1 ? 1.1: Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth 1 ? 1.2: The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies 1 ? 1.3: The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies 2 ? 2.1: The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions 2 ? 2.2: The Development of States and Empires 2 ? 2.3: Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange 3 ? 3.1: Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks 3 ? 3.2: Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and their Interactions 3 ? 3.3: Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences 4 ? 4.1: Globalizing Networks of Communication