Grade ToNinth Grade
Table Of ContentCONTENTS Unit 1: The FIRST HUMANS: PREHISTORY-3500 BCE 1. The First Humans and the Paleolithic Era 3 2. The Neolithic Era 17 Unit 2: FIRST CIVILIZATIONS: 3500 BCE-300 CE 31 3. Mesopotamia 32 4. Ancient Africa 43 5. The Phoenicians and t he Israelites 65 6. Ancient India 73 7. Ancient China 90 8. Ancient Greece 105 9. Ancient Rome 126 Unit 3: The MIDDLE AGES:400 CE-1500 CE 145 10. The Byzantine Empire 146 11. The Rise of Islam in t he Middle Ages 151 12. Early Civilizations of t he Americas 159 13. Medieval India 170 14. The Golden Age of China 177 15. Medieval Japan 185 16. Europe in t he Middle Ages 193 17. The European Crusades in t he Muslim World 205 Unit 4: RENAISSANCE and REFORMATION: 1350-1650 213 18. The Renaissance Begins 214 19. The Reformation 224 Unit 5: The AGE of EXPLORATION: 1400-1800 235 20. Europe Sets Sail 236 21. Europe Explores Asia (or Tries to) 248 22. American Colonies 255 Unit 6: REVOLUTION and ENLIGHTENMENT: 1500-1865 265 23. The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment 266 24. Monarchies Rise in Europe 277 25. The American Revolution 287 26. The French Revolution 297 27. Nationalism A cross Europe and Independence Movements in South America and Haiti 307 28. The American Civil War 315 29. The Indust rial Revolution 325 30. The Women's Movement 338 Unit 7: The ERA of IMPERIALISM: 1800-1914 343 31. The European Quest for Imperialism 344 32. The Scramble for Africa 353 33. Japan Modernizes 361 34. The Spanish-American War 369 35. Reactions to Colonization 377 Unit 8: WORLD CONFLICTS in the EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1914-1945 387 36. World War I 388 37. The Great Depression 409 38. Political Shifts After the War 415 39. World War II 427 Unit 9: POST-WORLD WAR II: The WORLD from 1945 to TODAY 449 40. Changes in Europe and t he Middle East After World War II 450 41. The Cold War 461 42. Nationalist and Independence Movements After World War II 475 43. Modern Global Transformations 485 44. Global Security and Major World Events of Today 495
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LC Classification NumberD21.V367 2016