Chapter One The Ancient Near East: The Cradle of Civilisation Section One Mesopotamian Civilisation Section Two Egyptian Civilisation Section Three Other Early Civilisations Section Four The Hebrew Civilization Section Five The Assyrian Empire Section Six The Persian Empire Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested Reading Chapter Two Greek Civilisation Section One The Emergence of Greece Section Two Dark Age and Homer's World Section Three Sparta and Athens: Greek City-States Section Four Greece in Classical Period Section Five The Hellenistic Era Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggestedreading Chapter Three Roman Civilisation Section One The Rise of Rome Section Two The Roman Republic Section Three The Eclipse of the Roman Republic Section Four The Roman Empire Section Five Christianity in Rome Section Six The Roman Culture Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested Reading Chapter Four Medieval Civilisation Section One The Emergence of the Medieval Civilisation Section Two The Development of the Early Middle Ages Section Three Significant Changes of the High Middle Ages Section Four The Decline of the Middle Ages Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested Reading Chapter Five The Age of the Renaissance Section One The Rise of the Renaissance Section Two Arts and Literature in the Italian Renaissance Section Three The Pattern of Politics in the Renaissance Section Four The Natural Science in the Renaissance ChapterReview Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested Reading Chapter Six Protestant Reformation Section One The Launch of the Reformation …… Chapter Seven Early Modern Times Chapter Eight The Age of the Revolution and Industrialisation Chapter Nine Modernity in Europe Chapter Ten World Wars and Post-war Era Culture Link Proper Names Key to Exercises Bibliography