| Introduction | p. viii |
| History and Art of Europe | |
| 1 | Prehistoric Europe | p. 1 |
| 2 | Egypt (3000 - 1000 B.C.) | p. 10 |
| 3 | Greece (2000 - 150 B.C.) | p. 26 |
| 4 | Rome (500 B.C. - A.D. 500) | p. 58 |
| 5 | The "Dark" Ages (A.D. 500 - 1000) | p. 92 |
| 6 | The High Middle Ages (A.D. 1000 - 1500) | p. 116 |
| 7 | The Renaissance (1400 - 1600) | p. 162 |
| 8 | Reformation, Discovery, and the Rise of Nation-States (1500 - 1650) | p. 222 |
| 9 | Divine Monarchs and Revolution (1650 - 1815) | p. 264 |
| 10 | 19th-Century Europe | p. 308 |
| 11 | The 20th Century | p. 358 |
| 12 | Europe Today | p. 420 |
| Art Appreciation | p. 454 |
| Music Appreciation | p. 488 |
| Thirty-Two Millennia in Six Pages | p. 494 |
| Appendix | |
| Artists and Dates | p. 501 |
| Index | p. 506 |