Foraging Societies

Settled Agriculture

Primary Urbanization

Classical Empires

• Early River Valley Empires
• Expansion and Contraction of Empires
• Cosmopolitan Empires

• Formation of Eurasian Ecumene
• Barbarian Invasions
• Islamic Expansion
• Mongol Dominance
• Second Islamic Age

Unification of the Hemispheres

• Voyages of Exploration
• Chinese Dominance
• The New Imperialism

Formation of World Culture

• Modern Western Civilization
• The New Imperialism
• The World Wars
• Decolonization
• After the Cold War

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800-500 BC: The UpanishadsVedic Era Chronology 630-553 BC: ZarathustraPersian Empire Chronology b. 604 BC: Lao TseEarly China Chronology c. 585 BC: Thales of MiletusGreek Philosopohy Chronology 611-546 BC: Anaximander of MiletusGreek Philosophy Chronology 550-480 BC: Siddhartha Gautama called the BuddhaBuddhism Chronology c. 550 BC: MahaviraRivals to Hinduiam Chronology d. 585 BC: JeremiahAncient Israel Chronology 511-479 BC: Kung Fu-tse (Confucious)Early China Chronology ca. 428 BC- 347BC: PlatoHellenistic Greece Chronology

Resources Primary Sources The Upanishads The Avesta Two Buddhist Texts The Acaranga Sutra Plato: Republic Book I Secondary Sources

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