Chapter One The Ancient Near East：The Cradle of Civilisation(c.4000 B.C.-70 A.D.)

Section One Mesopotamian Civilisation(c.4000-539 B.C.)

Section Two Egyptian Civilisation(c.3100-c.332 B.C.)

Section Three Other Early Civilisations(c.3000-c.147 B.C.)

Section Four The Hebrew Civilization(c.2000 B.C.-c.70 A.D.)

Section Five The Assyrian Empire(c.1000-612 B.C.)

Section Six The Persian Empire(550-330 B.C.)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Two Greek Civilisation(c.2000-30 B.C.)

Section One The Emergence of Greece(c.2000-1100 B.C.)

Section Two Dark Age and Homer's World(1100-750 B.C.)

Section Three Sparta and Athens：Greek City-States(750-500 B.C.)

Section Four Greece in Classical Period(c.500-330 B.C.)

Section Five The Hellenistic Era(330-30 B.C.)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Three Roman Civilisation(753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Section One The Rise of Rome(753-509 B.C.)

Section Two The Roman Republic(509-30 B.C.)

Section Three The Eclipse of the Roman Republic(133-30 B.C.)

Section Four The Roman Empire(30 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Section Five Christianity in Rome(c.50 B.C.-313 A.D.)

Section Six The Roman Culture(753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Four Medieval Civilisation(476-c.1500)

Section One The Emergence of the Medieval Civilisation(476-c.750)

Section Two The Development of the Early Middle Ages(c.750-c.1000)

Section Three Significant Changes of the High Middle Ages(c.1001-c.1300)

Section Four The Decline of the Middle Ages(c.1300-c.1500)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Five The Age of the Renaissance(14th-17th Century)

Section One The Rise of the Renaissance(14th-15th Century)

Section Two Arts and Literature in the Italian Renaissance(Mid-1400s-Late 1500s)

Section Three The Pattern of Politics in the Renaissance(1494-Early 1600s)

Section Four The Natural Science in the Renaissance(15th-17th Century)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Six Protestant Reformation(1517-Late 16th Century)

Section One The Launch of the Reformation(Second Half of the 15th Century-1516)

Section Two German Protestant Reformation(1517-Early 16th Century)

Section Three Reformation outside Germany(1520s-Late 16th Century)

Section Four The Counter-Reformation(Mid-16th Century)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Seven Early Modern Times(c.1419-1800)

Section One Expansion of European Powers(c.1419-1800)

Section Two Social Disturbance(Early 17th-Early 18th Century)and the Age of Absolutism(c.1550-1800)

Section Three The Scientific Revolution(1543-1700)and the Enlightenment(c.1650-1800)

Section Four The Last Phase of the Old Order(1715-1789)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Eight The Age of the Revolution and Industrialisation(1775-1860)

Section One The Revolutionary Era(1775-1815)

Section Two The Era of the First Industrial Revolution(1750-1860)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Nine Modernity in Europe(1815-1914)

Section One Suppression,Revolution，and Romanticism(1815-1850)

Section Two Nationalism and Realism(1850-1871)

Section Three The Age of Progress (1871-1894)

Section Four Anxiety and Tension(1894-1914)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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Chapter Ten World Wars and Post-war Era(1914-2000)

Section One Wars and Revolutions(1914-1945)

Section Two The Cold War and the New Era of the Western World(1945-2000)

Chapter Review

Exercise

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