I. The Earliest Humans

1. Human Beings as Food Gatherers
2. Human Beings as Food Producers
3. Early Near Eastern Villages

II. The First Civilizations in Mesopotamia

1. The Emergence of Civilization
2. Sumer
3. The Babylonian Kingdom
4. Mesopotamian Culture

III. Egypt

1. The Old and Middle Kingdoms
2. The New Kingdom
3. A View of Egyptian Society

IV. Palestine

1. Canaanites and Phoenicians
2. Hebrew Society and the Bible
3. The Jewish Legacy

V. The Near Eastern Empires

1. The Assyrian State
2. The Chaldeans and the Medes
3. The Persian Empire