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Hugh Capet (982 – 1066 A. D.)

Hugh Capet was coronated in 987 and with that, began the French dominance of Europe. During the eleventh century, a

Norsemen and Vikings (982 A. D.)

Norsemen or Vikings – Danes, Norwegians and Swedes — were terrorizing the greater part of Europe, over a thousand years

Sung Dynasty, Golden Age of Artistic Achievement (955-982 A. D.)

The birth of Hungary The battle of the Lechfeld, which was so important to Western Europe, had an equally profound

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

“My Struggle”

When Hitler was discharged by the army in 1918, he found an altogether different Germany from the one he had

Fire in the Reichstag 1923 – 1933

DURING THE years that followed Hitler’s adventure in the Munich beer hall, ministers came and went in the German government.

Germany under the Nazis 1933 – 1939

IT WAS almost midnight in Berlin — a strange hour for a parade in any city, but down the street

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Hammurabi – The First Law Code (1750 B. C.)

As the political state evolved, the problem of its administration evolved too. The territory ruled over by Hammurabi of Babylon

Hittites – A New Power Arises (1750 – 1450 B.C.)

Hittites, a new power, arises in the Near East and Babylon is eclipsed. The Babylonian kings who followed Hammurabi were

The Eruption of Santorin – (B.C. 1450)

By 2000 B.C. Crete, and its out post the island of Santorin, was the home of a remarkable, flourishing civilization. Known

Mythology

Who were the Hellenes?

Theseus and the Minotaur

The Palace of Minos

Helen of Troy

The Wooden Horse

Was there a Trojan War?

The Migration

City-States and Colonies

The Delphic Oracle

The Olympic Games

Sparta

A Spartan grows Up

Athens

Solon

A Tyrant Who Was Not Tyrannical

Athenian Democracy

The Ionian Greeks

Marathon

The Rivals

The Second Persian Invasion

Thermopylae

“Wooden Walls” and Salamis

Aeschylus

Theseus Comes Home

The Confederacy of Delos

The Athenian Empire

Herodotus, The Father of History

The Parthenon

Thucydides

Why Did Athens Fight Sparta

The Peloponnesian War Begins

Athenian Death

Hippocrates and Disease

Pericles Dies

Cleon the Tanner

Peace

Socrates

Alcibiades

Sicily

Hecuba, Queen of Troy

Decelea, a Thorn in the Flesh

Oligarchy and Athens in Defeat

Socrates’ Death

Xenophon

Damocles’ Sword – The Fourth Century

Plato

Alexander of Macedon

Hellenistic Age – Alexandria and Byzantium

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