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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
Thermopylae
The first narrow place where the Persians might have been held was the pass of Tempe in the north of
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
“We Shall Overcome” 1954-1965
On May 17, 1954, all was quiet and solemn, as it usually is, in the chambers of the United States
The Great Society 1964 – 1965
In the United States election campaign of 1964, President Johnson was the candidate of the Democratic party. His Republican opponent
Man Faces the Future 1957-1965
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union announced to an astonished world that its scientists had launched into orbit an
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Assyria, Steppelands of Central Asia Sees New People Emerge and New Empires Rise (1191 – 524 B.C.)
The vacuum left in Western Asia by the passage of the Sea Peoples was soon filled. New peoples infiltrated into
Buddha, the Prophet of the East (524 B.C.)
The Buddha as he came to be known, was a young man, Gautama, who followed the usual pursuits of someone
The Collapse of Crete (524 – 480 B.C.)
With the collapse of Crete, the Mediterranean focus moves to Greece. The destruction of Knossos in 1450 B.C. precipitated the
