Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. The Depths of Time and Space
1. Expanding into Universe (13.7 Billion-4.6 Billion Years Ago)
2. Living Earth (4.6 Billion-5 Million Years Ago)
3. Human Emergence: One Species (5 Million-35,000 Years Ago)
4. Advanced Hunting and Gathering (35,000-10,000 Years Ago)
Part II. Ten Thousand Warm Years
5. Early Agriculture (8000-3500 BCE)
6. Early Cities (3500-800 BCE)
7. The Afro-Eurasian Network (800 BCE-200 CE)
8. Expanding the Afro-Eurasian Network (200-1000 CE)
9. Emergence of American Civilizations (200-1450 CE)
10. One Afro-Eurasia (1000-1500 CE)
11. Connecting the Globe (1450-1800 CE)
12. Industrialization (1750-2000 CE)