From the Book - First edition.
Part I. Tools, language, and environment. The physical stage
History begins with language
Civilization begins with geography
Trade weaves the networks
The birth of belief systems
Part II. One planet, many worlds. Money, math, messaging, management, and might
Megaempires take the stage
Part III. The table tilts. Out of the north
Europe and the long crusades
The restoration narrative
Part IV. History's hinge. That Columbus moment
After Columbus : the world
Part V. Enter the machine. The invention explosion
Social constellations in the machine age
Empires and nation-states
Part VI. The singularity has three sides. Beyond the nation-state
