- Foreword Simon Schama
- Introduction
- Note to the Reader
- Quotations about History M. J. Cohen and John Major
- The Tigris and Euphrates, c. 3200-c. 500 BC Henrietta McCall
- Ancient Egypt, c. 3000-c. 30 BC Richard Parkinson
- The Ancient Levant, c. 3000 BC-AD 73 Jonathan Tubb
- Ancient India, c. 2500 BC – c. AD 700 Stephanie Ramamurthy
- Archaic China, c. 2000 BC – AD 220 Mark Elvin
- Minoans and Mycenaeans, c. 2000-c.1000 BC Elizabeth Warren
- The Americas before their Conquest, c. 1200 BC-AD 1550 K. R. Andrews and M. J. Cohen
- Athens and her Rivals, 766-399 BC Elizabeth Warren
- Alexander and Greece in the 4th century BC Elizabeth Warren
- Rome: The Republic, 753-31 BC Elizabeth Warren
- Rome: The Empire, 31 BC-AD 300 Elizabeth Warren
- The Beginnings of Christianity, 30-604 David Gwynn
- China: The Middle Ages and Later Empire, 221-1912 Mark Elvin
- The Byzantine Empire, 330-1453 Michael E. Martin
- The Barbarian West, 341-751 Andrew Marsham
- Japan, c. 450-1863 Noel Williams and Yoko Williams
- Islam, c. 610-1055 Andrew Marsham
- 1000 Years of Muslim India, c. 700-1757 Perween Hasan
- Islamic Spain, 711-1498 M. J. Cohen
- Saxons and Vikings, c. 410-1066 Richard Rowley
- Rus and Muscovy, 839-1613 M. J. Cohen
- The Jews, c. 890-1790 Haidee Lorrey
- Popes and Princes, c. 800-1500 Marjorie Reeves
- The Medieval Church, 1000-1500 Marjorie Reeves
- Medieval Society, 1000-1500 Marjorie Reeves
- The Normans, 1066-1154 Andrew MacLennan
- The Crusades, 1096-1291 M. J. Cohen
- The Earlier Plantagenets, 1154-1327 Andrew MacLennan
- The Mongols, 1200-1500 Annabel Jones
- The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1760 Christine Woodhead
- The Renaissance, 1300-1600 Marjorie Reeves and M. J. Cohen
- The Hundred Years War, 1337-1453 Andrew MacLennan
- The Black Death and Later Plagues M. J. Cohen
- Venice: Maritime Power, 1350-1600 M. J. Cohen
- Ducal Burgundy, 1363-1477 Andrew MacLennan
- The Wars of the Roses, 1455-85 Andrew MacLennan
- Portugal, Africa and the East, 1145-1583 K. R. Andrews
- Explorers and Conquistadors, 1492-1542 K. R. Andrews
- The Rise and Decline of Spain, 1492-1700 I. A. A. Thompson
- The Tudors, 1485-1603 Roger Lockyer
- Reformation and Counter-Reformation, 1500-1700 Roger Lockyer
- The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1700 John Henry and Roy Porter
- The French Religious Wars, 1562-98 Geoffrey Treasure
- The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567-1795 J. L. Price
- Commerce and Slavery in the Atlantic, 1600-1800 M. J. Cohen
- Trade and Dominion: Europe and the East, 1600-1800 K. R. Andrews and M. J. Cohen
- The Two Cardinals: Richelieu and Mazarin Geoffrey Treasure
- The Stuarts and the English Revolution, 1603-88 Roger Lockyer
- Colonial North America, 1612-1763 Albert L. Zambone
- Russia of the Early Romanovs, 1613-1796 Brenda Morton
- The Thirty Years War, 1618-48 Geoffrey Treasure and M. J. Cohen
- The Age of Louis XIV, 1643-1715 Brenda Morton
- Frederick the Great and Prussia, 1712-86 M. S. Anderson and M. J. Cohen
- The Enlightenment, 1697-1800 John Mullan and Roy Porter
- Britain: The Long 18th Century Matthew Kilburn
- The American Revolution, 1761-91 John Major
- Napoleon and the Struggle for Europe, 1796-1815 John Major
- Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Europe, 1815-48 John Major
- The 1848 Revolutions John Major
- The Birth of Industrial Society in Britain, 1776-1851 John Major
- Democracy in America, 1791-1861 John Major
- The American Civil War, 1861-5 John Major
- Reform in Britain, 1776-1865 John Major
- America and the World, 1783-1914 John Major
- Anti-Semitism and Zionism, 1835-1914 Sally Harris
- Democracy in America, 1865-1917 John Major
- Democracy in Britain, 1865-1914 John Major
- Right and Left in Europe, 1850-1914 John Major
- Imperialism, 1830-1914 Sally Harris
- War and Peace, 1853-1914 John Major
- World War I, 1914-18 M. J. Cohen and John Major
- The Russian Revolution, 1914-24 John Major
- Stalinism and Maoism, 1924-40 John Major
- Fascism and National Socialism, 1919-39 John Major and Steve Radford
- America: Boom and Bust, 1919-39 John Major
- Britain between the Wars, 1918-39 John Major
- Imperialism and Nationalism, 1914-45 Sally Harris
- The Post-war Settlement and After, 1918-29 Richard Milbank
- The Road to War, 1929-39 Richard Milbank
- Crimes against Humanity, 1939-45 John Major
- World War II, 1939-45 John Major
- End of Empire, 1945-94 John Major
- The Cold War, 1945-89 John Major
- The Communist World, 1945-2001 John Major
- The United States since 1945 John Major
- Britain since 1945 Philip Tether
- Middle East Vortex, 1948-2003 John Major
- Globalization Rosemary Major
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