From the Book - Sixth edition.
The possibility of civilization
The beginnings of civilization in South Asia
The other worlds of the ancient past
Christianity and the western transition
The central Eurasian crossroads
Islam and the Arab empires
The new Middle East and the making of Europe
Europe: the possibility of change
Qing China and Mughal India
A new kind of society: early modern Europe
Authority and its challengers in Europe
The new world of great powers
Europe's assault on the world
World history's new shape
Political change in an age of revolution
Political change: a new Europe
Political change: the Anglo-Saxon world
The European world hegemony
Imperialism and imperial rule
The era of the First World War
The Ottoman heritage and the western Islamic lands
Decolonization and cold war
Revolutions in science and perceptions
