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toc The Human Story Chapters Summaries:

=Chapter One- We Fill the ﻿Earth = =**Chapter Two- ** We Gather by the Rivers = =Chapter Three- The Wanderers Settle Down = =Chapter Four- Two Ancient Cities Follow Diverse Paths = =Chapter Five- China Excels and Endures = =Chapter Six- Some Attempt to Rule us All = =Chapter Seven- We Follow World Wide Faiths =

Chapter Two: Early River Civilizations

 * Section 2-1: City States in Mesopotamia
 * Section 2-2: Pyramids on the Nile
 * Section 2-3: Planned Cities on the Indus
 * Section 2-4: River Dynasties in China

Southeast Asia:

 * Section 3-2: Hinduism and Buddhism Develop
 * Section 7-2: Trade Spreads Indian Religions and Culture
 * Section 12-5: Kingdoms of Southeast Asia and Africa

Chapter Five: Classical Greece

 * Section 5-1: Cultures of the Mountain and the Sea
 * Section 5-2: Warring City-States
 * Section 5-3: Democracy and Greece's Golden Age
 * Section 5-4: Alexander's Empire
 * Section 5-5: The Spread of Hellenistic Culture

Chapter Six:

 * Section 6-1: The Roman Republic
 * Section 6-2: The Roman Empire
 * Section 6-3: The Rise of Christianity
 * Section 6-4: The Fall of the Roman Empire
 * Section 6-5: Rome and Roots in Western Civilization

Chapter Thirteen: European Middle Ages:

 * Section 13-1: Charlemagne Units Germanic Kingdoms
 * Section 13-2: Feudalism in Europe
 * Section 13-3: The Age of Chivalry
 * Section 13-4: The Power of the Church

Chapter Fourteen:

 * Section 14-1: Church Reform and the Crusades
 * Section 14-2: Changes in Medieval Society
 * Section 14-3: England and France Develop
 * Section 14-4: The Hundreds' Year War and the Plague

Chapter Seventeen:

 * Section 17-1: Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
 * Section 17-2: The Northern Renaissance
 * Section 17-3: Luther Leads the Reformation
 * Section 17-4: The Reformation Continues

Chapter Twenty-One:
=Chapter Twenty-Two:=
 * Section 21-1: Spain's Empire and European Absolutism
 * Section 21-2: The Reign of Louis XIV
 * Section 21-3: Central European Monarchs Clash
 * Section 21-4: Absolute Rulers of Russia
 * Section 21-5: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
 * Section 22-1: The Scientific Revolution
 * Section 22-2: The Enlightenment in Europe
 * Section 22-3: The Enlightenment Spread
 * Section 22-4: The American Revolution