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Ancient World History: Patterns of Interaction Audio Study Guides
Chapter 1 Section 1 (Prehistory - 2500 B.C.) - Chapter 22 Section 4 (1550 - 1789)
Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction Audio Study Guides
Chapter 7 Section 1 (1789 - 1815) - Chapter 20 Section 5 (1960 - Present)
Chapter 1 Section 1 (Prehistory - 2500 B.C.) (mp3 file - 6,704kb)
The People of the World: Human Origins in Africa
Chapter 1 Section 2 (Prehistory - 2500 B.C.) (mp3 file - 5,361kb)
The People of the World: Humans Try to Control Nature
Chapter 1 Section 3 (Prehistory - 2500 B.C.) (mp3 file - 5,027kb)
The People of the World: Civilization
Chapter 2 Section 1 (3500 B.C. - 450 B.C.) (mp3 file - 5,764kb)
Early River Valley Civilizations: City-States in Mesopotamia
Chapter 2 Section 2 (3500 B.C. - 450 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,618kb)
Early River Valley Civilizations: Pyramids on the Nile
Chapter 2 Section 3 (3500 B.C. - 450 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,103kb)
Early River Valley Civilizations: Planned Cities on the Indus
Chapter 2 Section 4 (3500 B.C. - 450 B.C.) (mp3 file - 6,194kb)
Early River Valley Civilizations: River Dynasties in China
Chapter 3 Section 1 (2500 B.C. - 250 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,777kb)
People and Ideas on the Move: The Indo-Europeans
Chapter 3 Section 2 (2500 B.C. - 250 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,746kb)
People and Ideas on the Move: Hinduism and Buddhism Develop
Chapter 3 Section 3 (2500 B.C. - 250 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,643kb)
People and Ideas on the Move: Seafaring Traders
Chapter 3 Section 4 (2500 B.C. - 250 B.C.) (mp3 file - 6,094kb)
People and Ideas on the Move: The Origins of Judaism
Chapter 4 Section 1 (1570 B.C. - 200 B.C.) (mp3 file - 5,585kb)
First Age of Empires: The Egyptian and Nubian Empires
Chapter 4 Section 2 (1570 B.C. - 200 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,412kb)
First Age of Empires: The Assyrian Empire
Chapter 4 Section 3 (1570 B.C. - 200 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,431kb)
First Age of Empires: The Persian Empire
Chapter 4 Section 4 (1570 B.C. - 200 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,577kb)
First Age of Empires: The Unification of China
Chapter 5 Section 1 (2000 B.C. - 300 B.C.) (mp3 file - 4,877kb)
Classical Greece: Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
Chapter 5 Section 2 (2000 B.C. - 300 B.C.) (mp3 file - 5,512kb)
Classical Greece: Warring City States
Chapter 5 Section 3 (2000 B.C. - 300 B.C.) (mp3 file - 5,349kb)
Classical Greece: Democracy and Greece's Golden Age
Chapter 5 Section 4 (2000 B.C. - 300 B.C.) (mp3 file - 3,576kb)
Classical Greece: Alexander's Empire
Chapter 5 Section 5 (2000 B.C. - 300 B.C.) (mp3 file - 3,687kb)
Classical Greece: The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Chapter 6 Section 1 (500 B.C. - A.D. 500) (mp3 file - 4,995kb)
Ancient Rome and Early Christianity: The Roman Republic
Chapter 6 Section 2 (500 B.C. - A.D. 500) (mp3 file - 5,027kb)
Ancient Rome and Early Christianity: The Roman Empire
Chapter 6 Section 3 (500 B.C. - A.D. 500) (mp3 file - 4,443kb)
Ancient Rome and Early Christianity: The Rise of Christianity
Chapter 6 Section 4 (500 B.C. - A.D. 500) (mp3 file - 3,676kb)
Ancient Rome and Early Christianity: The Fall of the Roman Empire
Chapter 6 Section 5 (500 B.C. - A.D. 500) (mp3 file - 3,875kb)
Ancient Rome and Early Christianity: Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization
Chapter 7 Section 1 (400 B.C. - A.D. 550) (mp3 file - 6,331kb)
India and China Establish Empires: India's First Empires
Chapter 7 Section 2 (400 B.C. - A.D. 550) (mp3 file - 5,013kb)
India and China Establish Empires: Trade Spreads Indian Religions and Culture
Chapter 7 Section 3 (400 B.C. - A.D. 550) (mp3 file - 5,249kb)
India and China Establish Empires: Hans Emperors in China
Chapter 8 Section 1 (1500 B.C. - A.D. 700) (mp3 file - 5,955kb)
African Civilizations: Diverse Societies in Africa
Chapter 8 Section 2 (1500 B.C. - A.D. 700) (mp3 file - 4,115kb)
African Civilizations: Migration
Chapter 8 Section 3 (1500 B.C. - A.D. 700) (mp3 file - 4,931kb)
African Civilizations: The Kingdom of Aksum
Chapter 9 Section 1 (40,000 B.C. - A.D. 700) (mp3 file - 6,114kb)
The Americas: A Separate World: The Earliest Americans
Chapter 9 Section 2 (40,000 B.C. - A.D. 700) (mp3 file - 4,875kb)
The Americas: A Separate World: Early Mesoamerican Civilizations
Chapter 9 Section 3 (40,000 B.C. - A.D. 700) (mp3 file - 4,883kb)
The Americas: A Separate World: Early Civilizations of the Andes
Chapter 10 Section 1 (600 - 1250) (mp3 file - 5,372kb)
The Muslim World: The Rise of Islam
Chapter 10 Section 2 (600 - 1250) (mp3 file - 4,256kb)
The Muslim World: Islam Expands
Chapter 10 Section 3 (600 - 1250) (mp3 file - 4,772kb)
The Muslim World: Muslim Culture
Chapter 11 Section 1 (500 - 1500) (mp3 file - 6,659kb)
Byzantines, Russians, and Turks Interact: The Byzantine Empire
Chapter 11 Section 2 (500 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,418kb)
Byzantines, Russians, and Turks Interact: The Russian Empire
Chapter 11 Section 3 (500 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,131kb)
Byzantines, Russians, and Turks Interact: Turkish Empires Rise in Anatolia
Chapter 12 Section 1 (600 - 1350) (mp3 file - 5,691kb)
Empires in East Asia: Tang and Song China
Chapter 12 Section 2 (600 - 1350) (mp3 file - 4,544kb)
Empires in East Asia: The Mongol Conquests
Chapter 12 Section 3 (600 - 1350) (mp3 file - 4,444kb)
Empires in East Asia: The Mongol Empire
Chapter 12 Section 4 (600 - 1350) (mp3 file - 4,471kb)
Empires in East Asia: Feudal Powers in Japan
Chapter 12 Section 5 (600 - 1350) (mp3 file - 4,733kb)
Empires in East Asia: Kingdoms of Southeast Asia and Korea
Chapter 13 Section 1 (500 - 1200) (mp3 file - 6,298kb)
European Middle Ages: Charlemagne Unites Germanic Kingdoms
Chapter 13 Section 2 (500 - 1200) (mp3 file - 3,670kb)
European Middle Ages: Feudalism in Europe
Chapter 13 Section 3 (500 - 1200) (mp3 file - 4,392kb)
European Middle Ages: The Age of Chivalry
Chapter 13 Section 4 (500 - 1200) (mp3 file - 5,296kb)
European Middle Ages: The Power of the Church
Chapter 14 Section 1 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 6,068kb)
The Formation of Western Europe: Church Reforms and the Crusades
Chapter 14 Section 2 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,243kb)
The Formation of Western Europe: Changes in Medieval Society
Chapter 14 Section 3 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 4,886kb)
The Formation of Western Europe: England and France Develop
Chapter 14 Section 4 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 4,599kb)
The Formation of Western Europe: The Hundred Years' War and the Plague
Chapter 15 Section 1 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,704kb)
Societies and Empires of Africa: North and Central African Societies
Chapter 15 Section 2 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,814kb)
Societies and Empires of Africa: West African Civilizations
Chapter 15 Section 3 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,140kb)
Societies and Empires of Africa: Eastern City-States and Southern Empires
Chapter 16 Section 1 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,620kb)
People and Empires in the Americas: North American Societies
Chapter 16 Section 2 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 4,653kb)
People and Empires in the Americas: Maya Kings and Cities
Chapter 16 Section 3 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 5,780kb)
People and Empires in the Americas: The Aztecs Control Central Mexico
Chapter 16 Section 4 (800 - 1500) (mp3 file - 4,984kb)
People and Empires in the Americas: The Inca Create a Mountain Empire
Chapter 17 Section 1 (1300 - 1600) (mp3 file - 5,128kb)
European Renaissance and Reformation: Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Chapter 17 Section 2 (1300 - 1600) (mp3 file - 4,640kb)
European Renaissance and Reformation: The Northern Renaissance
Chapter 17 Section 3 (1300 - 1600) (mp3 file - 5,532kb)
European Renaissance and Reformation: Luther Leads the Reformation
Chapter 17 Section 4 (1300 - 1600) (mp3 file - 5,332kb)
European Renaissance and Reformation: The Reformation Continues
Chapter 18 Section 1 (1300 - 1700) (mp3 file - 5,486kb)
The Muslim World Expands: The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
Chapter 18 Section 2 (1300 - 1700) (mp3 file - 4,202kb)
The Muslim World Expands: Cultural Blending
Chapter 18 Section 3 (1300 - 1700) (mp3 file - 5,988kb)
The Muslim World Expands: The Mughal Empire in India
Chapter 19 Section 1 (1400 - 1800) (mp3 file - 5,539kb)
An Age of Explorations and Isolation: Europeans Explore the East
Chapter 19 Section 2 (1400 - 1800) (mp3 file - 4,920kb)
An Age of Explorations and Isolation: China Limits European Contacts
Chapter 19 Section 3 (1400 - 1800) (mp3 file - 4,992kb)
An Age of Explorations and Isolation: Japan Returns to Isolation
Chapter 20 Section 1 (1492 - 1800) (mp3 file - 5,609kb)
The Atlantic World: Spain Builds an American Empire
Chapter 20 Section 2 (1492 - 1800) (mp3 file - 4,884kb)
The Atlantic World: European Nations Settle North America
Chapter 20 Section 3 (1492 - 1800) (mp3 file - 5,005kb)
The Atlantic World: The Atlantic Slave Trade
Chapter 20 Section 4 (1492 - 1800) (mp3 file - 2,989kb)
The Atlantic World: The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade
Chapter 21 Section 1 (1500 - 1800) (mp3 file - 5,938kb)
Absolute Monarchs in Europe: Spain's Empire and European Absolutism
Chapter 21 Section 2 (1500 - 1800) (mp3 file - 5,080kb)
Absolute Monarchs in Europe: The Reign of Louis XIV
Chapter 21 Section 3 (1500 - 1800) (mp3 file - 4,790kb)
Absolute Monarchs in Europe: Central European Monarchs Clash
Chapter 21 Section 4 (1500 - 1800) (mp3 file - 4,489kb)
Absolute Monarchs in Europe: Absolute Rulers of Russia
Chapter 21 Section 5 (1500 - 1800) (mp3 file - 5,646kb)
Absolute Monarchs in Europe: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
Chapter 6 Section 1 (1550 - 1789) (mp3 file - 6,201kb)
Enlightenment and Revolution: The Scientific Revolution
Chapter 6 Section 2 (1550 - 1789) (mp3 file - 4,153kb)
Enlightenment and Revolution: The Enlightenment in Europe
Chapter 6 Section 3 (1550 - 1789) (mp3 file - 4,920kb)
Enlightenment and Revolution: The Enlightenment Spreads
Chapter 6 Section 4 (1550 - 1789) (mp3 file - 4,655kb)
Enlightenment and Revolution: The American Revolution
Chapter 7 Section 1 (1789 - 1815) (mp3 file - 6,015kb)
The French Revolution and Napoleon: The French Revolution Begins
Chapter 7 Section 2 (1789 - 1815) (mp3 file - 5,413kb)
The French Revolution and Napoleon: Revolution Brings Reform and Terror
Chapter 7 Section 3 (1789 - 1815) (mp3 file - 4,452kb)
The French Revolution and Napoleon: Napoleon Forges an Empire
Chapter 7 Section 4 (1789 - 1815) (mp3 file - 4,527kb)
The French Revolution and Napoleon: Napoleon's Empire Collapses
Chapter 7 Section 5 (1789 - 1815) (mp3 file - 3,892kb)
The French Revolution and Napoleon: The Congress of Vienna
Chapter 8 Section 1 (1789 - 1900) (mp3 file - 5,060kb)
Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West: Latin American Peoples Win Independence
Chapter 8 Section 2 (1789 - 1900) (mp3 file - 5,292kb)
Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West: Europe Faces Revolutions
Chapter 8 Section 3 (1789 - 1900) (mp3 file - 4,796kb)
Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West: Nationalism
Chapter 8 Section 4 (1789 - 1900) (mp3 file - 4,312kb)
Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West: Revolutions in the Arts
Chapter 9 Section 1 (1700 - 1900) (mp3 file - 5,690kb)
The Industrial Revolution: The Beginnings of Industrialization
Chapter 9 Section 2 (1700 - 1900) (mp3 file - 3,836kb)
The Industrial Revolution: Industrialization
Chapter 9 Section 3 (1700 - 1900) (mp3 file - 4,913kb)
The Industrial Revolution: Industrialization Spreads
Chapter 9 Section 4 (1700 - 1900) (mp3 file - 5,524kb)
The Industrial Revolution: Reforming the Industrial World
Chapter 10 Section 1 (1815 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,765kb)
An Age of Democracy and Progess: Democratic Reform and Activism
Chapter 10 Section 2 (1815 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,787kb)
An Age of Democracy and Progess: Self-Rule for British Colonies
Chapter 10 Section 3 (1815 - 1914) (mp3 file - 3,875kb)
An Age of Democracy and Progess: War and Expansion in the United States
Chapter 10 Section 4 (1815 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,777kb)
An Age of Democracy and Progess: Nineteenth-Century Progress
Chapter 11 Section 1 (1850 - 1914) (mp3 file - 5,050kb)
The Age of Imperialism: The Scramble for Africa
Chapter 11 Section 2 (1850 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,519kb)
The Age of Imperialism: Imperialism
Chapter 11 Section 3 (1850 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,927kb)
The Age of Imperialism: Europeans Claim Muslim Lands
Chapter 11 Section 4 (1850 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,222kb)
The Age of Imperialism: British Imperialism in India
Chapter 11 Section 5 (1850 - 1914) (mp3 file - 5,090kb)
The Age of Imperialism: Imperialism in Southeast Asia
Chapter 12 Section 1 (1800 - 1914) (mp3 file - 5,645kb)
Transformations Around the Globe: China Resists Outside Influence
Chapter 12 Section 2 (1800 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,096kb)
Transformations Around the Globe: Modernization in Japan
Chapter 12 Section 3 (1800 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,972kb)
Transformations Around the Globe: U.S. Economic Imperialism
Chapter 12 Section 4 (1800 - 1914) (mp3 file - 4,269kb)
Transformations Around the Globe: Turmoil and Change in Mexico
Chapter 13 Section 1 (1914 - 1918) (mp3 file - 5,259kb)
The Great War: Marching Toward War
Chapter 13 Section 2 (1914 - 1918) (mp3 file - 3,412kb)
The Great War: Europe Plunges into War
Chapter 13 Section 3 (1914 - 1918) (mp3 file - 5,904kb)
The Great War: A Global Conflict
Chapter 13 Section 4 (1914 - 1918) (mp3 file - 3,363kb)
The Great War: A Flawed Peace
Chapter 14 Section 1 (1900 - 1939) (mp3 file - 6,021kb)
Revolution and Nationalism: Revolutions in Russia
Chapter 14 Section 2 (1900 - 1939) (mp3 file - 4,383kb)
Revolution and Nationalism: Totalitarianism
Chapter 14 Section 3 (1900 - 1939) (mp3 file - 4,782kb)
Revolution and Nationalism: Imperial China Collapses
Chapter 14 Section 4 (1900 - 1939) (mp3 file - 5,316kb)
Revolution and Nationalism: Nationalism in India and Southwest Asia
Chapter 15 Section 1 (1919 - 1939) (mp3 file - 5,481kb)
Years in Crisis: Postwar Uncertainty
Chapter 15 Section 2 (1919 - 1939) (mp3 file - 4,481kb)
Years in Crisis: A Worldwide Depression
Chapter 15 Section 3 (1919 - 1939) (mp3 file - 4,946kb)
Years in Crisis: Fascism Rises in Europe
Chapter 15 Section 4 (1919 - 1939) (mp3 file - 5,570kb)
Years in Crisis: Aggressors Invade Nations
Chapter 16 Section 1 (1939-1945) (mp3 file - 6,076kb)
World War II: Hitler's Lightning War
Chapter 16 Section 2 (1939-1945) (mp3 file - 4,554kb)
World War II: Japan's Pacific Campaign
Chapter 16 Section 3 (1939-1945) (mp3 file - 3,324kb)
World War II: The Holocaust
Chapter 16 Section 4 (1939-1945) (mp3 file - 5,680kb)
World War II: The Allied Victory
Chapter 16 Section 5 (1939-1945) (mp3 file - 3,608kb)
World War II: Europe and Japan in Ruins
Chapter 17 Section 1 (1945 - Present) (m4a file - 10,120kb)
Restructuring the Postwar World: Cold War: Superpowers Face Off
Chapter 17 Section 2 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,319kb)
Restructuring the Postwar World: Communists Take Power in China
Chapter 17 Section 3 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,529kb)
Restructuring the Postwar World: Wars in Korea and Vietnam
Chapter 17 Section 4 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,749kb)
Restructuring the Postwar World: The Cold War Divides the World
Chapter 17 Section 5 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 3,893kb)
Restructuring the Postwar World: The Cold War Thaws
Chapter 18 Section 1 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,593kb)
The Colonies Become New Nations: The Indian Subcontinent Achieves Freedom
Chapter 18 Section 2 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 3,955kb)
The Colonies Become New Nations: Southeast Asian Nations Gain Independence
Chapter 18 Section 3 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,609kb)
The Colonies Become New Nations: New Nations in Africa
Chapter 18 Section 4 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,752kb)
The Colonies Become New Nations: Conflicts in the Middle East
Chapter 18 Section 5 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,575kb)
The Colonies Become New Nations: Central Asia Struggles
Chapter 19 Section 1 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,082kb)
Stuggles for Democracy: Democracy
Chapter 19 Section 2 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,900kb)
Stuggles for Democracy: The Challenge of Democracy in Africa
Chapter 19 Section 3 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,634kb)
Stuggles for Democracy: The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Chapter 19 Section 4 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,878kb)
Stuggles for Democracy: Changes in Central and Eastern Europe
Chapter 19 Section 5 (1945 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,325kb)
Stuggles for Democracy: China: Reform and Reaction
Chapter 20 Section 1 (1960 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,609kb)
Global Interdependence: The Impact of Science and Technology
Chapter 20 Section 2 (1960 - Present) (mp3 file - 4,247kb)
Global Interdependence: Global Economic Development
Chapter 20 Section 3 (1960 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,186kb)
Global Interdependence: Global Security Issues
Chapter 20 Section 4 (1960 - Present) (mp3 file - 5,689kb)
Global Interdependence: Terrorism
Chapter 20 Section 5 (1960 - Present) (mp3 file - 3,744kb)
Global Interdependence: Cultures Blend in a Global Age