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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: A World of Empires
The Holy Roman Empire
The Riches of Spain
Chapter 2: Protestant Rebellions
The Dutch Revolt
The Queen Without a Country
Chapter 3: James, King of Two Countries
James and His Enemies
King James’s Town
Chapter 4: Searching for the Northwest Passage
The French in the New World
Henry Hudson’s Quest
Chapter 5: Warlords of Japan
Hideyoshi, Japan’s Great Leader
The First Tokugawa Ruler
Chapter 6: New Colonies in the New World
Strangers and Saints in Plymouth
The Dutch in the New World
Chapter 7: The Spread of Slavery
Tobacco—and Unwilling Colonists
Queen Nzinga of Angola
Chapter 8: The Middle of the East
The Persian Puzzle
The Ottoman Turks
Chapter 9: The Western War
The Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648
Chapter 10: Far East of Europe
Japan’s Isolation: Closed Doors in the East
The “Foreign Conquest” of China: The Rise of the Manchu
Chapter 11: The Moghul Emperors of India
World Seizer, King of the World, and Conqueror of the World
Aurangzeb’s Three Decisions
Chapter 12: Battle, Fire, and Plague in England
Charles Loses His Head
Cromwell’s Protectorate
Plague and Fire
Chapter 13: The Sun King
The Sun King of France
Chapter 14: The Rise of Prussia
Frederick, the First Prussian King
Chapter 15: A New World in Conflict
War Against the Colonies: King Philip’s War
War Against the Colonies: Louis XIV Saves France
William Penn’s Holy Experiment
Chapter 16: The West
The Universal Laws of Newton and Locke
Scientific Farming
Chapter 17: Russia Looks West
Peter the Great
Peter’s Port to the West
Chapter 18: East and West Collide
The Ottomans Look West—Twice
Chapter 19: The English in India
The Indian Empire Falls Apart
The Shopkeepers’ Invasion
Chapter 20: The Imperial East
Emperor Chi’en-lung’s Library
The Land of the Dragon
Chapter 21: Fighting Over North America
Three Pointless Wars
The Seven-Year War
Chapter 22: Revolution!
Discontent in the British Colonies
The American Revolution
Chapter 23: The New Country
The American Constitution
The First American President (1789–1797)
Chapter 24: Sailing South
Captain Cook Reaches Botany Bay
The Convict Settlement
Chapter 25: Revolution Gone Sour
The Storming of the Bastille
The Reign of Terror
Chapter 26: Catherine the Great
Princess Catherine Comes to Russia
Catherine the Great
Chapter 27: A Changing World
Steam and Coal in Britain
Cotton and Guns in America
Chapter 28: China and the Rest of the World
The Kingdom at the Center of the World
The Rise of the Opium Trade
Chapter 29: The Rise of Bonaparte
Napoleon Comes to Power
The Emperor Napoleon
Chapter 30: Freedom in the Caribbean
The Haitian Revolt
Chapter 31: A Different Kind of Rebellion
The World of the Factories
The Luddites
Chapter 32: The Opened West
Lewis and Clark Map the West
Tecumseh’s Resistance
Chapter 33: The End of Napoleon
Napoleon’s Wars (And 1812, Too)
Waterloo!
Chapter 34: Freedom for South America
Simon Bolivar: The Liberator
Freedom, But Not Unity
Chapter 35: Mexican Independence
The Cry of Dolores
The Republic of Mexico
Chapter 36: The Slave Trade Ends
The Work of the Abolitionists
Chapter 37: Troubled Africa
The Zulu Kingdom
The Boers and the British
Chapter 38: American Tragedies
The Trail of Tears
Nat Turner’s Revolt
Chapter 39: China Adrift
The First Opium War
Chapter 40: Mexico and Her Neighbor
Remember the Alamo
The Mexican-American War
Chapter 41: New Zealand and Her Rulers
The Treaty of Waitangi
The New Zealand Wars
Chapter 42: The World of Forty-Nine
The Gold Rush
A World of Unrest
Dates
Index