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Pt. 1. Unity -- 1. One Empire, Under God: The Roman empire, 312-330 -- 2. Seeking the Mandate of Heaven: China, 313-402 -- 3. An Empire of the Mind: India, 319-415 -- 4. The Persian Threat: The Roman empire, the Persian empire, eastern Africa, and Arabia, 325-361 -- 5. The Apostate: The Roman empire and the Persian empire, 361-364 -- 6. Earthquake and Invasion: The Roman empire, the islands of Britain, and the Germanic territories, 364-376 -- 7. Refounding the Kingdom: The kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, 371-412 -- 8. The Catholic Church: The Roman empire, 378-382 -- Pt. 2. Fractures -- 9. Excommunicated: The Roman empire, the islands of Britain, and the Persian empire, 383-392 -- 10. Cracked in Two: The Roman empire, 392-396 -- 11. The Sack of Rome: The western Roman empire and the eastern Roman empire, 396-410 -- 12. One Nature versus Two: The eastern Roman empire and the Persian empire, 408-431 -- 13. Seeking a Homeland: The western Roman empire and the Germanic territories, 410-418 -- 14. The Gupta Decline: India, 415-480 -- 15. Northern Ambitions: China, 420-464 -- 16. The Huns: The western Roman empire, the eastern Roman empire, the Germanic territories, the lands of the Huns, Hispania, and North Africa, 423-450 -- 17. Attila: The western Roman empire, the eastern Roman empire, the Germanic territories, and the lands of the Huns, 450-455 -- 18. Orthodoxy: The eastern Roman empire and the Persian empire, 451-454 -- 19. The High Kings: The islands of Britain, 451-470 -- 20. The End of the Roman Myth: The western Roman empire and the Germanic territories, 454-476 -- Pt. 3. New Powers -- 21. The Ostrogoths: The eastern Roman empire and Italy, 457-493 -- 22. Byzantium: The eastern Roman empire and the Persian empire, 471-518 -- 23. Aspirations: China and the kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, 471-527 -- 24. Resentment: China, 479-534 -- 25. Elected Kings: The kingdoms of the Franks, the Visigoths, the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, and the British, 481-531 -- 26. Invasion and Eruption: India and the southeastern islands of Sumatra and Java, 497-535 -- 27. The Americas: Mesoamerica, c. 500-600 -- 28. Great and Holy Majesty: Eastern Africa, Arabia, the Persian empire, and the Byzantine empire, 510-529 -- 29. Pestilence: The Persian empire, the Byzantine empire, North Africa, and Italy, 532-544 -- 30. The Heavenly Sovereign: The kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Yamato Japan, 536-602 -- 31. Reunification: China and Goguryeo, 546-612 -- 32. The South Indian Kings: India, 543-620 -- 33. Two Emperors: Italy, the kingdom of the Visigoths, the eastern Roman empire, the Persian empire, and Arabia, 551-579 -- 34. The Mayors of the Palaces: The kingdom of the Franks, 558-656 -- 35. Gregory the Great: Italy and the islands of Britain, 572-604 -- 36. The Persian Crusade: The eastern Roman empire, the Persian empire, and various kingdoms of Slavs, Bulgars, Avars, and Khazars, 589-632 -- 37. The Prophet: Arabia, 590-622 -- 38. Tang Dominance: China, Japan, the Turkish Khaghanates, and the kingdoms of Tibet, Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla, 622-676 -- 38. The Tribe of Faith: Arabia, 622-642 -- 40. Intersection: India and Sri Lanka, 640-684 -- 41. The Troubles of Empire: Arabia, 643-661 -- Pt. 4. States and Kingdoms -- 42. Law and Language: Italy, the Byzantine empire, the First Bulgarian Empire, and the empire of the Umayyad caliphs, 643-702 -- 43. Creating the Past: Japan, 661-714 -- 44. The Days of the Empress: China, the kingdom of Tibet, and the Eastern Turkish Khaghanate, 683-712 -- 45. Paths into Europe: The Byzantine empire, the Umayyad caliphate, the kingdoms of the Khazars, Bulgarians, and Visigoths, and the lands of the Franks, 705-732 -- 46. The Kailasa of the South: The Umayyad caliphate and India, 712-780 -- 47. Purifications: The Umayyad caliphate, the Byzantine empire, and Italy, 718-741 -- 48. The Abbasids: The Umayyad caliphate, the kingdom of the Khazars, and al-Andalus, 724-763 -- 49. Charlemagne: Italy, the kingdom of the Franks, the lands of the Saxons, and al-Andalus, 737-778 -- 50. The An Lushan Rebellion: China, the nomadic north, and the kingdoms of Tibet, Nanzhao, Balhae, and Unified Silla, 751-779 -- 51. Imperator et Augustus: The Byzantine and Abbasid empires, the First Bulgarian Empire, Italy, and the kingdom of the Franks, 775-802 -- 52. The New Sennacherib: The Byzantine and Abbasid empires, the First Bulgarian Empire, and the kingdom of the Franks, 786-814 -- 53. Castle Lords and Regents: Silla and Japan, 790-872 -- 54. The Triumph of the Outsiders: China and Silla, 806-918 -- 55. The Third Dynasty: The Abbasid empire, 809-833 -- 56. The Vikings: The kingdoms of the Franks, the Byzantine empire, al-Andalus, and the lands of the Rus, 813-862 -- 57. Long-Lived Kings: India and the southeastern islands of Sumatra and Java, 814-900 -- 58. Foreign and Domestic Relations: The Byzantine empire, the kingdom of Louis the German, Moravia, and Bulgaria, 856-886 -- 59. The Second Caliphate: The Abbasid empire and North Africa, 861-909 -- 60. The Great Army of the Vikings: The islands of Britain, 865-878 -- 61. Struggle for the Iron Crown: Italy and the kingdoms of the Franks, 875-899 -- 62. Kampaku: Japan, 884-940 -- 63. Basileus: The Byzantine and Bulgarian empires, 886-927 -- 64. The Creation of Normandy: Italy and Western Francia, 902-911 -- 65. The Kingdom of Germany: Eastern Francia and Bohemia, 907-935 -- 66. The Turn of the Wheel: India and Sri Lanka, 907-997 -- 67. The Capture of Baghdad: Al-Andalus, the Abbasid and Fatimid caliphates, and the dynasties to the east of Baghdad, 912-945 -- 68. Three Kingdoms: Goryeo and China, 918-979 -- 69. Kings of England: The Scandinavian kingdoms and the islands of Britain, 924-1002 -- 70. The Baptism of the Rus: The Byzantine empire, Bulgaria, and the lands of the Rus, 944-988 -- Pt. 5. Crusades -- 71. The Holy Roman Emperor: Germany, Italy, and Western Francia, 950-996 -- 72. The Hardship of Sacred War: India, Sri Lanka, Srivijaya, and the dynasties east of Baghdad, 963-1044 -- 73. Basil the Bulgar-Slayer: The Byzantine, Abbasid, and Fatimid empires, Bulgaria, and the Rus, 976-1025 -- 74. Defending the Mandate: China, 979-1033 -- 75. The New Found Land: Greenland and the Americas, 985-1050 -- 76. Schism: Germany, Italy, Hungary, and the Byzantine empire, 1002-1059 -- 77. Danish Domination: England, Scotland, the Scandinavian kingdoms, Hungary, and Normandy, 1014-1042 -- 78. The Norman Conquest: England, Norway, and Normandy, 1042-1066 -- 79. The Kings of Spain: Spain and North Africa, 1016-1108 -- 80. The Arrival of the Turks: The Byzantine empire and the lands of the Turks, 1025-1071 -- 81. The Loss of the Song: China, Goryeo, and the peoples to the north and west, 1032-1172 -- 82. Repentance at Canossa: Germany, Western Francia, and Italy, 1060-1076 -- 83. The Call: The Byzantine empire, Italy, Germany, and the lands of the Turks, 1071-1095 -- 84. Fighting for Jerusalem: The Byzantine empire and the lands of the Turks, 1095-1099 -- 85. Aftershocks: Spain and Jerusalem, 1118-1129. |
