PART I THE GREEK WORLD
1 The Age of Alexander the Great
PART II THE ROMAN WORLD
2 The Roman Republic: Origins, Breakdown and Rebirth
3 Caesar and Christ
4 The Pax Romana and the Decline of Rome
PART III THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
5 The Sword of Faith: The High Middle Ages (1100-1300)
PART IV FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD
6 "I Am the State!": The Development of Absolutism in England and France
7 "Dare to Know!": The Scientific Revolution
8 The Enlightenment and the Revolution of the Mind
PART V THE ERA OF REVOLUTION
9 "A World to Win!": The Industrial Revolution
10 "Mark Them with Your Dead!": The Scramble for Global Empire
PART VI THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND
11 The Great War (1914-1918)
12 "The Abyss Also Looks into You": War and Holocaust (1939-1945)