Defining world-systems and civilizations -- History of tribal societies and cultures -- History of ancient tributary societies and cultures -- History of late pre-modern tributary societies and cultures -- History of the modern world-system and its "Occidental" civilization -- History of the modern world-system and its "Oriental" civilizations -- History of the modern world-system and its "Postcolonial" civilizations -- Historical routes to modernization within the modern world-system -- History of post-modernization and the future of the modern world-system and its civilizations.