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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c. 2000 BC: Aryans move into the Indus Valley  c. 1900-1600 BC: The Babylonian Empire 1200-750 BC: The Era of the Smaller Civilizations 745-550: Restoration of the Middle Eastern Empires 550-330 BC: Persia 356-323 BC: Career of Alexander the Great 321-185 BC: Mauryan Empire

Resources Primary Sources Assyrian Army Conquers a Town Secondary Sources

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