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The Early Complex Societies, 3500 to 500 B.C.E. | |
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The Foundations of Complex Societies | |
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The Transition to Agriculture | |
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The Quest for Order | |
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The Formation of a Complex Society and Sophisticated Cultural Traditions | |
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The Broader Influence of Mesopotamian Society | |
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The Indo-European Migrations | |
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Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations | |
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Early Agricultural Society in Africa | |
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The Formation of Complex Societies and Sophisticated Cultural Traditions | |
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Bantu Migrations and Early Agricultural Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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Early Societies in South and East Asia | |
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Harapan Society | |
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The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India | |
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Religion in the Vedic Age | |
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Political Organization in Early China | |
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Society and Family in Ancient China | |
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Early Chinese Writing and Cultural Development | |
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Ancient China and the Larger World | |
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Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania | |
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Early Societies of Mesoamerica | |
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Early Societies of South America | |
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Early Societies of Oceania | |
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The Formation of Classical Societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. | |
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The Empires of Persia | |
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The Rise and Fall of the Persian Empires | |
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The Achaemenid Empire | |
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Imperial Society and Economy | |
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Religions of Salvation in Classical Persian Society | |
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The Unification of China | |
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In Search of Political and Social Order | |
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The Unification of China | |
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From Economic Prosperity to Social Disorder | |
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State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India | |
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The Fortunes of Empire in Classical India | |
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Economic Development and Social Distinctions | |
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Religions of Salvation in Classical India | |
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Mediterranean Society under the Greeks and Romans | |
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Early Development of Greek Society | |
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Greece and the Larger World | |
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The Fruits of Trade: Greek Economy and Society | |
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The Cultural Life of Classical Greece | |
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From Kingdom to Republic | |
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From Republic to Empire | |
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Economy and Society in the Roman Mediterranean | |
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The Cosmopolitan Mediterranean | |
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Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads | |
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Long-Distance Trade and the Silk Roads Network | |
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Cultural and Biological Exchanges along the Silk Roads | |
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China after the Han Dynasty | |
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The Fall of the Roman Empire | |
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The Post-Classical Era, 500 to 1000 C.E. | |
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The Commonwealth of Byzantium | |
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The Early Byzantine Empire | |
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Byzantine Economy and Society | |
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Classical Heritage and Orthodox Christianity | |
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The Influence of Byzantium in Eastern Europe | |
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The Expansive Realm of Islam | |
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A Prophet and His World | |
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The Expansion of Islam | |
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Economy and Society of the Early Islamic World | |
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Islamic Values and Cultural Exchanges | |
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The Resurgence if Empire in East Asia | |
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The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China | |
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The Economic Development of Tang and Song China | |
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Cultural Change in Tang and Song China | |
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Chinese Influence in East Asia | |
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India and the Indian Ocean Basin | |
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Islamic and Hindu Kingdoms | |
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Production and Trade in the Indian Ocean Basin | |
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The Meeting of Hindu and Islamic Traditions | |
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The Influence of Indian Society in Southeast Asia | |
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An Age of Cross Cultural Interaction, 1000 to 1500 C.E. | |
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Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration | |
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Turkish Migrations and Imperial Expansion | |
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The Mongol Empires | |
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After the Mongols | |
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States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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Effects of Early African Migrations | |
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African Society and Cultural Development | |
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Islamic Kingdoms and Empires | |
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Western Europe during the Middle Ages | |
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The Quest for Order and the Establishment of Regional States | |
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Economic Growth and Social Development | |
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European Christianity during the High Middle Ages | |
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The Medieval Expansion of Europe | |
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World Apart: Beyond the Eastern Hemisphere | |
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States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America | |
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States and Empires in South America | |
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The Societies of Oceania | |
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Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions | |
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Long-Distance Trade and Travel | |
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Crisis and Recovery | |
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Exploration and Colonization | |