1001-1100: The Eleventh Century. The growth of the Western Church ; Peace ; The discontinuation of slavery ; Structural engineering
1101-1200: The Twelfth Century. Population growth ; The expansion of the monastic network ; The intellectual renaissance ; Medicine ; The rule of law
1201-1300: The Thirteenth Century. Commerce ; Education ; Accountability ; Friars ; Travel
1301-1400: The Fourteenth Century. The Black Death ; Projectile warfare ; Nationalism ; Vernacular languages
1401-1500: The Fifteenth Century. The age of discovery ; Measuring time ; Individualism ; Realism and Renaissance naturalism
1501-1600: The Sixteenth Century. Printed books and literacy ; The Reformation ; Firearms ; The decline of private violence ; The foundation of European empires
1601-1700: The Seventeenth Century. The Scientific Revolution ; The Medical Revolution ; Settlement of the world ; The social contract ; Rise of the middle classes
1701-1800: The Eighteenth Century. Transport and communications ; The Agricultural Revolution ; Enlightenment liberalism ; Economic theory ; The Industrial Revolution ; Political revolution
1801-1900: The Nineteenth Century. Population growth and urbanisation ; Transport ; Communications ; Public health and sanitation ; Photography ; Social reform
1901-2000: The Twentieth Century. Transport ; War ; Life expectancy ; The media ; Electrical and electronic appliances ; The invention of the future
Conclusion: Which century saw the most change? Stability and change ; A scale of needs ; Social change in relation to the scale of needs ; The end of history? ; The principal agent of change
