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Constitutional Government in England Triumphs
Constitutional government in England triumphs under the Tudors and the Stuarts. The British Empire is established, United States is born
Reformation – Revolt and Division in the Church
Reformation, revolt and division in the church – conflicts over Christian Doctrine, the religious revolt in Germany, the Catholic reformation
Renaissance
Renaissance – the beginnings, political institutions, the arts, literature, education and advances in Science – most fascinating those periods of
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The City of Augustus 29 B. C. – A. D. 14
IN 29 B.C. the gates of war were closed. Rome was at peace. Senators and the people of the mob-men
The Emperor’s City A. D. 14 to A. D. 117
GREAT power had allowed Augustus to do great good for Rome and its provinces. The same power in the hands
The City of the World A. D. 117 – A. D. 138
ROME was no longer just a city — it was a world. In the reign of Hadrian, the blaring trumpets
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Notre-Dame, Palace of the Virgin (1194 A.D.)
Notre-Dame, Palace of the Virgin, with its clusters of columns, its soaring arches, its superb stone carvings and its matchless
Richard I, the Lion Heart (1194-1204 A. D.)
Richard I, the Lion Heart, fails to capture Jerusalem from the Saracens. The birth of the New Byzantium The first
Fall of Constantinople
Fall of Constantinople begins – the crusaders from the West had taken an oath to free the Holy Land from
