World History: 
Patterns of Interaction
Book Chapters
​Chapter 1 - The Peopling of the World (Prehistory-2500 B.C.)
Section 1. Human Origins in Africa
Section 2. Humans Try to Control Nature
Section 3. Civilization
Chapter 2 - Early River Valley Civilizations (3500 B.C.-450 B.C.)
Section 1. City States in Mesopotamia
Section 2. Pyramids of the Nile
Section 3. Planned Cities of the Indus
Section 4. River Dynasties of China
Chapter 3 - People and Ideas on the Move (2000 B.C.-250 B.C.)
Section 1. The Indo Europeans
Section 2. Hinduism and Buddhism Develop
Section 3. Seafaring Traders
Section 4. The Origins of Judaism
Chapter 4 - First Age of Empires, 1570 B.C.-200 B.C.
Section 1. The Egyptian and Nubian Empires
Section 2. The Assyrian Empire
Section 3. The Persian Empire
Section 4. The Unification of China
Chapter 5 - Classical Greece (2000 B.C.-300 B.C.)
Section 1. Culture of the Mountains and Sea
Section 2. Warring City States
Section 3. Democracy and Greece's Golden Age
Section 4. Alexander's Empire
Section 5. The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Chapter 6 - Ancient Rome and Early Christianity (500 B.C.-A.D. 500)
Section 1. The Roman Republic
Section 2. The Roman Empire
Section 3. The Rise of Christianity
Section 4. The Fall of the Roman Empire
Section 5. Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization
Chapter 7 - India and China Establish Empires (400 B.C.-A.D. 550)
Section 1. India's First Empires
Section 2. Trade Spreads Indian Religion and Culture
Section 3. Han Emperors In China
Chapter 8 - African Civilizations (1500 B.C.-A.D. 700)
Section 1. Diverse Societies in Africa
Section 2. Migration (Bantu Speaking People)
Section 3. The Kingdom of Aksum
Chapter 9 - The Americas: A Separate World (40,000 B.C.-A.D. 700)
Section 1. The Earliest Americans
Section 2. Early Mesoamerican Civilizations
Section 3. Early Civilizations of the Andes
Chapter 10 - The Muslim World (600-1250)
Section 1. The Rise of Islam
Section 2. Islam Expands
Section 3. Muslim Culture
Chapter 11 - Byzantines, Russians, and Turks Interact (500-1500)
Section 1. The Byzantine Empire
Section 2. The Russian Empire
Section 3. The Turkish Empires in Anatolia
Chapter 12 - Empires in East Asia (600-1350)
Section 1. Tang and Song China
Section 2. The Mongol Conquest
Section 3. The Mongol Empire
Section 4. Feudal Powers in Japan
Section 5. Kingdoms of Southeast Asia and Korea
Chapter 13 - European Middle Ages (500-1200)
Section 1. Charlemagne Unites German Kingdoms
Section 2. Feudalism in Europe
Section 3. The Age of Chivalry
Section 4. The Power of the Church
Chapter 14 - The Formation of Western Europe (800-1500)
Section 1. Church Reform and the Crusades
Section 2. Changes in Medieval Society
Section 3. England and France Develop
Section 4. The 100 Years War and the Plague
Chapter 15 - Societies and Empires of Africa (800-1500)
Section 1. North and Central African Societies
Section 2. West African Civilizations
Section 3. Eastern City-States and Southern Empires
Chapter 16 - People and Empires in the Americas (500-1500)
Section 1. North American Societies
Section 2. Maya Kings and Cities
Section 3. The Aztecs Control Central America
Section 4. The Inca Create a Mountain Empire
Chapter 17 - European Renaissance and Reformation (1300-1600)
Section 1. Italy: Birth Place of the Renaissance
Section 2. The Northern Renaissance
Section 3. Luther Leads the Reformation
Section 4. The Reformation Continues
Chapter 18 - The Muslim World Expands (1300-1700)
Section 1. The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
Section 2. Cultural Blending (The Safavid Empire)
Section 3. The Mughal Empire
Chapter 19 - An Age of Explorations and Isolation (1400-1800)
Section 1. Europeans Explore East
Section 2. China Limits European Contacts
Section 3. Japan Returns to Isolation
Chapter 20 - The Atlantic World (1492-1800)
Section 1. Spain Builds an American Empire
Section 2. European Nations Settle North America
Section 3. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Section 4. The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade
Chapter 21 - Absolute Monarchs in Europe (1500-1800)
Section 1. Spain's Empire and European Absolutism
Section 2. The Reign of Louis XIV
Section 3. Central European Monarchs Clash
Section 4. Absolute Rulers of Russia Clash
Section 5. Parliament Limits the English Monarch
Chapter 22 - Enlightenment and Revolution (1550-1789)
Section 1. The Scientific Revolution
Section 2. The Enlightenment in Europe
Section 3. The Enlightenment Spreads
Section 4. The American Revolution
Chapter 23 - The French Revolution and Napoleon (1789-1815)
Section 1. The French Revolution Begins
Section 2. The French Revolution Brings Reform and Terror
Section 3. Napoleon Forges an Empire
Section 4. Napoleon's Empire Collapses
Section 5. The Congress of Vienna
Chapter 24 - Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West (1789-1900)
Section 1. Latin American Peoples Win Independence
Section 2. Europe Faces Revolutions
Section 3. Nationalism (Italy and Germany)
Section 4. Revolutions in the Arts
Chapter 25 - The Industrial Revolution (1700-1900)
Section 1. The Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution
Section 2. Industrialization
Section 3. Industrialization Spreads
Section 4. Reforming the Industrialized World
Chapter 26 - An Age of Democracy and Progress (1815-1914)
Section 1. Democratic Reform and Activism
Section 2. Self Rule for British Colonies
Section 3. War and Expansion in the United States
Section 4. Nineteenth Century Progress
Chapter 27 - The Age of Imperialism (1850-1914)
Section 1. The Scramble for Africa
Section 2. Imperialism (Case Study: Nigeria)
Section 3. Europeans Claim Muslim Lands
Section 4. British Imperialism in India
Section 5. Imperialism in South East Asia
Chapter 28 - Transformations Around the Globe (1800-1914)
Section 1. China Resists Outside Influence
Section 2. The Modernization of Japan
Section 3. U.S. Economic Imperialism
Section 4. Turmoil and Change in Mexico
Chapter 29 - The Great War (1914-1918)
Section 1. Marching Towards War
Section 2. Europe Plunges into War
Section 3. A Global Conflict
Section 4. A Flawed Peace
Chapter 30 - Revolution and Nationalism (1900-1939)
Section 1. Revolutions in Russia
Section 2. Totalitarianism (Stalinist Russia)
Section 3. Imperial China Collapses
Section 4. Nationalism in India and Southwest Asia
Chapter 31 - Years of Crisis (1919-1939)
Section 1. Postwar Uncertainty
Section 2. A Worldwide Depression
Section 3. Fascism Rises in Europe
Section 4. Aggressors Invade Nations
Chapter 32 - World War II (1939-1945)
Section 1. Hitler's Lightening War
Section 2. Japan's Pacific Campaign
Section 3. The Holocaust
Section 4. The Allied Victory
Section 5. Europe and Japan in Ruins
Chapter 33 - Restructuring the Postwar World (1945-Present)
Section 1. Cold War: Superpowers Face Off
Section 2. Communists Take Power in China
Section 3. Wars in Korea and Vietnam
Section 4. The Cold War Divides the World
Section 5. The Cold War Thaws
Chapter 34 - The Colonies Become New Nations (1945-Present)
Section 1. The Indian Subcontinent Achieves Freedom
Section 2. Southeast Asian Countries Gain Independence
Section 3. New Nations in Africa
Section 4. Conflict in the Middle East
Section 5. Central Asia Struggles
Chapter 35 - Struggles for Democracy (1945-Present)
Section 1. Democracy (Latin American Democracies)
Section 2. The Challenges of Democracy in Africa
Section 3. The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Section 4. Changes in Central and Eastern Europe
Section 5. China: Reform and Reaction
Chapter 36 - Global Interdependence (1960-Present)
Section 1. The Impact of Science and Technology
Section 2. Global Economic Development
Section 3. Global Security Issues
Section 4. Terrorism
Section 5. Cultures Blend in the Global Age

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UNIT I — ANCIENT WORLD
UNIT II — EXPANDING ZONES of EXCHANGE
UNIT III — GLOBAL INTERACTIONS 
UNIT IV - THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE 
UNIT V — THE AGE of REVOLUTIONS 
UNIT VI — CRISES and ACHIEVEMENTS 
UNIT VII — THE 20th CENTURY and BEYOND
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