The World's History

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The World's History is a college textbook by world historian Howard Spodek. It was first published in 1998. The book is divided up into 24 chapters:

Chapter 1: The Dry Bones Speak: 5 Million B.C.E. - 10,000 B.C.E. 
Chapter 2: From Village Community to City-State: 10,000 B.C.E - 750 B.C.E. 
Chapter 3: River Valley Civilizations: 7000 B.C.E. - 750 B.C.E. 
Chapter 4: A Polycentric World: 1700 B.C.E. - 1000 C.E. 
Chapter 5: Dawn of the Empires: 2000 B.C.E. - 300 B.C.E. 
Chapter 6: Rome and the Barbarians: 750 B.C.E - 500 C.E. 
Chapter 7: China: 200 B.C.E. - 900 C.E. 
Chapter 8: Indian Empires: 1500 B.C.E. - 1100 C.E. 
Chapter 9: Hinduism and Buddhism: 1500 B.C.E. - 1200 C.E. 
Chapter 10: Judaism and Christianity: 1700 B.C.E.–1100 C.E. 
Chapter 11: Islam: 570 C.E. - 1500 C.E. 
Chapter 12: Establishing World Trade Routes: 1000-1500 C.E. 
Chapter 13: European Visions: 1100-1776 
Chapter 14: The Unification of World Trade, 1500–1776 
Chapter 15: Migration, 1300–1750 
Chapter 16: Political Revolutions in Europe and the Americas: 1649-1830 
Chapter 17: The Industrial Revolution: 1700-1914 
Chapter 18: Nationalism, Imperialism, and Resistance, 1650–1914 
Chapter 19: Methods of Mass-Production and Destruction: 1914-1937 
Chapter 20: World War II and the Cold War, 1937-49 
Chapter 21: Cold War and New Nations, 1945-89 
Chapter 22: China and India: 1914-1991 
Chapter 23: New Public Identities, 1979–present 
Chapter 24: Regional Identities and the Twenty-First Century

You can visit the Book's official site here