Introduction | |
Getting into History | |
Tracing a Path to the Present | |
Digging Up Reality | |
Putting History into Perspective | |
Finding Strength in Numbers | |
Getting Civilized | |
The Rise and Fall of Many Empires | |
History's Mid-Life Crisis: The Middle Ages | |
The Struggle for World Domination | |
Grabbing the Globe | |
Clashing All Around the World | |
Seeking Answers | |
Religion through the Ages | |
Loving Wisdom: The Rise and Reach of Philosophy | |
Being Christian, Thinking Greek | |
Awakening to the Renaissance | |
Making a Break: The Reformation | |
Opening Up to Science and Enlightenment | |
Fighting, Fighting, Fighting | |
Sticks and Stones: Waging War the Old-Fashioned Way | |
The War Machine Gets Some Upgrades | |
Modernized Mayhem | |
Meeting the Movers and Shakers | |
Starting Something Legendary | |
Battling Toward Immortality | |
Explorers and Discoverers: Places to Go, People to See | |
Turning Tables: Rebels and Revolutionaries | |
The Part of Tens | |
Ten Unforgettable Dates in History | |
Ten Essential Historical Documents | |
Index | |
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