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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630-640: Conquest of the Near East and Egypt 690-710: Conquest of North Africa and Spain 717-718: Attempt to conquer Constantinople. 750: The Abbasid Dynasty is established. 751: Battle of Talas 750-850: The Four orthodox schools of law are established. 768-814: Reign of Charlemagne 800-900: Viking raids against European mainland 1055-1250: Expansion of Islam under the Seljuks and Christian responses. 1258: Mongols sack Baghdad. Abbasid Caliphate ends.

Resources Primary Sources Usama ibn Munqidh: Autobiography Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp ibn Rushd (Averroës):On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy Secondary Sources