Portuguese Empire: Navigators of the Seas and Builders of a Global Trade Network

French Empire: Napoleon's Dream and the Colonial Legacy

Venetian Empire: Merchants, Maritime Power, and the Wealth of the Adriatic

Franks: From Germanic Roots to the Founding of France and Germany

Eastern Han Dynasty: Rebuilding and Decline in Ancient China's Heartland

The Western Xia Dynasty: The Tangut Kingdom and Its Struggles for Survival

Habsburg Empire: Dynastic Power and the Struggles for European Control

Belgian Empire: Colonial Ambitions and the Scramble for Africa

Tang Dynasty: Golden Age of Art, Culture, and Trade

Imperial Chinese Foundations: Uniting the Land (3 in 1)

Zhou Dynasty: Philosophy and the Foundation of Chinese Civilization

Yuan Dynasty: Mongol Rule and the Blending of Cultures

Shang Dynasty: China's Bronze Age and the Rise of the Oracle Bones

Qin Dynasty: The Birth of China and the Great Wall Legacy

Liao Dynasty: Nomadic Conquerors of Northern China

Meiji Era: Modernization, Westernization, and the Fall of the Shogunate

Tokugawa Shogunate: Peace, Isolation, and the Preservation of Samurai Culture

Heian Period: The Golden Age of Art, Literature, and Aristocratic Rule

Song Dynasty: Innovation and Prosperity in Medieval China

Southern Song Dynasty: Art, Culture, and Survival in a Fragmented China