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Theseus Comes Home
The annual festival of the Great Dionysia, in March of the year 468, was not only remarkable for the victory
Postwar World Looks for Ways to Live at Peace
The postwar stirring of nationalism among peoples in Asia and Africa, was one important outcome of World War 2, but
Nationalist Beliefs in Asia and Africa after WW 2
Nationalist beliefs in Asia and Africa swept over changes in many lands. In the spring of 1955, the city of
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The American Experiment 1787 – 1801
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION created a republic of thirteen states, the first large republic in history. The nation was to be
Jackson and the Common People 1812-1833
ALTHOUGH THE Federalists continued as a party for some years after their defeat in 1801, they would never again be
A House Divided 1833 – 1859
BEFORE ELI Whitney invented the cotton gin, Southern plantation owners were beginning to wonder if they should not give up
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Justinian Corpus (520-622 A.D.)
Justinian Corpus, the Juris Civilis, is the ancestor of all European legal systems. The sixth century – in the West,
Flight to Medina (622 A.D.)
The flight to Medina, was made by the prophet Mohammed, when he fled from his native Mecca, in hopes of
T’ang Empire (622 – 794 A.D.)
T’ang Empire – first of the great Chinese dynasties – unifies the nation. The siege of Byzantium During the seventh
