Regional outline for Mediterranean. Divided into five units and seven categories (political, economic, social, science, art, empire, and religion).
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| 162405174 | Political, 8000-600 CE | Persia: governors and law code; Greece: city-states, Athenian democracy; Roman Republic: Senate/Assembly; roman Empire: bureaucrats | 0 | |
| 162405175 | Economic, 8000-600 CE | Trade along Mediterranean; trade with Africa (Trans-Saharan) and China (Silk Roads); necessary because large-scale agriculture impossible | 1 | |
| 162405176 | Social, 8000-600 CE | Classes: citizens (adult males), free people (no political power), noncitizens (slaves); or patricians, plebians, slaves | 2 | |
| 162405177 | Science, 8000-600 CE | Medicine, astronomy, engineering (roads and aqueducts), philosophy | 3 | |
| 162405178 | Art, 8000-600 CE | Classical: pillars and arches; realistic human statues, literature (Homer); Rome borrows from Greece | 4 | |
| 162405179 | Empire, 8000-600 CE | Alexander the Great; Collapse of Rome (split into east/west); East Roman: Byzantine (Justinian reconquest of North Africa, Italy, Spain coast) | 5 | |
| 162405180 | Religion, 8000-600 CE | Originally polytheistic; Constantine: Edict of Milan gives legal status to Christianity | 6 | |
| 162405181 | Political, 600-1450 CE | Byzantine: absolute authority; secular rulers; Justinian Code | 7 | |
| 162405182 | Economic, 600-1450 CE | East Byzantine: trade at 'crossroads,' commercial/cultural connections | 8 | |
| 162405183 | Social, 600-1450 CE | Serfdom | 9 | |
| 162405184 | Science, 600-1450 CE | Printing press (Gutenberg) increased impact of new ideas; gunpowder, Muslims in Spain maintained Greek/Roman learning | 10 | |
| 162405185 | Art, 600-1450 CE | Greek Orthodox Church: blends Greek/Roman elements (domes, icons); cathedrals: romanesque, gothic | 11 | |
| 162405186 | Empire, 600-1450 CE | Byzantine; 800 CE: HOly Roman Empire starts in West | 12 | |
| 162405187 | Religion, 600-1450 CE | Byzantine: Greek Orthodox Church; West: Roman Catholic Church (Great Schism 1054) | 13 | |
| 162405188 | Political, 1450-1750 CE | Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella (Christian North + Muslim South) = nation state | 14 | |
| 162405189 | Economic, 1450-1750 CE | Byzantines not dominant; Iberian wave of exploration starts of strong but replaced; lots of wealth spent just as quickly; rich city-states in Italy | 15 | |
| 162405190 | Social, 1450-1750 CE | Women: overall Europe has some awareness of injustices | 16 | |
| 162405191 | Science, 1450-1750 CE | Muslims preserve past, add to math and science; navigation tech; Scientific Revolution | 17 | |
| 162405192 | Art, 1450-1750 CE | Exploration/colonization ensured spread of culture; Renaissance: humanism | 18 | |
| 162405193 | Empire, 1450-1750 CE | Greece/Rome forgotten, Byzantine empire weakened | 19 | |
| 162405194 | Religion, 1450-1750 CE | Spain: ties with Catholic Church; Spanish Inquisition for heretics; Protestant and Catholic Reformations | 20 | |
| 162405195 | Political, 1750-1914 CE | Unification of Italy: foreign-controlled small kingdoms, Victor Emmanuel, power of nationalism; Iberian colonies freeing selves; Italy: Triple Alliance | 21 | |
| 162405196 | Economic, 1750-1914 CE | North Italy industrializes; Portuguese coastal settlements (India), Africa; Italy doesn't colonize (humiliating loss to Ethiopia) | 22 | |
| 162405197 | Social, 1750-1914 CE | Women: some movement to equality (industrialization); industrialization brings middle class | 23 | |
| 162405198 | Science, 1750-1914 CE | Industrial Revolution | 24 | |
| 162405199 | Art, 1750-1914 CE | Artists experiment with new styles; new literary trends (Romanticism, realism) | 25 | |
| 162405200 | Empire, 1750-1914 CE | Splitting into different countries (i.e. Italy); Greece, Egypt launch independence movements; Eastern question: decline of Ottoman | 26 | |
| 162405201 | Political, 1914-now | WWI: conflict in Balkans; Italy changes sides for alliances; Interwar: fascist Italy, Mussolini: aggression | 27 | |
| 162405202 | Economic, 1914-now | Interwar period: global economic crisis; fascists want to protect enterprise; economic globalization: Italy in G-8 | 28 | |
| 162405203 | Social, 1914-now | Fascists (unlike Communists) don't want to eliminate private property, class distinctions; women: roles changed during war (suffrage) | 29 | |
| 162405204 | Science, 1914-now | Mussolini attempts to modernize Italy | 30 | |
| 162405205 | Art, 1914-now | Media used for propaganda; advertisements, modern styles (cubism) | 31 | |
| 162405206 | Empire, 1914-now | Spanish Civil War not directly involved in WW | 32 | |
| 162405207 | Religion, 1914-now | Now most of area is Roman Catholic, some Eastern churches (Orthodox), some Sunni Muslim | 33 |
