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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 Coming of Islam A.D. 711 – 1526

IN 711‚ when other Moslem forces were invading distant Spain, Arab soldiers fought their way to the mouth of the

The Moguls Take Over A.D. 1504-1605

THE name “Mogul” comes from the Arabic word for “Mongol.” Babur, the founder of the Mogul dynasty, was probably descended

The Height of Mogul Power A.D. 1605-1707

WHEN Akbar died, the hope of a peaceful, prosperous India died with him. None of his successors was nearly so

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Zealots and the Destruction of Zion(70 A.D.)

Zealots, for sixty years or more, had formed the “resistance’’ against the Romans in Judaea and their ideas were shared

A. D.

A. D. is not meant to imply a time when fires were burning continually from 312 A.D. to 1204 A.D.

In This Sign Shalt Thou Conquer (312 A.D.)

Constantine’s victory at the Milvian Bridge, ensures the spread of Christianity, throughout the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire, at the

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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