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Helen of Troy
Helen “of Troy“ was in fact Helen of Sparta where she was the wife of King Menelaus. She only spent
The Palace of Minos
So much for the legend. What of the facts? At Cnossos, near Herakleion, in Crete are the ruins of an
Theseus and the Minotaur
The Greeks, then, had their story of the creation of the world, of a great flood and a heroic ancestor;
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The United Nations and the Nations Disunited 1943 -1949
So at last, in the Pacific as in Europe, the guns were silent; the nations that had brought so much
Independence for India 1920 – 1964
Even before the end of World War II, it was clear that Asia and Africa would soon be shaken by
China and Revolution 1912 – 1962
Like Gandhi and Nehru in India, one of China’s greatest leaders, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, learned from the West as well
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Justinian Corpus (520-622 A.D.)
Justinian Corpus, the Juris Civilis, is the ancestor of all European legal systems. The sixth century – in the West,
Flight to Medina (622 A.D.)
The flight to Medina, was made by the prophet Mohammed, when he fled from his native Mecca, in hopes of
T’ang Empire (622 – 794 A.D.)
T’ang Empire – first of the great Chinese dynasties – unifies the nation. The siege of Byzantium During the seventh
