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Theseus and the Minotaur
The Greeks, then, had their story of the creation of the world, of a great flood and a heroic ancestor;
Who were the Hellenes?
GREECE is a country that people go to on cruises in spring, summer and autumn. Like other people who go
Leadership of Churchmen and Nobles in the Middle Ages
The civilizations of India, China and the Moslem world progressed to about the year 1500 A.D., but what had been
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The Coming of the Europeans A.D. 1498-1707
MORE than two centuries before Aurungzeb’s death and even before the coming of Babur, a new kind of invader had
China under the Han 206 B. C. – A. D. 221
THE vast East Asian land of China is named after its first family of emperors, the Ch’in. The Ch’in brought
The Six Dynasties: Turmoil and Change A.D. 220-589
THE three states into which China had split were soon split up themselves into even smaller divisions. For three 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