Special thanks to:

Gary Olsen
New Mexico Tech
For helping to author this companion website

To enter this site, select a chapter from the menu below and click "Begin."

Select a chapter: 26: Europe Reborn: Renaissance and Reformation 27: The Muslim Center: Turkey, Persia, and India 28: Mandarins and Samurai: China and Japan 29: A Continent on the Move: Africa from Songhai to Great Zimbabwe 30: The Empires of the Sun: The Americas Under the Aztecs and the Incas 31: Masters of Most of the Earth: The World's Preurban Peoples 32: Caravels and Cannon: The Rise of Western Imperialism 33: From Versailles to Voltaire: Europe in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment 34: Fading Empires and Hermit Kingdoms: Decline and Isolation in Asia 35: The World of Shaka Zulu: Turmoil and Transformation in Africa 36: Barricades, Ballots, and Steam: Europe's Age of Revolution and Restructuring 37: Liberators and Robber Barons: The Americas from Colonies to Countries 38: Maxim Guns and Merchant Bankers: The Climax of Western Imperialism 39: Queen Victoria's Jubilee: Western Global Supremacy 40: Machine Guns and Barbed Wire: World War I 41: Flappers and Bread Lines: The West Between the Wars 42: The World Convulsed by Revolutions 43: The Totalitarian Years: Dictatorships in Many Lands 44: Blitzkreig and Burning Cities: World War II 45: The Long Twilight Struggle: The Cold War 46: The Age of Uhuru: The Collapse of the Western Empires 47: From Skyscrapers to the Internet: The Industrial Nations 48: From Global Village to Global City: The Developing Nations 49: From Elliot to Afro Pop: The Drift Toward Global Culture 50: The Struggle for the Global Future: Globalization and Its Foes