The beginnings of science

The scientific mentality before the onset of civilization (prehistory-4000 BCE)

Civilization and science in ancient Mesopotamia (4000-300 BCE)

Civilization and science in the Nile River Valley (3100-300 BCE)

Magic, religion, and science

Magic, superstition, and science in the ancient world (4000 BCE-500 CE)

Ancient religion and science (4000 BCE-500 CE)

Science in ancient central, southern, and eastern Asia

Science in ancient central and southern Asia (3000 BCE-500 CE)

Science in ancient eastern Asia (2100 BCE-400 CE)

The ancient Greeks

Ionian Greek science (750-300 BCE)

Science in Magna Graecia (750-300 BCE)

Classical Greek science

(500-300 BCE)

Athenian science (500-300 BCE)

Geographical and astronomical knowledge

Exploration and geographical knowledge in the ancient world (4000 BCE-500 CE)

Phoenician and Carthaginian science (1000-200 BCE)

Astronomy in the ancient and medieval worlds (4000 BCE-1500 CE)

The expansion of Greek science

Hellenistic Greece (331-30 BCE)

Greek philosophy and the philosophy of science (750-100 BCE)

Greek science in the Roman Empire (750 BCE-500 CE)

Greco-Roman science

Medical science in ancient Greece (750-100 BCE)

Medical science in the Roman Empire (300 BCE-500 CE)

Mathematical science in ancient Greece and Rome (750 BCE-200 CE)

Science during the Pax Romana (31 BCE-180 CE)

Applied science in the ancient and medieval worlds

Engineering and technology in the ancient and medieval worlds (4000 BCE-1500 CE)

Social and behavioral sciences in the ancient and medieval worlds (500 BCE-1500 CE)

Science in the later Roman and Byzantine Empires

Late Roman science (180-500 CE)

Byzantine science (300-1450 CE)

The impact of ancient science upon medieval Asia, Africa, and Europe

Science in medieval Mesopotamia and the Levant (600-1500 CE)

Science in Moorish Spain (700-1450 CE)

Science in medieval Africa (500-1500 CE)

Science in medieval central and southern Asia (500-1500 CE)

Science in medieval east and southeast Asia (400-1644 CE)

Science and philosophy during the European Middle Ages (500-1300 CE)

Expansion of science into new worlds

Exploration and geographic knowledge in the medieval world (500-1500 CE)

Science in the Americas (500-1500 CE)

The impact of ancient and medieval science upon modern science

Conclusion: the scientific revolution

Chronology.