First Edition. Contents: Preface; The Prehistoric World; The Near East, Egypt, and Europe, 3000 B.C. - A.D. 1100; Asia until the Middle Ages, and the Arab world; The Expanding World, A.D. 1100-1800; Shaping the Present, 1800-1980; Epilogue; Bibliography; Illustrations and sources; Acknowledgments; Notes on text sources; Index.