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City-States and Colonies
The two hundred years after 800 B.C. saw a great expansion of the Greeks by colonisation. Colonisation is a more
The Migration
The “Dark Age” of Greece (c. 1100 – 800) was a time of migration and settlement. Whole peoples were in
Was there a Trojan War?
Parts of the story of the Trojan War are told in two poems the Iliad (Ilium = Troy) and the
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The United Nations and the Nations Disunited 1943 -1949
So at last, in the Pacific as in Europe, the guns were silent; the nations that had brought so much
Independence for India 1920 – 1964
Even before the end of World War II, it was clear that Asia and Africa would soon be shaken by
China and Revolution 1912 – 1962
Like Gandhi and Nehru in India, one of China’s greatest leaders, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, learned from the West as well
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Charlemagne’s Empire Destroyed by Eastern Hordes (800-886 A. D.)
Charlemagne’s empire destroyed and dissolved in the ninth century, but the idea of “Europe” survived. By the late tenth century,
Alfred “The Great” builds England for the English (886 A. D.)
Alfred “The Great”, alone amongst the English kings, has been awarded this title. Earlier invaders of the British Isles had
Baghdad Founded (886 – 950 A. D.)
Baghdad founded and became the centre of Islamic learning and culture. England in the tenth century As a soldier, Alfred,
