The Earliest Humans,5 million-11,000 BCE -- The Origins of Human History,10,000-1230 BCE -- Rivalries in the AncientMediterranean, 1200-212 BCE -- The Growing Civilizations of the East,1050 BCE-500 CE -- The Rise of Civilization in theAmericas, 2500 BCE-1100 CE -- The Rise of Civilization in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1500 BCE-1270 CE -- The Roman World,753 BCE-476 CE -- Continuity & Change in LateAntiquity, 481-793 -- The Contest for Empire in Asia,500-1281 -- The Growth of Christendom,800-1295 -- Toward an Early Modern World,1299-1501 -- Linking a Globalized World,1405-1619.