A world of empires. The Holy Roman Empire. The riches of Spain
Protestant rebellions. The Dutch Revolt. The Queen without a country
James, king of two countries. James and his enemies. King James's town
Searching for the Northwest Passage. The French in the new world. Henry Hudson's quest
Warlords of Japan. Hideyoshi, Japan's great leader. The first Tokugawa ruler
New colonies in the new world. Strangers and saints in Plymouth. The Dutch in the new world
The spread of slavery. Tobacco
and unwilling colonists. Queen Nzinga of Angola
The Middle of the East. The Persian puzzle. The Ottoman Turks
The Western War. The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Far east of Europe. Japan's isolation: closed doors in the east. The "foreign conquest" of China: the rise of the Manchu
The Moghul emperors of India. World seier, king of the world, and conqueror of the world. Aurangzeb's three decisions
Battle, fire, and plague in England. Charles loses his head. Cromwell's protectorate. Plague and fire
The Sun King. The Sun King of France
The rise of Prussia. Frederick, the first Prussian king
A new world conflict. War against the colonies: King Philip's War. War against the colonies: Louis XIV saves France. William Penn's holy experiment
The west. The universal laws of Newton and Locke. Scientific farming
Russia looks west. Peter the Great. Peter's port to the west
East and west collide. The Ottomans look west
The English in India. The Indian Empire falls apart. The shopkeepers' invasion
The imperial east. Emperor Chi'en-lung's library. The land of the dragon
Fighting over North America. Three pointless wars. The Seven-Year War
Revolution! Discontent in the British Colonies. The American Revolution
The new country. The American constitution. The first American president (1789-1797)
Sailing south. Captain Cook reaches Botany Bay. The convict settlement
Revolution gone sour. The storming of the Bastille. The Reign of Terror
Catherine the Great. Princess Catherine comes to Russia. Catherine the Great
A changing world. Steam and coal in Britain. Cotton and guns in America
China and the rest of the world. The kingdom at the center of the world. The rise of the opium trade
The rise of Bonaparte. Napoleon comes to power. The Emperor Napoleon
Freedom in the Caribbean. The Haitian Revolt
A different kind of rebellion. The world of the factories. The Luddites
The opened west. Lewis and Clark map the West. Tecumseh's resistance
The end of Napoleon. Napoleon's Wars (and 1812, too). Waterloo!
Freedom for South America. Simon Bolivar: the liberator. Freedom, but not unity
Mexican independence. The cry of Dolores. The Republic of Mexico
The slave trade ends. The work of the abolitionists
Troubled Africa. The Zulu Kingdom. The Boers and the British
American tragedies. The Trail of Tears. Nat Turner's Revolt
China adrift. The First Opium War
Mexico and her neighbor. Remember the Alamo. The Mexican-American War
New Zealand and her rulers. The Treaty of Waitangi. The New Zealand Wars
The world of forty-nine. The Gold Rush. A world of unrest.