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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
Blood on the Snow 1855 – 1905
IT WAS a Sunday in January of 1905 and snow lay on the ground and rooftops of St. Petersburg, the
Workingmen of All Countries, Unite! 1848 – 1900
The ideas that attracted these Russians came mostly from a man named Karl Marx. Marx was born in Germany in
The 1905 Revolution
SOME DAY there would be no tsars, but there was little sign of that during the last years of the
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Chinese – New Empire after Alexander (B. C. 323 – 221)
The Chinese grew a new empire in the east, after the death of Alexander the Great. The empire of Cyrus
Great Wall of China (221 B.C.)
The Great Wall of China is probably the world’s most stupendous monument to human ingenuity, human industry and purportedly is
Rome and Carthage Dispute the Mediterranean (B. C. 221 – 217)
The Great Wall of China did not always keep the invader out, but it did help to establish the geographical
