Atlas of world history / Patrick K. O'Brien, general editor.

Foreword -- The Ancient World -- The Human Revolution: 5 Million Years Ago to 10,000 BC -- From Hunting to Farming: Asia 12,000 BC-AD 500 -- From Hunting to Farming: Europe 8000-200 BC -- From Hunting to Farming: Africa 10,000 BC-AD 500 -- From Hunting to Farming: The Americas 12,000-1000 BC -- From Hunting to Farming: Australia and the Pacific 10,000 BC-AD 1000 -- The First Civilizations: Mesopotamia and the Indus Region 4000-1800 BC -- The First Civilizations: Egypt 3500-2180 BC and China 1700-1050 BC -- Civilizations in Mesoamerica 1200 BC-AD 700 -- Cultures in South America 1400 BC-AD 1000 -- The Mediterranean and the Gulf Region 2000-1000 BC -- Empires and Traders 1200-600 BC -- Classical Greece 750-400 BC -- The Achaemenid and Hellenistic World 600-30 BC -- The Birth of World Religions 1500 BC-AD 600 -- First Empires in India 600 BC-AD 500 -- First Empires in China 1100 BC-AD 220 -- Peoples of Central Asia 6000 BC-AD 500 -- Eurasian Trade 150 BC-AD 500 -- The Roman Empire 500 BC-AD 400 -- Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 -- The Medieval World -- Religions of the Medieval World 600-1500 -- Kingdoms of Southeast Asia 500-1500 -- The Byzantine Empire 527-1025 -- The Spread of Islam 630-1000 -- The First Slavic States 400-1000 -- East Asia in the Tang Period 618-907 -- Frankish Kingdoms 200-900 -- Peoples of the European Steppe 350-1000 -- The Vikings 800-1100 -- States and Trade in West Africa 500-1500 -- States and Trade in East Africa 500-1500 -- Civilizations in Mesoamerica and South America 500-1500 -- East Asia 907-1600 -- The Muslim World 1000-1400 -- The Holy Roman Empire 962-1356 -- France, Spain and England 900-1300 -- The World of the Crusaders 1095-1291 -- The Decline of the Byzantine and Rise of the Ottoman Empires 1025-1500 -- The Mongol Empire 1206-1405 -- The Economy of Europe 950-1300 -- Urban Communities in Western Europe 1000-1500 -- Crisis in Europe and Asia 1330-52 -- Europe 1350-1500 -- Cultures in North America 500-1500 -- The Inca and Aztec Empires 1400-1540 -- The Early Modern World -- The European Discovery of the World 1450-1600 -- Europeans in Asia 1500-1790 -- Spain and the Americas 1492-1550 -- The Colonization of Central and South America 1500-1780 -- The Colonization of North America and the Caribbean 1600-1763 -- Slave Economies of the Western Hemisphere 1500-1880 -- The Growth of the Atlantic Economies 1620-1775 -- The Rise of European Commercial Empires 1600-1800 -- European Urbanization 1500-1800 -- The Development of Science and Technology in Europe 1500-1770 -- Africa 1500-1800 -- Ming and Manchu Qing China 1368-1800 -- Tokugawa Japan 1603-1867 -- The Ottoman and Safavid Empires 1500-1683 -- India Under the Mughals 1526-1765 -- European States 1500-1600 -- The Expansion of Russia 1462-1795 -- Sweden, Poland and the Baltic 1500-1795 -- The Habsburg Empire 1490-1700 -- The Reformation and Counter Reformation in Europe 1517-1648 -- Revolution and Stability in Europe 1600-1785 -- The Development of Warfare in Europe 1450-1750 -- The Age of Revolutions -- The American Revolution 1775-83 -- Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe 1789-1815 -- The Industrial Revolution in Britain 1750-1850 -- The Industrialization of Europe 1830-1914 -- Revolution and Reaction in Europe 1815-49 -- The Habsburg Empire: Expansion and Decline 1700-1918 -- The Unification of Italy and of Germany 1815-71 -- The Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1683-1923 -- Russian Territorial and Economic Expansion 1795-1914 -- The Westward Expansion of the United States 1783-1910 -- The American Civil War 1861-65 -- The Industrial Growth of the United States 1790-1900 -- The Development of Canada 1763-1914 -- Independence in Latin America and the Caribbean 1780-1830 -- Latin America and the Caribbean Post-Independence 1830-1914 -- The British in India 1608-1920 -- Southeast Asia in the Age of Imperialism 1790-1914 -- Late Manchu Qing China 1800-1911 -- The Modernization of Japan 1867-1937 -- The Development of Australia and New Zealand Since 1790 -- Africa 1800-80 -- The Partition of Africa 1880-1939 -- World Trade and Empires 1870-1914 -- World Population Growth and Urbanization 1800-1914 -- The Twentieth Century -- The Build-Up to the First World War 1871-1914 -- The First World War 1914-18 -- Outcomes of the First World War 1918-29 -- The Russian Revolution 1917-39 -- The Republic of China 1911-49 -- Latin America 1914-45 -- The Great Depression 1929-33 -- The Rise of Fascism 1921-39 -- The Second World War in Europe 1939-45 -- The War in Asia 1931-45 -- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 1945-89 -- Western Europe Since 1945 -- The United States Since 1900 -- The Role of the United States in the World Since 1945 -- The Cold War 1947-91 -- The Breakdown of Empires Since 1945 -- South Asia Since 1920 -- Southeast Asia Since 1920 -- Japan Since 1945 -- The People's Republic of China Since 1949 -- Africa Since 1939 -- Latin America Since 1945 -- The Middle East Since 1945 -- The Former Republics of the Soviet Union Since 1989 -- Eastern Europe Since 1989 -- United Nations Peacekeeping Since 1945 -- Human Rights Since 1914 -- The Position of Women Since 1914 -- The World Economy Since 1945 -- Changes in Population Since 1945 -- Patterns of Health and Ill-Health Since 1945 -- Standards of Living Since 1945 -- The Changing Environment Since 1945 -- Transport and Communication Since 1945 -- Timecharts -- Events, People and Places -- Index -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements.