World History has always been global. The curriculum hasn't always been.This companion guide to Will Durant's Our Oriental Heritage gives grades 9–12+ World History, AP World, and Global Studies students a structured way to rebalance the story of civilization — not by discarding what they've learned, but by expanding the frame. Durant's 1935 classic set out to correct what he called a "historical failure of perspective," placing Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, and other Eastern civiliz