Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment, Frank M. Turner
| Changes in religious thought and institutions | Chapter 9: pp. 296–306 Chapter 11: pp. 352–387 Chapter 19: pp. 649–651 Chapter 30: pp. 1043–1047 |
| Secularization of learning and culture | Chapter 10: pp. 315–321 Chapter 14: pp. 459–466, 470–474 Chapter 17: pp. 540–575 Chapter 24: pp. 797–803 |
| Scientific and technological developments and their consequences | Chapter 10: p. 333 Chapter 14: pp. 452–479 Chapter 15: pp. 499–501 Chapter 24: pp. 797–803, 805–806 Chapter 30: pp. 1047–1048 |
| Major trends in literature and the arts | Chapter 10: pp. 312–324 Chapter 10: pp. 332–336 Chapter 11: pp. 384–385 Chapter 14: pp. 475–478 Chapter 17: pp. 564–567 Chapter 19: pp. 643–654 Chapter 24: pp. 806–811 Chapter 30: pp. 1040–1042 |
| Intellectual and cultural developments and their relationship to social values and political events | Chapter 9: pp. 296–306 Chapter 10: pp. 332–336 Chapter 11: pp. 354, 370–374, 377–381 Chapter 12: pp. 388–415 Chapter 13: pp. 419–438, 442–447 Chapter 14: pp. 459–466 Chapter 17: pp. 553–563, 567–575 Chapter 19: pp. 651–654 Chapter 24: pp. 812–815, 820–824 Chapter 30: pp. 1034–1038 |
| Developments in social, economic, and political thought, including ideologies characterized as "-isms," such as socialism, liberalism, nationalism | Chapter 14: pp. 462–466 Chapter 16: pp. 515–516 Chapter 19: pp. 633–638 Chapter 20: pp. 658–662 Chapter 21: pp. 704–710 Chapter 27: pp. 910–933 |
| Developments in literacy, education, and communication | Chapter 10: pp. 315–321 Chapter 14: pp. 466–468 Chapter 24: pp. 796–797 Chapter 30: pp. 1047–1048 |
| The diffusion of new intellectual concepts among different social groups | Chapter 11: pp. 354–356 Chapter 24: pp. 796–797 |
| Changes in elite and popular culture, such as the development of new attitudes toward religion, the family, work, and ritual | Chapter 9: pp. 296–306 Chapter 11: pp. 377–381 Chapter 14: pp. 474–475 |
| Impact of global expansion on European culture | Chapter 10: pp. 336–344 Chapter 16: pp. 512–539 Chapter 25: pp. 828–838 Chapter 29: pp. 1015–1021 Chapter 30: pp. 1026–1028 |
| The rise and functioning of the modern state in its various forms | Chapter 10: pp. 329–332 Chapter 13: pp. 416–451 Chapter 21: pp. 702–704 Chapter 22: pp. 728–757 |
| Relations between Europe and other parts of the world: colonialism, imperialism, decolonization, and global interdependence | Chapter 10: pp. 336–344 Chapter 16: pp. 512–539 Chapter 25: pp. 828–838 Chapter 29: pp. 997–1004, 1015–1021 Chapter 30: pp. 1026–1028 |
| The evolution of political elites and the development of political parties, ideologies, and other forms of mass politics | Chapter 10: pp. 313–315 Chapter 15: pp. 482–485 Chapter 16: pp. 519–529 Chapter 18: pp. 588–618 Chapter 20: pp. 658–669 Chapter 23: pp. 781–792 Chapter 26: pp. 876–900 |
| The extension and limitation of rights and liberties (personal, civic, economic, and political); majority and minority political persecutions | Chapter 12: pp. 392–397 Chapter 13: pp. 439–440 Chapter 16: pp. 519–529 Chapter 18: pp. 584–623 Chapter 22: pp. 748–756 Chapter 27: pp. 919–920 Chapter 28: pp. 960–966 |
| The growth and changing forms of nationalism | Chapter 9: pp. 292–296 Chapter 18: pp. 588–602 Chapter 19: pp. 651–654 Chapter 20: pp. 658–659 Chapter 21: pp. 710–720 Chapter 22: pp. 732–739, 744–748 Chapter 27: pp. 910–933 Chapter 29: pp. 1015–1021 |
| Forms of political protest, reform, and revolution | Chapter 9: pp. 289–291 Chapter 11: pp. 362–363 Chapter 12: pp. 399–402 Chapter 16: pp. 532–538 Chapter 18: pp. 584–623 Chapter 20: pp. 670–685 Chapter 21: pp. 710–720 Chapter 23: pp. 781–792 Chapter 25: pp. 854–858 Chapter 29: pp. 997–1021 |
| Relationship between domestic and foreign policies | Chapter 12: pp. 402–406 Chapter 16: pp. 519–529 Chapter 26: pp. 878–879 |
| Efforts to restrain conflict: treaties, balance-of-power diplomacy, and international organizations | Chapter 10: pp. 325–329 Chapter 12: pp. 406–414 Chapter 19: pp. 638–643 Chapter 20: pp. 670–673 Chapter 25: pp. 838–847, 862–868 Chapter 28: pp. 972–974 Chapter 29: pp. 980–996 Chapter 30: pp. 1048–1051 |
| War and civil conflict: origins, developments, technology, and their consequences | Chapter 9: pp. 286–292 Chapter 10: pp. 325–329 Chapter 12: pp. 388–415 Chapter 13: pp. 440–447 Chapter 16: pp. 529–532 Chapter 19: pp. 624–638 Chapter 22: pp. 730–732 Chapter 25: pp. 843–854, 858–862 Chapter 28: pp. 938–976 Chapter 29: pp. 980–996, 1014–1015 |
| The character of and changes in agricultural production and organization | Chapter 15: pp. 493–495 |
| The role of urbanization in transforming cultural values and social relationships | Chapter 10: pp. 313–315 Chapter 13: pp. 418–419 Chapter 15: pp. 504–510 Chapter 23: pp. 767–771 |
| The shift in social structures from hierarchical orders to modern social classes: the changing distribution of wealth and poverty | Chapter 15: pp. 480–503 Chapter 21: pp. 694–702 Chapter 23: pp. 766–767 |
| The influence of sanitation and health care practices on society: food supply, diet, famine, disease, and their impact | Chapter 9: pp. 286–292 Chapter 23: pp. 767–771 |
| The development of commercial practices, patterns of mass production and consumption, and their economic and social impact | Chapter 15: pp. 497–499 Chapter 30: pp. 1038–1040 |
| Changing definitions of and attitudes toward social groups, classes, races, and ethnicities within and outside Europe | Chapter 10: pp. 324–325 Chapter 15: pp. 508–510 Chapter 16: pp. 519–529 Chapter 23: pp. 780–781 Chapter 24: pp. 804–805 Chapter 24: pp. 815–820 Chapter 28: pp. 960–966 |
| The origins, development, and consequences of industrialization | Chapter 15: pp. 495–501 Chapter 21: pp. 690–701 Chapter 23: pp. 762–766 |
| Changes in the demographic structure and reproductive patterns of Europeans: causes and consequences | Chapter 9: pp. 286–292 Chapter 15: pp. 493–495 Chapter 21: pp. 690–692 Chapter 23: p. 762 Chapter 30: pp. 1026–1028 |
| Gender roles and their influence on work, social structure, family structure, and interest group formation | Chapter 11: pp. 381–384 Chapter 15: pp. 488–493, 501 Chapter 21: pp. 696–702 Chapter 23: pp. 771–780 Chapter 30: pp. 1031–1034 |
| The growth of competition and interdependence in national and world markets | Chapter 15: pp. 497–499 Chapter 16: pp. 512–539 Chapter 21: pp. 690–701 |
| Private and state roles in economic activity | Chapter 21: pp. 704–710 Chapter 26: pp. 876–900 Chapter 27: pp. 906–935 Chapter 30: pp. 1028–1030 |