The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Preface

Part One: The Edge of History

    Chapter Two: The Earliest Story
    Chapter Three: The Rise of Aristocracy
    Chapter Four: The Creation of Empire
    Chapter Five: The Age of Iron
    Chapter Six: The Philosopher King

Part Two: Firsts

    Chapter Eight: The First War Chronicles
    Chapter Nine: The First Civil War
    Chapter Ten: The First Epic Hero
    Chapter Eleven: The First Victory over Death
    Chapter Twelve: The First Reformer
    Chapter Thirteen: The First Military Dictator
    Chapter Fourteen: The First Planned Cities
    Chapter Fifteen: The First Collapse of Empire
    Chapter Sixteen: The First Barbarian Invasions
    Chapter Seventeen: The First Monotheist
    Chapter Eighteen: The First Environmental Disaster

Part Three: Struggle

    Chapter Twenty: The Mesopotamian Mixing Bowl
    Chapter Twenty-One: The Overthrow of the Xia
    Chapter Twenty-Two: Hammurabi’s Empire
    Chapter Twenty-Three: The Hyksos Seize Egypt
    Chapter Twenty-Four: King Minos of Crete
    Chapter Twenty-Five: The Harappan Disintegration
    Chapter Twenty-Six: The Rise of the Hittites
    Chapter Twenty-Seven: Ahmose Expels the Hyksos
    Chapter Twenty-Eight: Usurpation and Revenge
    Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Three-Way Contest
    Chapter Thirty: The Shifting Capitals of the Shang
    Chapter Thirty-One: The Mycenaeans of Greece
    Chapter Thirty-Two: Struggle of the Gods
    Chapter Thirty-Three: Wars and Marriages
    Chapter Thirty-Four: The Greatest Battle in Very Ancient Times
    Chapter Thirty-Five: The Battle for Troy
    Chapter Thirty-Six: The First Historical King of China
    Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Rig Veda
    Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Wheel Turns Again
    Chapter Thirty-Nine: The End of the New Kingdom
    Chapter Forty: The Dark Age of Greece
    Chapter Forty-One: The Dark Age of Mesopotamia
    Chapter Forty-Two: The Fall of the Shang

Part Four: Empires

    Chapter Forty-Four: The Bharata War
    Chapter Forty-Five: The Son of David
    Chapter Forty-Six: From Western to Eastern Zhou
    Chapter Forty-Seven: The Assyrian Renaissance
    Chapter Forty-Eight: New Peoples
    Chapter Forty-Nine: Trading Posts and Colonies
    Chapter Fifty: Old Enemies
    Chapter Fifty-One: Kings of Assyria and Babylon
    Chapter Fifty-Two: Spectacular Defeat
    Chapter Fifty-Three: The Decline of the King
    Chapter Fifty-Four: The Assyrians in Egypt
    Chapter Fifty-Five: Medes and Persians
    Chapter Fifty-Six: Conquest and Tyranny
    Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Beginnings and End of Empire
    Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Brief Empire
    Chapter Fifty-Nine: Cyrus the Great
    Chapter Sixty: The Republic of Rome
    Chapter Sixty-One: Kingdoms and Reformers
    Chapter Sixty-Two: The Power of Duty and the Art of War
    Chapter Sixty-Three: The Spreading Persian Empire
    Chapter Sixty-Four: The Persian Wars

Part Five: Identity

    Chapter Sixty-Six: The First Sack of Rome
    Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Rise of the Ch’in
    Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Macedonian Conquerors
    Chapter Sixty-Nine: Rome Tightens Its Grasp
    Chapter Seventy: Alexander and the Wars of the Successors
    Chapter Seventy-One: The Mauryan Epiphany
    Chapter Seventy-Two: First Emperor, Second Dynasty
    Chapter Seventy-Three: The Wars of the Sons
    Chapter Seventy-Four: Roman Liberators and Seleucid Conquerors
    Chapter Seventy-Five: Between East and West
    Chapter Seventy-Six: Breaking the System
    Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Problems of Prosperity
    Chapter Seventy-Eight: New Men
    Chapter Seventy-Nine: Empire
    Chapter Eighty: Eclipse and Restoration
    Chapter Eighty-One: The Problem of Succession
    Chapter Eighty-Two: The Edges of the Roman World
    Chapter Eighty-Three: Children on the Throne
    Chapter Eighty-Four: The Mistake of Inherited Power
    Chapter Eighty-Five: Savior of the Empire

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