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Roman Republic

Roman republic, for “westward the course of empire makes its way,” first to Rome and ultimately, by way of northern

Alexander and the Great Hellenistic Age

Alexander and the Great Hellenistic Age – was the supreme achievement, of Alexander the great. When summarizing the rich heritage

Ancient Greeks, Life and Culture

Ancient Greeks, is where the history of Europe and of Western civilization really began, with the arrival in the Aegean

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

War in Korea 1945-1953

Although the cold war was the most important fact in the politics of the post-war world, few persons could have

The United Nations and the End of Colonialism 1946 -1965

Even before the Korean War, the United Nations had proved that it could take effective action to control serious conflicts.

Death of a Dictator 1946 – 1953

AS THE SKY darkened over Moscow on the evening of March 5, 1953, thousands of people waited in line before

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Notre-Dame, Palace of the Virgin (1194 A.D.)

Notre-Dame, Palace of the Virgin, with its clusters of columns, its soaring arches, its superb stone carvings and its matchless

Richard I, the Lion Heart (1194-1204 A. D.)

Richard I, the Lion Heart, fails to capture Jerusalem from the Saracens. The birth of the New Byzantium The first

Fall of Constantinople

Fall of Constantinople begins – the crusaders from the West had taken an oath to free the Holy Land from

Mythology

Who were the Hellenes?

Theseus and the Minotaur

The Palace of Minos

Helen of Troy

The Wooden Horse

Was there a Trojan War?

The Migration

City-States and Colonies

The Delphic Oracle

The Olympic Games

Sparta

A Spartan grows Up

Athens

Solon

A Tyrant Who Was Not Tyrannical

Athenian Democracy

The Ionian Greeks

Marathon

The Rivals

The Second Persian Invasion

Thermopylae

“Wooden Walls” and Salamis

Aeschylus

Theseus Comes Home

The Confederacy of Delos

The Athenian Empire

Herodotus, The Father of History

The Parthenon

Thucydides

Why Did Athens Fight Sparta

The Peloponnesian War Begins

Athenian Death

Hippocrates and Disease

Pericles Dies

Cleon the Tanner

Peace

Socrates

Alcibiades

Sicily

Hecuba, Queen of Troy

Decelea, a Thorn in the Flesh

Oligarchy and Athens in Defeat

Socrates’ Death

Xenophon

Damocles’ Sword – The Fourth Century

Plato

Alexander of Macedon

Hellenistic Age – Alexandria and Byzantium

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