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 Road to War: 1890-1914 1898: Germany begins its naval buildup. 1902: Britain and Japan conclude a naval alliance 1905: The First Moroccan Crisis. 1907: Anglo-Russian treaty over Persia. Triple Entente is completed. 1911: Italy annexes Tripoli 1912: The First Balkan WarBalkans Chronology 1913: The Second Balkan War 1914: The Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo World War I begins The Course of the War: 1914-1918 1914: The Battle of the Marne The Ottoman Empire enters the war 1915: The Armenian Massacre 1916: The Battle of Verdun. 1917: The February Revolution in Russia The United States enters the war on the Allied side The Balfour Declaration on Palestine 1918: Germany and the Soviet Union conclude the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. President Wilson's Fourteen Points Armistice ends the war. The Aftermath 1918: Revolutions in Germany, Austria and Turkey. 1919: Allied governments intervene in Russia The Treaty of Versailles is ratified. The League of Nations is founded.

Resources Primary Sources Woodrow Wilson: The Fourteen Points The Treaty of Versailles Secondary Sources

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