1 Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent 2 Egypt—The Gift of the Nile 3 Early India and China 4 The Ancient Greeks 5 Ancient Rome 6 The Growth of Christianity 7 The Fall of Rome 8 The Byzantine Empire 9 The Rise of Islam 10 Early Russia and the Fall of Constantinople 11 The Early Christian Church 12 The Vikings 13 Medieval Life 14 The Crusades 15 The 1300's, The Age of Despair 16 The Renaissance 17 Africa—The Civilizations of the Sub-Sahara 18 China 19 The Mongols and Marco Polo 20 Early Japan through the Tokugawa Period 21 Discoverers and Conquistadors 22 North American Explorers 23 The Old World vs. The New World—Hazards and Benefits 24 Civilizations of The Americas 25 The Protestant Reformation 26 Tudor England 27 The English Civil War and Parliament 28 The Monarchs of Europe 29 The Growth of Democracy 30 The American Revolution