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1 The Origins of Western Civilizations

2 Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East

3 The Greek Experiment

4 Expansion of Greece

5 Roman Civilization

6 Christianity and the Transformation of the Roman World

7 Rome's Three Heirs: The Byzantine, Islamic, and Early Medieval Worlds

8 The Expansion of Europe: Economy, Society, and Politics in the High Middle Ages

9 The High Middle Ages: Religious and Intellectual Developments

10 The Later Middle Ages

11 Commerce, Conquest, and Colonization

12 The Civilization of the Renaissance

13 Reformations of Religion

14 Religious Wars and State Building

15 Age of Absolutism and Empire

16 Scientific Revolution

17 Enlightenment

18 The French Revolution

19 Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth Century Society

20 From Restoration to Revolution, 1815-1848

21 What is a Nation? Territories, States, and Citizens, 1848-1871

22 Imperialism and Colonialism

23 The Challenge of the Modern West

24 The First World War

25 Turmoil Between the Wars

26 The Second World War

27 The Cold War World: Global Politics, Economic Recovery, and Cultural Change

28 Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War, 1960-1990

29 Globalization and the Twenty-First-Century World

Chapter 2: Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East

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