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Athenian Democracy
The heroism of Harmodius and Aristogeiton was a myth, but Athenian democracy was not. In the two great wars of
A Tyrant Who Was Not Tyrannical
A tyrant’s first problem was to seize power. Peisistratus had to solve this problem three times. In 560 he came
The Growth and Expansion of Russia
Andrei was carving a wooden sleigh. So expert was he in the use of a knife that he could make
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
American Revolution – Trouble in Boston 1770
EVEN AFTER IT HAPPENED, few people in colonial Boston knew the boy’s name. He was just a barber’s helper, but
England Tightens Her Grip, 1763 – 1765
There had been few serious misunderstandings between the colonies and the mother country before the French and Indian War, but
The Stamp Act, 1765 – 1772
Another unpopular step England took after the war was to reorganize her defense system in the colonies. The French and
Distant Past and New Challenges
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
