and Pyramids — Moche and Teotihuacán
36.
Blood and Corn — Mayan Civilization
37.
Hunter-Gatherers and Polynesians
38.
The Art and Architecture of Power
39.
Comparative Armies — Rome, China, Maya
40.
Later Roman Empire — Crisis and Christianity
41.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
42.
The Byzantine Empire and the Legacy of Rome
43.
China From Chaos to Order Under the Tang
44.
The Golden Age of Tang Culture
45.
The Rise and Flourishing of Islam
46.
Holy Men and Women — Monasticism and Saints
47.
Charlemagne — Father of Europe
48.
Endings, Beginnings, What Does It All Mean?
