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Imperialism Affects the Moslem World
Slowly the train had puffed over the heights of the Lebanon Mountains. Now, at last, it was coasting down the
The British Empire Becomes the Commonwealth of Nations
On a January evening in 1896, a famous British statesman, Joseph Chamberlain, attended a banquet in honour of an Englishman
“Wooden Walls” and Salamis
After Thermopylae the Spartans were only interested in defending the Peloponnese. Their next line of defence was across the Isthmus
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
Roosevelt Battles the Court 1937-1939
BEGINNING his second term, Roosevelt made it plain that the New Deal would go on. He would continue to work
“On the Dole” 1918 – 1936
IN Europe as in America, the leading democratic nations — Great Britain and France — faced the problems of the
Democratic but Divided 1926-1939
UNLIKE Britain, France was not a highly industrialized country; its economy was fairly evenly divided between industry and farming. For
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Toledo falls, marking the end of Islam in Spain (1077 – 1100)
Toledo falls and this marks the beginning of the end of Islam in Spain. A triumph for orthodoxy The events
