4000 BCE

 to 

500 CE

Neolithic Revolution

Early River Civilizations

Classical Greece

Roman Empire

to 

1200

 

Byzantium

 Gupta

Tang & Song

Kievian Russia

Muslim Empires & The Golden Age of Islam

Early African Kingdoms & Traditional African Society

Medieval Europe & the Crusades

to 

1650

 

African Civilizations:  Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empire

Early Japanese History and Feudalism

Mongols in Eurasia

Late Medieval Europe

Commercial Revolution

The Plague

Renaissance

Protestant Reformation and Counter-reformation

to 

1770

 

Ming Dynasty

Ottoman Empire

Spain, Portugal & Mesoamerican Empire

“Old Imperialism,” Exploration

Columbian Exchange

Global Absolutism

Constitutionalism

Neolithic Revolution

Early River Civilizations

Classical Greece

Roman Empire