Comprehensive notes on world history
by Frank E. Smitha.
Antiquity |
Genesis in Sumer
The rise of civilization in Sumer. Sumerians believe in sin, war and slavery, and they create a tradition in writing sacred stories. |
Africa and Egypt
Early agriculture across Africa. The rise of civilization along the Nile. Egyptian religion, legends, and rebellion. |
Mesopotamia
Hittite invasion, Empire and war by Egypt, Assyria and Babylonia. Stories of creation and flood. |
The Hebrews
The Hebrews into Canaan. Genesis. A divided Israel. The Prophets. Assyria overruns Israel and conquers Egypt |
Early India
The civilization of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. The Aryans move into the Indus valley. Hinduism, Aryan expansion, and the origins of Buddhism. |
The Rise of China
The Hsia, Shang and Chou dynasties. Confucius, and Taoism. Imperial conquest and creation of a unity called China. |
Europe, Greece
Agriculture in Europe. The Mycenean Greeks. The Minoans. Homer. Athens and Sparta. Early Greek philosophers. |
Babylonia, Persia, Judaism Assyria's demise. King Josiah and the Moses story. Babylon and the captive Jews. Judah and Judaism. Persia, Zoroastrianism. |
Persian and Civil Wars
The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Herodotus. The demise of victorious Sparta. |
Greek Ideas
Anaxagors, Thucydides, Hippocrates, Democritus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. |
Alexander the Great
Philip unites Macedonia and dominates Greece. His son Alexander conquers Egypt and Persia. |
The Rise of Rome
Rome's origins, religion and laws. Rome dominates Italy. The Punic wars. |