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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The French Revolution: 1789-1815 1789: The Estates General meets 1792: The Monarchy is abolished 1793: Louis XVI is executed 1795: The Directory is Established An Age of Revolution: 1815-1848 1814-1815: The Congress of Vienna 1819: The Carlsbad Decress 1825: Decembrist Revolt in Russia 1848: The Revolutions of 1848 The Consolidation of Nation-States: 1848-1871 1852-1864: The Unification of Italy 1862-1871: The Unification of Germany

Resources Primary Sources Sieyes: What is the Third Estate? Young: Travels in France Secondary Sources

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