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Early Civilizations of the Near East, to 464 B.C.E | |
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Birth and Growth of Mesopotamian Civilization (ca 3000-2331 B.C.E.) | |
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The Invention of Writing and Intellectual Advances (ca 3000-2331 B.C.E.) | |
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Sumerian Thought and Religion | |
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Sumerian Society | |
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The Triumph of Babylon and the Spread of Mesopotamian | |
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Civilization (2331-ca 1595 B.C.E.) | |
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Egypt, the Land of the Pharaohs (3100-1200 B.C.E.) | |
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The God-King of Egypt | |
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The Pharaoh's People | |
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The Hyksos in Egypt (1640-1570 B.C.E) | |
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The New Kingdom: Revival and Empire (1570-1075 B.C.E) | |
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Individuals in Society: Nefertiti | |
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The Rise of the Hittites | |
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A Shattered Egypt and a Rising Phoenicia | |
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The Children of Isreal | |
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Daily Life in Israel | |
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Assyria, the Military Monarchy (859-612 B.C.E) | |
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The Empire of the Persian Kings (ca 1000-464 B.C.E) | |
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The Creation of the Persian Empire (550-464 B.C.E) | |
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The Religion of Zoroaster | |
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The Span of the Persian Empire | |
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The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 C.E. | |
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The Land and Its First Settlers (ca3000-1500 B.C.E) | |
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The Aryans and the Vedic Age (ca 1500-500 B.C.E) | |
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Early Indian Society, 1000-500 B.C.E. | |
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Brahmanism | |
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India's Great Religions | |
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Jainism | |
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Individuals in Society: Gosala | |
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Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism | |
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Hinduism | |
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India and the West (ca 513-298 B.C.E) | |
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The Mauryan Empire (ca 322-185 B.C.E) | |
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The Reign of Ashoka (ca 269-232 B.C.E) | |
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Small States and the Trading Networks (200 B.C.E. -300 C.E. | |
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China's Classical Age, to 256 B.C.E. | |
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The Emergence of Civilization in China | |
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The Neolithic Age | |
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The Shang Dynasty (ca 1500-ca1050 B.C.E) | |
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The Early Zhou Dynasty (ca 1050-500 BCE) | |
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Zhou Politics | |
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Zhou Society | |
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The Warring States Period (500-221 BCE) | |
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Confucius and His Followers | |
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Individuals in Society: Guan Zhong | |
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Daoism, Legalism, and Other Schools of Thought | |
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Daoism | |
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Legalism | |
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Yin and Yang | |
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The Greek Experience (ca 3500-146 B.C.E) | |
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The Polis (ca 800 B.C.E) | |
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The Archaic Age (ca 800-500 B.C.E) | |
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Overseas Expansion | |
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The Growth of Sparta | |
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The Evolution of Athens | |
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The Classical Period (500-338 B.C.E) | |
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The Deadly Conflicts (499-404 B.C.E) | |
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Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles | |
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Aspects of Social Life in Athens | |
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Greek Religion | |
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The Flowering of Philosophy | |
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From Polis to Monarchy (404-323 B.C.E) | |
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The Spread of Hellenism | |
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Cities and Kingdoms | |
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Building a Shared Society | |
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The Economic Scope of the Hellenistic World | |
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Hellenistic Intellectual Advances | |
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Religion in the Hellenistic World | |
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Philosophy and the People | |
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Hellenistic Science | |
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Individuals in Society: Archimedes | |
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Hellenistic Medicine | |
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The World of Rome (753 B.C.E- 479 C.E.) | |
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The Etruscans and Rome (ca 750-290 B.C.E) | |
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The Etruscans and the Roman Settlement of Italy (ca 750-509 B.C.E) | |
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The Roman Conquest of Italy (509-209 B.C.E) | |
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The Roman Republic | |
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Social Conflict in Rome | |
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Roman Expansion and Its Repercussions (282-27 B.C.E) | |
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The Age of Overseas Conquest (282-45 B.C.E) | |
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Old Values and Greek Culture | |
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The Late Republic (133-31 B.C.E) | |
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The Pax Romana | |
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Augustus's Settlement (31 B.C.E-14 C.E) | |
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Administration and Expansion under Augustus | |
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The Coming of Christianity | |
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Unrest in Judaea | |
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The Life and Teachings of Jesus | |
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The Spread of Christianity | |
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The Appeal of Christianity | |
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The "Golden" Age | |
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Individuals in Society: Plutarch of Chaironeia | |
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Life in the Golden Age | |
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Rome and the East (235-284 C.E.) | |
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Conflict and Commerce between Rome and Parthia | |
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Contacts Between Rome and China | |
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The Empire from crisis to Triumph (284-337 C.E.) | |
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Reconstruction under Diocletian and Constantine (284-337 C.E.) | |
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The Acceptance of Christianity | |
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The Construction of Constantinople | |
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From the Classical World to Late Antiquity | |
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East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 256 B.C.E.-800 C.E. | |
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The Age of Empire in China | |
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The Qin Unification (256-206 BCE) | |
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The Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) | |
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Inner Asia and the Silk Road | |
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Han Intellectual and Cultural Life | |
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Economy and Society in Han China | |
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Individuals in Society: The Ban Family | |
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China and Rome | |
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The Fall of the Han and the Age of Division | |
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The Spread of Buddhism Out of India | |
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The Chinese Empire Re-created: Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) | |
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The Tang Dynasty (618-907) | |
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Tang Culture | |
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The East Asian Cultural Sphere | |
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Vietnam | |
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Korea | |
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Japan | |
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Europe and Western Asia, ca 350-850 | |
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The Byzantine Empire | |
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Sources of Byzantine Strength | |
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The Sasanid Kingdom of Persia and Byzantium | |
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Individuals in Society: Theodora of Constantinople | |
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The Law Code of Justinian | |
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Byzantine Intellectual Life | |
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Constantinople: The Second Rome | |
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The Growth of the Christian Church | |
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The Church and its Leaders | |
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The Western Church and the Eastern Church | |
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The Iconoclastic Controversy | |
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Christian Monasticism | |
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Christian Ideas and Practices | |
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Adjustment to Classical Culture | |
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Saint Augustine | |
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Missionary Activity | |
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Conversion and Assimilation | |
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Migrating Peoples | |
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Celts, Huns, and Germans | |
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Barbarian Society | |
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Social and Economic Structures | |
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The Frankish Kingdom | |
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Charlemagne | |
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The Islamic World, ca 600-1400 | |
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The Origins of Islam | |
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Muhammad | |
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The Islamic Faith | |
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Islamic States and Their Expansion | |
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Reasons for the Spread of Islam | |
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The Caliphate | |
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The Abbasid Caliphate | |
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Administration of the Islamic Territories | |
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Fragmentation and Military Challenges (900-1400) | |
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The Ascendancy of the Turks | |
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The Mongols Invasions | |
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Muslim Society: The Life of the People | |
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The Classes of Society | |
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Slavery | |
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Women in Classical Islamic Society | |
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Trade and Commerce | |
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Cultural Developments | |
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Individuals in Society: Abu 'Abdallah Ibn Battuta | |
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Education and Intellectual Life | |
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Sufism | |
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Muslim-Christian Encounters. | |
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African Societies and Kingdoms, ca 400-1450 | |
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The Land and Peoples of Africa | |
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Egypt, Africa, and Race | |
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Early African Societies | |
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Bantu Migrations | |
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Kingdoms of the Western Sudan, ca 1000 BCE-1500 CE | |
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The Trans-Saharan Trade | |
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African Kingdoms and Empires (ca 800-1450) | |
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The Kingdom of Ghana (ca 900-1100) | |
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The Kingdom of Mali (ca1200-1450) | |
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Ethiopia: the Christian Kingdom of Axum | |
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Individuals in Society: Amda Siyon | |
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The East African City-States | |
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Southern Africa | |
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Civilizations of the Americas, 2500 BCE- 1500 CE | |
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The Early Peoples of the Americas | |
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Settling the Americas | |
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The Development of Agriculture | |
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Early Civilizations | |
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Mounds, Towns, and Trade in North and South America | |
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The Olmecs | |
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Classical Era Mesoamerica and North America | |
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Maya Technology and Trade | |
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Maya Science and Religion | |
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Teotihuac���n and the Toltecs | |