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1. Origins to 1200 b.c.e. - 2. Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East 1200-510 b.c.e. - 3. The Development of Greek Society and Culture ca. 3000-338 b.c.e. - 4. Life in the Hellenistic World 336-30 b.c.e. - 5. The Rise of Rome ca. 1000-27 b.c.e. - 6. The Roman Empire 27 b.c.e.-284 c.e. - 7. Late Antiquity 250-600. - 8. Europe in the Early Middle Ages 600-1000. - 9. State and Church in the High Middle Ages 1000-1300. - 10. Life in Villages and Cities of the High Middle Ages 1000-1300. - 11. The Later Middle Ages 1300-1450. - 12. European Society in the Age of the Renaissance 1350-1550. - 13. Reformations and Religious Wars 1500-1600. - 14. European Exploration and Conquest 1450-1650. - 15. Absolutism and Constitutionalism ca. 1589-1725. - 16. Toward a New Worldview 1540-1789