I. Crete and Early Greece (Ca. 3000--1100 b.c.)

1. Cretan Civilization
2. Crete and the Greeks
3. Mycenaean Civilization (Ca. 1600--1100 b.c.)

II. The Greek Renaissance (Ca. 800--600 b.c.)

1. Greek Religion
2. Public Games
3. Colonization (Ca. 750--550 b.c.)
4. The Alphabet
5. Archaic Literature

III. The Polis

1. Organization and Government
2. The Economy of the Poleis (Ca. 700--400 b.c.)
3. Sparta and Athens (Ca. 700--500 b.c.)

IV. The Challenge of Persia

1. The Invasion under Darius and Marathon (490 b.c.)
2. The Second Persian War (480--479 b.c.)

V. The Wars of the Fifth Century (479--404 b.c.)

1. The Athenian Empire
2. The Age of Pericles
3. The Peloponnesian War (431--404 b.c.)