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The People of One God 3000 B. C. – 30 B. C.
On the plains of Mesopotamia, a young man stood gazing up at the stars that glittered from the dark sky
The Gift of the Nile 3300 B.C. – 30 B.C.
It was around 3500 B.C. and as it did every year around the middle of July, the Nile had begun
Hittite Warriors Build a Kingdom 1750 B. C. – 700 B. C.
Within 150 years of the death of Hammurabi, the cities of Mesopotamia were powerless and other peoples took up the
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The United Nations and the Nations Disunited 1943 -1949
So at last, in the Pacific as in Europe, the guns were silent; the nations that had brought so much
Independence for India 1920 – 1964
Even before the end of World War II, it was clear that Asia and Africa would soon be shaken by
China and Revolution 1912 – 1962
Like Gandhi and Nehru in India, one of China’s greatest leaders, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, learned from the West as well
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Caliph of Cordova’s Library (950 A. D.)
Caliph of Cordova’s library, raised Cordova to its great eminence. It was Europe’s most glittering capital: a place where Moslems,
Cluny (950 – 955 A. D.)
Cluny, the Greatest Benedictine Abbey in Europe, was founded in 910. After the reign of the great Abd al-Rahman III,
Lechfeld (955 A. D.)
Lechfeld, the battleground outside Augsburg on St. Lawrence’s day, 10 August 955 A. D., was highly significant for the whole
