Description: I. BACKGROUND. 1. The Study of Civilization. 2. Theories of State. II. THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS. 3. Mesopotamia: The First Cities (6500-2000 B.C.). 4. Egyptian Civilization. 5. South Asia: Harappan and Later Civilizations. 6. The First Chinese Civilizations. III. GREAT POWERS IN THE NEAR EAST. 7. Near Eastern Kingdoms (2000-1200 B.C.). 8. The Near East in the First Millennium B.C. IV. THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD. 9. The First Aegean Civilizations. 10. The Mediterranean World in the Classical Age (1000-330 B.C.). 11. Imperial Rome. V. NORTHEAST AFRICA AND ASIA. 12. Northeast Africa: Kush, Meroe, and Aksum. 13. Divine Kings in Southeast Asia. 14. Kingdoms and Empires in East Asia (770 B.C.-A.D. 700). VI. EARLY STATES IN THE AMERICAS. 15. Lowland Mesoamerica. 16. Highland Mesoamerica. 17. The Foundations of Andean Civilization. 18. Andean States (200 B.C.- A.D. 1534). 19. Epilogue.

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