1. Chapter 1
New World Encounters

2. I. Native American Histories before Conquest
A. Environmental Challenge
B. Mysterious Disappearances
C. Aztec Dominance
D. Eastern Woodland Cultures

3. II. The World Transformed
A. Cultural Negotiation
B. Threats to Survival: Trade and Disease

4. III. West Africa: Ancient and Complex Societies
A. Geography/History
B. Trade

5. IV. Europe on the eve of conquest
A. Building new nation states
B. Technical Knowledge

6. V. Imagining a New World A. Myths and Realities
B. The Conquistadores: Faith and Greed
C. From plunder to settlement

7. The English Enter the Competition
A. Birth of English Protestantism
B. Militant Protestantism
C. Women in Power
D. Religion, War and Nationalism