The Stone Age : the beginning of mankind
The first great civilizations
The early states of Mesopotamia
Kingdoms on the borders of the Fertile Crescent
The Medes and the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids
The nomads of the Eurasian steppes
The religions of India, China, and Japan
India from the beginnings to the invasion of Alexander the Great
Early China up to the period of the "warring" states
The culture of the Greeks and Romans
Crete and Mycenae; the beginnings of the Greek culture
Classical Greece from the culture of the polis to the end of independence.
The rise and fall of a world power : from Macedonia to the Diadochoi
Judea and Arabia before the Romans
Carthage : world power and rival of Rome
The Etruscans : the league to the Roman Empire
Rome : from the beginnings to the end of the republic
The rule of the generals and the imperial Rome
From Constantine to the rise of Byzantium
Armenia and Asia Minor from the Diadochoi to the Romans
Persia under the Parthians and the Sassanians
Celts, Slavs, and Germanic tribes
The great migration of peoples
The nomad empires of the Eurasian steppes
China's first emperors of the Qin and han dynasties
The first kingdoms in North and Northeast Africa
