The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 1: The First Civilizations

THE EARLIEST HUMANS

Human Beings as Food Gatherers
Human Beings as Food Producers
Early Near Eastern Villages

THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA

The Emergence of Civilization
Sumer
The Babylonian Kingdom
Mesopotamian Culture

EGYPT

The Old and Middle Kingdoms
The New Kingdom
A View of Egyptian Society

PALESTINE

Canaanites and Phoenicians
Hebrew Society and the Bible
The Jewish Legacy

THE NEAR EASTERN STATES

The Assyrian State
The Neo-Babylonian Kingdom and the Medes
The Persian Empire