Ghana builds a trade empire, Islam connects the world, Mali, Timbuktu, Mansa Musa takes a Hajj, Armies grow and professionalize, Songhay conquers the Sahel,

From Civilization as Old as Egypt to being a Third of the Indian Oceanic Trade World

The Qin and Han Dynasties // Destroying the Old Culture // The Building of the Silk Road and a Great Wall // the Expansion of "China" to create a Greater China

Confucianism in a Time of War

Civilization at the End of the World (or is it the Center of it?)

Chandragupta conquers an Empire // Ashoka tries to Run it - a kinder and gentler empire

Size and geography break up the Subcontinent's cultures // The Indus must control the Mountains (or Pakistan must Control Afghanistan) // Apartheid that works - Caste system keeps kids from having the "wrong" babies with the "wrong" people.

Civil War // Weak Emperors // No Talent in the Senate // Military Dictators // The Horsemen and Vikings of the Apocalypse, Vandals at the Gates.

Octavian-Augustus wins and kills the Republic // Welfare, the Army, the Government all Change - sometimes for better, Sometimes for Worse.