Brief History of Europe/TOC

Table of contents Preface Chapter 1 Classical antiquity and the rise of Islam Classical antiquity Late antiquity Islam and the Islamic Golden Age Early fragmentation of the Islamic world Part 1 Middle Ages Chapter 2 Early Middle Ages Peoples of the Early Middle Ages Turkic migration and Viking Age Italian Peninsula in the Middle Ages Francia and the Carolingian Empire Europe from 814 Reconquista, and unification of Spain Chapter 3 High Middle Ages States and territories of the High Middle Ages France and England Holy Roman Empire Christianity and the Great Schism Islam and the Crusades Mongol invasions Medieval renaissances and cultural changes Chapter 4 Late Middle Ages States and territories of the Late Middle Ages Crisis of the Late Middle Ages Avignon Papacy and Western Schism Hundred Years' War Burgundian State War of the Roses Holy Roman Empire and Hanseatic League Rise of Muscovy Rise of the Ottoman Empire Part 2 Modern period Chapter 5 Early modern period part 1 States and territories of the early modern period Rise of Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia Houses of Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine Dutch Golden Age Rise of Brandenburg-Prussia House of Bourbon and France Rise of Russia Chapter 6 Early modern period part 2 Age of Discovery and colonial empires Reformation and religious turmoil Thirty Years' War Religious tensions in England and Scotland Rise of philosophy, the arts, science and trade Chapter 7 Late modern period until 1914 States and territories of the late modern period Late eighteenth century Napoleonic Era Post-Napoleonic Europe New Imperialism Industrialization and cultural changes Chapter 8 Europe since 1914 World War I Eastern Question Interwar Period World War II Cold War Yugoslav Wars Other aspects of the contemporary period