NCHE -- World History

From the National Council for History Education's Major Eras and Topics for World History

I. Prehistory to 1000 B.C. Human Origins and Early Civilizations

A. Early centers of human life
• How Do We Know?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/1.asp
  
• Archaeologists and Their Artifacts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/1a.asp
  
• Anthropologists and Their People
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/1b.asp
  
• Historians and Their Time
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/1c.asp
  
• Prehistoric Times AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/2.asp
  
• Painting before 1300
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2.asp
  
• Prehistoric Painting
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2a.asp
  

B. Human migrations across the earth
• Phoenicians: Sailing Away
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4f.asp
  

C. The Neolithic Revolution
• Prehistoric Times
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/2.asp
  
• Food, Clothing and Shelter
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/2b.asp
  
• A Page Right Out of History
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/2c.asp
  
• First Technologies: Fire and Tools
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/2d.asp
  
• The Early Middle East
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4.asp
  

D. River valley civilizations
• Geographers and Their Space
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/1d.asp
  
• Ancient Egypt
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/3.asp
  
• Life along the Nile
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/3a.asp
  
• The Early Middle East
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4.asp
  
• Life in Sumer
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4a.asp
  
• Early Civilization in the Indus Valley
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8a.asp
  
• The Middle Kingdom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9a.asp
  

E. The first urban societies
• How Do We Know?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/1.asp
  
• The Early Middle East AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4.asp
  

F. Early civilizations in Africa and on the Mediterranean
• Ancient Egypt AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/3.asp
  
• Painting before 1300
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2.asp
  
• Egyptian Painting
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2b.asp
  
• Aegean Frescoes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2c.asp
  

G. Early civilizations in India and China
• South Asia: India and Beyond
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8.asp
  
• Early Civilization in the Indus Valley
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8a.asp
  
• The Caste System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8b.asp
  
• The Rise of Hinduism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8c.asp
  
• China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9.asp
  
• The Middle Kingdom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9a.asp
  
• Shang Dynasty -- China's First Recorded History
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9b.asp
  

II. 1000 B.C. to 700 A.D. Classical Civilizations of the Ancient World

A. The development of major world religions and ethical traditions
• The Early Middle East
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4.asp
  
• Phoenicians: Sailing Away
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4f.asp
  
• Hebrews and the Land of Milk and Honey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4g.asp
  
• Birth of Christianity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4h.asp
  
• Life on the Desert
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7e.asp
  
• The Rise of Hinduism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8c.asp
  
• The Birth and Spread of Buddhism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8d.asp
  
• Tang Dynasty -- The Golden Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9d.asp
  
• Taoism and Confucianism -- Ancient Philosophies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9e.asp
  
• The Art of India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/10b.asp
  

B. The Greek political legacy: city-states of Athens and Sparta
• Rise of City-States: Athens and Sparta
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5a.asp
  
• Democracy Is Born
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5b.asp
  

C. The civilization of ancient Greece
• Ancient Greece AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5.asp
  
• Greek and Roman Painting
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2d.asp
  

D. Encounters and exchanges in the age of Alexander the Great
• Assyrians: Cavalry and Conquests
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4d.asp
  
• Thinkers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5f.asp
  
• Alexander the Great
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5g.asp
  

E. The Roman Republic and Empire
• Ancient Rome AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6.asp
  

F. Classical civilization in India; Hinduism, Buddhism
• The Rise of Hinduism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8c.asp
  
• The Birth and Spread of Buddhism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8d.asp
  
• The Gupta Period of India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8e.asp
  
• Japanese Religion and Spirituality
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10a.asp
  

G. Classical civilization in China; Confucianism, Taoism
• Han Dynasty -- Cultural Heights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9c.asp
  
• Tang Dynasty -- The Golden Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9d.asp
  
• Taoism and Confucianism -- Ancient Philosophies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9e.asp
  

H. The spread of Christianity
• Hebrews and the Land of Milk and Honey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4g.asp
  
• The Fall of the Roman Empire
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6f.asp
  
• Early Medieval Painting
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2e.asp
  

III. 500 A.D. to 1450 World Expansion of Agrarian and Commercial Civilizations

A. The Byzantine Empire: institutions and legacy
• The Fall of the Roman Empire
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6f.asp
  
• Early Medieval Painting
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2e.asp
  

B. The origins and spread of Islam
• Birth of Christianity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4h.asp
  
• Life on the Desert
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7e.asp
  
• Islamic Art
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/10a.asp
  

C. Invasions and the early European middle ages

D. Feudalism and manorialism in Europe

E. Japan's Classical Age

• Japan: An Island Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10.asp
  
• Japanese Religion and Spirituality
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10a.asp
  
• Early History and Culture
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10b.asp
  

F. The Middle Empire in China
• Han Dynasty -- Cultural Heights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9c.asp
  
• Tang Dynasty -- The Golden Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9d.asp
  

G. The Mongol Empire and medieval Russia

H. The high middle ages in Western Europe

I. Development of European nation-states and politics

J. Arab presence, city-states, and empires in Africa

• Africa AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7.asp
  

K. Classical India under attack
• The Gupta Period of India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8e.asp
  
• The Art of India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/10b.asp
  

L. Pre-Columbian societies and cultures in the Americas
• Central and South American Empires
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/11.asp
  
• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  

IV. 1400 to 1750 Emergence of a Global Age

A. Forces for fragmentation and change in late medieval civilization

B. The Renaissance

• The Renaissance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/1.asp
  
• Renaissance Painting in Italy AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/4.asp
  

C. The rise and decline of the Ottoman and Moghul Empires
• Islamic Art
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/10a.asp
  
• The Art of India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/10b.asp
  

D. Global encounters
• Europeans Explore AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2.asp
  
• The Algonkian Tribes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1c.asp
  
• The Iroquois Tribes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1d.asp
  
• Early Ventures Fail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2a.asp
  
• War and Peace with Powhatan's People
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2e.asp
  

E. The Reformation and religious conflict
• The Protestant Reformation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/3.asp
  
• The Wars of Religion AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/4.asp
  
• Vanity and the Evolution of the Still Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/5e.asp
  

F. Japan in the early global age
• Feudal Japan: The Age of the Warrior
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10c.asp
  
• The Martial Arts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10d.asp
  
• Life During the Edo Period
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10e.asp
  

G. China under foreign and domestic influence

H. The rise of European colonial empires

• New World Conquest
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2d.asp
  
• The Effects of Exploration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2e.asp
  
• Later Explorers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2f.asp
  
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• The Southern Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5.asp
  
• African Americans in the British New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6.asp
  
• New France
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8a.asp
  

I. Absolute monarchies and constitutional governments
• Philip's Wars of Faith
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/4b.asp
  
• Philip vs. Elizabeth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/4c.asp
  
• The Sun King Reigns in France AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/5.asp
  
• Absolutism in the East AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/6.asp
  
• Constitutional Democracy Stirs AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/7.asp
  
• The New England Colonies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3a.asp
  
• Massachusetts Bay -- 'The City Upon a Hill'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3c.asp
  
• New Netherland to New York
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4a.asp
  

V. 1650 to 1914 The Age of Revolutions

A. The Scientific Revolution
• The Scientific Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/9.asp
  

B. The Enlightenment in Europe and America
• The Age of Reason AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/10.asp
  
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7a.asp
  
• The Great Awakening
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7b.asp
  
• Neoclassicism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/8a.asp
  

C. Political revolutions, American and French
• Revolution in France AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/11.asp
  
• The Age of Napoleon AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/12.asp
  
• Conservatism and Liberalism After Napoleon
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1.asp
  
• The Congress of Vienna
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1a.asp
  
• Metternich's Vision: The Concert of Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1b.asp
  
• British Suffragettes: Fighting for the Right to Vote
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5e.asp
  
• The Ideas of Benjamin Franklin
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4d.asp
  
• George Washington's Background and Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8c.asp
  
• The Events Leading to Independence AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  
• The American Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11.asp
  
• Societal Impacts of the American Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12.asp
  
• When Does the Revolution End? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1.asp
  
• George Washington AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5.asp
  
• Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7.asp
  
• Trans-Atlantic Crisis: The French Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7a.asp
  

D. Revolutions in the Caribbean and Latin America
• The Age of Atlantic Revolutions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1h.asp
  

E. The Industrial Revolution and its effects
• Conservatism and Liberalism After Napoleon AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1.asp
  
• Industrialization and Industrial Society AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/3.asp
  
• Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10a.asp
  
• The Rise of American Industry AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  

F. Cities and urban culture of the 19th century
• The Liberal Reaction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1c.asp
  
• The Revolutions of 1848
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1d.asp
  
• Nationalism and Unification
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2.asp
  
• French Nationalism: Making Peasants into Citizens
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2c.asp
  
• Industrialization and Industrial Society
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/3.asp
  
• The Social Costs of Industrialization
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/3c.asp
  
• Women's Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3c.asp
  
• Prison and Asylum Reform
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3d.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• Romanticism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/8b.asp
  
• Realism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/8c.asp
  
• Impressionism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/8d.asp
  
• Post-Impressionism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/8e.asp
  
• A New Way of Seeing -- 20th-Century Painting
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/9.asp
  
• Abstraction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/9a.asp
  
• The Armory Show of 1913
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/9c.asp
  

G. The search for political democracy and social justice
• The Revolutions of 1848
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1d.asp
  
• Nationalism and Unification
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2.asp
  
• The Russian Empire under Alexander II
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2e.asp
  
• The Cultural Revolution: The Birth of the Modern
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5.asp
  
• British Suffragettes: Fighting for the Right to Vote
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5e.asp
  
• Cotton and African-American Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10b.asp
  
• The Expansion of the Vote: A White Man's Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11b.asp
  
• The Missouri Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11c.asp
  
• The Peculiar Institution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4.asp
  
• Abolitionist Sentiment Grows AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/5.asp
  
• An Uneasy Peace AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7.asp
  
• 'Bloody Kansas' AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8.asp
  
• From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9.asp
  
• A House Divided AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10.asp
  

H. Western nationalism and imperialism
• Nationalism and Unification
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2.asp
  
• Italian Reunification
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2a.asp
  
• German Unification: The Age of Bismarck
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2b.asp
  
• Freud and Modern Consciousness
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5b.asp
  
• The New Imperialism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/4.asp
  
• New Attitudes Toward Wealth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1e.asp
  
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  

I. The rising power of modern Japan
• East Meets West: Opium Wars, Open Doors, and Boxers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/4d.asp
  

J. Resistance and revolution in China
• East Meets West: Opium Wars, Open Doors, and Boxers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/4d.asp
  

K. Nationalism, resistance and rebellion in India and Africa
• The British Empire: Jewels in the Crown
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/4a.asp
  

L. The world before global war: progress and its limits
• The Cultural Revolution: The Birth of the Modern
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5.asp
  
• Freud and Modern Consciousness
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5b.asp
  
• A New Scientific Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5c.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• Religious Revival: The 'Social Gospel'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3e.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  
• The Age of the Automobile
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11a.asp
  
• Radio Fever
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11g.asp
  
• Expressionism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/9b.asp
  

VI. 1914 to 1945 The Era of Global Wars

A. Origins, course, and consequences of World War I
• The War to End All Wars AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6.asp
  
• America in the First World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  

B. The Russian revolutions of 1917 and aftermath
• The Russian Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6e.asp
  

C. After-effects of war and colonialism, West and East
• The Treaty of Versailles
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6f.asp
  
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10d.asp
  

D. The Great Depression: global economic failure
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The Market Crashes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1a.asp
  
• Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1b.asp
  
• Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1e.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

E. Rise of militarism and totalitarian states in West and East
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  
• Hitler's Rise to Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7a.asp
  
• Under Nazi Rule
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7b.asp
  
• Mussolini's Italy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7c.asp
  
• Stalin's Russia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7e.asp
  
• World War II
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8.asp
  
• Blitzkrieg
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8a.asp
  
• The Holocaust
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8d.asp
  

F. Origins and responsibilities for World War II
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  
• Franco's Spain and the Spanish Civil War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7d.asp
  
• World War II
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8.asp
  
• Blitzkrieg
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8a.asp
  
• The Course of the War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8b.asp
  
• The Road to Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• War in the Pacific
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4d.asp
  

G. World War II: its course and human costs
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  
• World War II AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8.asp
  
• War Breaks Out
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3c.asp
  
• The Arsenal of Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3d.asp
  
• Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3e.asp
  
• America in the Second World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  

VII. The World from 1945 to Present

A. Origins of the Cold War
• Europe Divided
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9.asp
  
• The Cold War Begins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9a.asp
  
• The Iron Curtain Falls
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9b.asp
  
• The Occupation of Berlin
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9c.asp
  
• The Cold War Erupts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5a.asp
  

B. Postwar reconstruction and reform in Europe and Asia
• The Iron Curtain Falls
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9b.asp
  
• NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9d.asp
  
• The Reconstruction of Western Europe AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/10.asp
  

C. The United Nations
• The United Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9e.asp
  
• The United Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5b.asp
  

D. New nations replace colonial empires
• The End of Empire: Decolonization
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/10d.asp
  

E. The Cold War in Europe, Asia, and Latin America
• The Occupation of Berlin
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9c.asp
  
• NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9d.asp
  
• European Society During the Cold War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  

F. Collapse of the Soviet Empire and the "New World Order"
• Political Resistance in Eastern Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11c.asp
  
• Tito's Yugoslavia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11d.asp
  
• Europe Reunited
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12.asp
  
• The Collapse of the Soviet Union
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12a.asp
  
• The Reunification of Germany
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12b.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  

G. Persistence of nationalism, militarism, civil war
• Social Protest in Western Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11b.asp
  
• Europe Reunited
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12.asp
  
• Yugoslavia Breakup: Nationalism & Ethnic Cleansing
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12c.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

H. World prospects for political democracy and social justice
• Social Protest in Western Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11b.asp
  
• Shaping a New America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• Modern Feminism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10a.asp
  
• The Fight for Reproductive Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10b.asp
  
• The Equal Rights Amendment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10c.asp
  
• Roe v. Wade and Its Impact
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10d.asp
  
• Environmental Reform
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10e.asp
  
• The New Right
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11e.asp
  
• Reaganomics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12b.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• A Baby Boomer in the White House
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13b.asp
  

I. New boundaries and problems in science, technology, economics, and culture
• European Society During the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11.asp
  
• Existentialism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11a.asp
  
• Environmental Reform
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10e.asp
  
• The Reagan Years
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12.asp
  
• Life in the 1980s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12d.asp
  
• Toward a New Millennium
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13.asp
  
• Republicans vs. Democrats
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13c.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  
• The End of the American Century
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13e.asp