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| Introduction: The World Through Historiansrsquo; Eyes | |
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| Human Origins and Human Cultures | |
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| 5 million B.C.E.-10,000 B.C.E. | |
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| Building an Interpretive Framework: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? | |
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| The Dry Bones Speak | |
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| 5 million B.C.E.-10,000 B.C.E. | |
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| Human Origins in Myth and History | |
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| Early Myths | |
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| The Evolutionary Explanation | |
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| The New Challenges | |
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| Fossils and Fossil Hunters | |
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| The Puzzling Neanderthals | |
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| Homo erectus: A Worldwide Wanderer | |
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| The Search Shifts to Africa | |
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| Homo habilis | |
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| Australopithecus afarensis | |
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| The Debate over African Origins | |
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| Reading the Genetic Record | |
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| The Theory of Scientific Revolution | |
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| Humans Create Culture | |
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| Biological Evolution and Cultural Creativity | |
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| How Do We Know? Dating Archaeological Finds | |
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| How Did We Survive? | |
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| Global Migration | |
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| Increased Population and New Settlements | |
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| How Do We Know? Man the Hunter or Woman the Gatherer? | |
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| Changes in the Toolkit | |
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| Language and Communication | |
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| Cave Art and Portable Art | |
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| Agriculture: From Hunter-gatherer to Farmer | |
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| The Story of Prehistory: What Difference Does it Make? | |
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| Turning Point: The Agricultural Village | |
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| Settling Down | |
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| 10,000 B.C.E.-1000 C.E. | |
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| The First Cities and Why They Matter: Digs, Texts, and Interpretations | |
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| From Village Community to City-State | |
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| 10,000 B.C.E.-750 B.C.E. | |
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| Food First: The Agricultural Village | |
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| The Agricultural Village | |
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| The First Cities | |
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| Sumer: The Birth of the City | |
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| The Growth of the City-State | |
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| Religion: The Priesthood and the City | |
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| Occupation | |