Chapter 1: The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations
Chapter 2: The Hebrews: A New View of God and the Individual
Chapter 3: The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics
Chapter 4: Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason
Chapter 5: The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion
Chapter 6: The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire
Chapter 7: The Roman Empire: A World-State
Chapter 8: Early Christianity: A World Religion
Chapter 9: The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom
Chapter 10: The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal
Chapter 11: The Flowering of Medieval Culture: The Christian Synthesis
Chapter 12: The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution
Chapter 13: The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age
Chapter 14: The Reformation: Shattering of Christendom
Chapter 15: European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations
Chapter 16: The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State
Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution: The Mechanical Universe and Its Implications
Chapter 18: The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform
Chapter 19: The French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality
Chapter 20: Napoleon: Subverter and Preserver of the Revolution
Chapter 21: The Industrial Revolution: The Transformation of Society
Chapter 22: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century
Chapter 23: Europe, 1815-1848: Revolution and Counterrevolution
Chapter 24: Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism
Chapter 25: The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism
Chapter 26: The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization
Chapter 27: Western Imperialism: Global Dominance
Chapter 28: Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts
Chapter 29: World War I: The West in Despair
Chapter 30: An Era of Totalitarianism
Chapter 31: Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism
Chapter 32: World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance
Chapter 33: Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1985
Chapter 34: The Troubled Present
