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Charlemagne Crowned (800 A.D.)

Charlemagne crowned, at a solemn moment during the celebration of Mass in Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Day of

Frankish Hordes Crush Romans (794-800 A.D.)

Frankish hordes crush the Romans at Soissons and the disintegration of Europe begins. Japan during the Heian period For some

Japanese Renaissance (794 A.D.)

Japanese renaissance was not until 794 A.D., when the Japanese capital was transferred from Nara to Heian (modern Kyoto), that

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

The Ottomans, the Last Great Islamic Power A.D. 1299-1922

ACCORDING to their tradition, the Ottoman Turks once belonged to the same Central Asian tribe as the Seljuk Turks. Their

Islam the Civilizer A. D. 622-1406

IF Islam had never existed, the Christian countries of the world would probably be less advanced and certainly less varied,

India: A Thousand Years of History A. D. 1 – 710

UNTIL 1947, when the Moslem state of Pakistan was carved out of its western and eastern corners, the entire triangle

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Attila, The Scourge of God (451 A.D.)

Attila, the “Scourge of God” was the legendary force that — curiously enough — helped to hold the tottering Roman

Old Europe Crumbles (451 – 520 A.D.)

Old Europe crumbles as barbarian waves batter civilizations. Ironically, the victory on the Mauriac Plain sealed the fate both of

St. Benedict’s Rule 520 A.D.

St. Benedict’s monks tried to poison him, on one occasion it is said – and they often disregarded his instructions,

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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