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| Introduction: The World through Historians' Eyes | |
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| Human Origins and Human Cultures: 5 Million b.c.e. - 10,000 b.c.e. — Building an Interpretive Framework: What do We Know? How do We Know It? | |
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| The Dry Bones Speak: 5 Million b.c.e. - 10,000 b.c.e. — What Is Paleoanthropology and Why Is It Important? | |
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| Settling Down: 10,000 b.c.e. - 1000 c.e. — The First Cities and Why They Matter: Digs, Texts, And Interpretations | |
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| From Village Community to City State: 10,000 b.c.e. - 750 b.c.e. — What Are Cities and Why Are They Important? | |
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| River Valley Civilizations: 7000 b.c.e. - 750 b.c.e. — The Rise of Cities and States Along the Nile and the Indus | |
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| A Polycentric World: 1700 b.c.e. - 1000 c.e. — Cities and States in East Asia, West Africa, and the Americas | |
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| Empire and Imperialism: 2300 b.c.e. - 1100 c.e. —What Are Empires and Why are They Important? | |
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| Dawn of the Empires: 2300 b.c.e. - 300 b.c.e. — Empire-Building in West Africa, West Asia, and the Mediterranean | |
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| Rome and the Barbarians: 750 b.c.e. - 480 c.e. — From Conquest, Colonization, and Alliance to Revolt, Bankruptcy, and Dismemberment | |
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| China: 220 b.c.e. - 910 c.e. — Fracture and Unification: The Qin, Han, Sui, and T'ang Dynasties | |
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| Indian Empires: 1500 b.c.e. - 1100 c.e. — Cultural Cohesion in a Divided Continent | |
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| The Rise of World Religions: 600 b.c.e. - 1500 c.e. — Not by Bread Alone: How Do Historians Understand Religion in World History? | |
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| Hinduism and Buddhism: 300 b.c.e. - 1200 c.e. — The Sacred Subcontinent: The Spread of Religion in India and Beyond | |
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| Judaism and Christianity: 600 b.c.e. - 1100 c.e. — Peoples of the Bible: God's Evolution in West Asia and Europe | |
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| Islam: 570 c.e. - 1500 c.e. Submission to Allah: Muslim Civilization Bridges the World | |
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| World Trade: 1100 - 1776 c.e. — Channels of Communication: The Exchange of Commodities, Disease, and Culture | |
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| Establishing World Trade Routes: 1100-1500 c.e. — The Patterns and Philosophies of Early Economic Systems | |
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| The Unification of World Trade: 1500-1776 — The Invisible Hand Reaches Out: A Capitalist World System Appears | |
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| Migration: Free People and Slaves: 1500-1750 — “Be Fruitful and Multiply, Fill up the Earth and Subdue It” : Demographic Changes in a New Global Ecumene | |
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| Demography and Migration: 1500-1750 — The Movement of Peoples Around the Earth | |
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| Social Change: 1688-1914 — Western Revolutions and Their Exports | |
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| Political Revolutions in Europe and the Americas: 1688-1850 — The Birth of Human Rights in the Age of Enlightenment | |
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| Industrial Revolution: 1740-1914 — The Global Consequences of Industrial Expansion and Imperialism | |
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| Social Revolutions: 1830-1914 — Urbanization, Gender Relations, and Nationalism West and East | |
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| Exploding Technologies: 1914-1900s — Contested Visions of a New International Order | |
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| Technologies of Mass-Production and Destruction: 1914-1900s — | |