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| Introduction | |
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| Prehistory: From the Beginning to ca. 4000 B.C. | |
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| The Stone Age: The Beginning of Mankind | |
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| It All Began in Africa | |
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| Early Hominoids | |
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| Territorial Expansion | |
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| Campsites and the Use of Tools | |
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| Fire and the Hunt | |
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| Language and Burial of the Dead | |
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| Religion and Cults | |
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| The Art of Early Man | |
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| The "Neolithic Revolution" | |
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| The Tell Cultures | |
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| First Empires: ca. 7000 B.C.-200 A.D. | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Migration of Peoples | |
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| The Early States of Mesopotamia | |
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| Ancient Egypt | |
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| The Hittites | |
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| Kingdoms on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent | |
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| Syria and Palestine | |
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| Key Ideas: Judaism | |
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| The Medes and the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids | |
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| The Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes | |
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| Key Ideas: The Religions of India, China, and Japan | |
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| India from the Beginnings to the Invasion of Alexander the Great | |
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| Early China up to the "Warring States" Period | |
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| The Ancient World: ca. 2500 B.C.-900 A.D. | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Crete and Mycenae - The Beginnings of Greek Culture | |
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| Classical Greece from the Culture of the Polis to the End of Independence | |
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| The Rise and Fall of a World Power: From Macedonia to the Diadochoi | |
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| Judea and Arabia before the Romans | |
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| Carthage: World Power and Rival of Rome | |
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| The Etruscans: The League to the Roman Empire | |
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| Rome: From the Beginnings to the End of the Republic | |
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| In Focus: The Roman Empire | |
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| The Rule of the Generals and Imperial Rome | |
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| From Constantine to the Rise of Byzantium | |
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| Key Ideas: Christianity | |
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| Armenia and Asia Minor from the Diadochoi to the Romans | |
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| Persia under the Parthians and the Sassanians | |
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| Celts, Slavs, and Germanic Tribes | |
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| The Great Migration of Peoples | |
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| The Nomad Empires of the Eurasian Steppes | |
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| Ancient India | |
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| China's First Emperors of the Qin and Han Dynasties | |
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| The First Kingdoms in North and Northeast Africa | |
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| The Middle Ages: 5th-15th century | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Germanic Empires | |
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| The Kingdom of the Franks | |
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| The Holy Roman Empire in the High and Late Middle Ages | |
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| Switzerland | |
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| France in the High and Late Middle Ages | |
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| Burgundy and the Netherlands | |
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| England in the Middle Ages | |
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| Ireland and Scotland in the Middle Ages | |
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| Italy in the Middle Ages | |
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| Spain and Portugal in the Middle Ages | |
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| Northern Europe | |
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| Eastern Europe | |
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| Russia | |
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| The Byzantine Empire | |
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| Southeast Europe | |
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| The Crusades | |
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| Key Ideas: Islam | |
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| The Spread of Islam | |
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| The Mongolian Empire and Its Successors | |
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| India | |
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| China after the Han Dynasty | |
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| Japan | |
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| Southeast Asia | |
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| Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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| The Settlement and Early High Cultures of America | |
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| The Early Modern Period: 16th-18th century | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The German Empire: The Reformation and Its Consequences | |
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| In Focus: The Reformation | |
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| The Thirty Years' War | |
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| The Holy Roman Empire under Enlightened Absolutism | |
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| France: From the Wars of Religion to the Eve of the Revolution | |
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| The Rise of England | |
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| The Netherlands: From the Struggle for Independence to the French Occupation | |
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| The Italy of Popes and Princes | |
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| Spain and Portugal | |
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| Eastern Europe and Scandinavia | |
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| Russia's Rise as a Great Power | |
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| The Ottoman Empire, the Great Power of the East | |
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| North Africa | |
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| Persia under the Safavids and Qajars | |
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| Mogul India and the European Trading Companies | |
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| China under the Ming and Manchu Emperors | |
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| Japan from the Muromachi Period to the Tokugawa Shogunate | |
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| Southeast Asia | |
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| Africa | |
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| The Ancient American Empires and the Conquest by Spain and Portugal | |
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| North America to the Founding of Canada and the United States | |
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| Oceania and Australia to the Arrival of the Europeans | |
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| The Modern Era: 1789-1914 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The French Revolution | |
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| In Focus: The French Revolution | |
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| Napoleonic Domination | |
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| The Industrial Revolution Begins in Europe | |
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| German States: The Reshaping of Austria and Prussia | |
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| Imperial Germany | |
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| Austria-Hungary | |
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| France | |
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| Great Britain | |
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| The Benelux Countries | |
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| Italy from the Congress of Vienna to the Eve of World War I | |
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| Portugal and Spain | |
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| Scandinavia | |
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| Russia from the Treaty of Tilsit to the Abdication of the Last Czar | |
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| The Balkans | |
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| The Ottoman Empire | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Persia and Afghanistan | |
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| India | |
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| China to the Last of the Emperors | |
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| Japan | |
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| Southeast Asia | |
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| African State Building and Colonization | |
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| The United States: Beginnings and Rise to World Power | |
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| Latin America | |
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| The World Wars and Interwar Period: 1914-1945 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The First World War | |
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| Key Ideas: Ideologies of the 20th Century | |
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| The Unpopular Democracy: The German Reich | |
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| Under the Swastika: Nazi Germany | |
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| Austria: From Habsburg Empire to German "Ostmark" | |
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| Switzerland: Island of Stability | |
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| France: Insecurity and Occupation | |
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| Britain between the World Wars | |
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| Ireland: Division and Independence | |
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| Belgium and the Netherlands: Objects of German Power Politics | |
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| Italy under Fascism | |
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| Spain and Portugal | |
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| Scandinavia and the Baltic | |
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| Poland | |
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| Hungary and Czechoslovakia | |
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| The Soviet Union | |
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| Southeast Europe between the Wars | |
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| The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire | |
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| The Reorganization of Arabia | |
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| Iran and Afghanistan: Battle for Independence | |
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| India's Path to Independence | |
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| China between Empire and Communism | |
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| Imperial Japan and Southeast Asia | |
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| The British Commonwealth: Emancipation of the British Colonies | |
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| Africa under Colonial Rule | |
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| Ethiopia and Egypt: Between Subjugation and Independence | |
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| Euphoria and Depression: The US between the Wars | |
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| Latin America | |
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| The Second World War | |
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| In Focus: World War II | |
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| The Contemporary World: 1945 to the present | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Trends in World Politics | |
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| The Path to European Unity | |
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| Germany | |
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| Austria | |
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| Switzerland | |
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| Great Britain: From Commonwealth to European Union | |
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| Ireland | |
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| France | |
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| Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg | |
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| Italy | |
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| Spain: From Military Dictatorship to Constitutional Monarchy | |
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| Portugal | |
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| Northern Europe | |
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| Eastern and Central Europe | |
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| Yugoslavia | |
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| Greece and Turkey | |
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| The Soviet Union and Its Successor States | |
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| Northwest Africa | |
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| Israel | |
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| The Arab World and the Near East | |
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| Pakistan and India | |
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| Southeast Asia | |
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| China, Japan and Korea | |
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| Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania | |
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| Africa since the Independence of Its Nations | |
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| Canada | |
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| The United States: Global Power | |
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| Latin America | |
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| Key Ideas: Globalization | |
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| Index | |