Introduction: revolution in comparative and historical sociology
The Akkadian constitutive revolution and the establishment of universal monarch in Mesopotamia
The Athenian constitutive revolution and subsequent revolutions of ancient Greece
Revolution in the Roman Republic
Revolution in the Roman Principate and its transformation into imperial constitutional autocracy
The last Roman integrative revolution
Rise of the Sasanian empire: a feudal integrative revolution in late antiquity
Rise of Islam: the constitutive revolution of late antiquity
Islam's integrative social revolution
The papal revolution and its export: the Crusades
The Mongolian integrative revolution in eurasia
Conclusion: world-historical and theoretical significance of premodern revolutions
Epilogue: revolutions of the last hundred years in the light of my typology
