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Basic Ideas of Freedom take Root in Early Modern Times
Freedom! Liberty! Here are words which most Americans have heard all their lives. Freedom is the subject of the Declaration
The Ionian Greeks
The Ionian Greeks, who lived on the coast of Asia Minor and the adjoining islands, had produced some of the
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The Silent Peninsula 3000 B.C. to 1600 B.C.
About 3000 B. C., when the Pharaohs ruled Egypt and Babylon was the home of mighty kings, bands of sailors
The Power of Minos 2200 B.C. to 1400 B.C.
Far to the south of the Greek Peninsula lay the large island of Crete. It was the home of a
Companions of the King 1500 B.C. – 1000 B.C.
Across the plains of Peloponnesus, flashed the swift chariots of knights and warrior-princes. They wore armour of gleaming bronze and
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