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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
Dictatorship and Civil War 1926-1939
THE END OF World War I brought many changes of government in Europe, but in a number of countries the
The Meaning of Totalitarianism
So it happened that in many parts of the world people were living under a system of government that came
Panic in Wall Street 1929-1932
AS MILLIONS of Americans hurried to work on the morning of October 24, 1929, it seemed like the start of
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Attila, The Scourge of God (451 A.D.)
Attila, the “Scourge of God” was the legendary force that — curiously enough — helped to hold the tottering Roman
Old Europe Crumbles (451 – 520 A.D.)
Old Europe crumbles as barbarian waves batter civilizations. Ironically, the victory on the Mauriac Plain sealed the fate both of
St. Benedict’s Rule 520 A.D.
St. Benedict’s monks tried to poison him, on one occasion it is said – and they often disregarded his instructions,
