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The March Revolution 1917
IT BEGAN in the Russian capital, in the city which had been called St. Petersburg and was now called Petrograd.
Rasputin and War 1914-1917
THE TSARINA Alexandra was a religious woman. That was why she was immediately interested in Rasputin, when he was introduced
The 1905 Revolution
SOME DAY there would be no tsars, but there was little sign of that during the last years of the
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
Cracks in the Wall of Islam A.D. 656-750
THE FIRST three caliphs — Abu Bakr, Omar and Othman — had all known — Mohammed well. In 656, Othman,
The Abbasids: Glory and Decay 750 -1258 A. D.
UNDER THE Omayyads, who ruled from 661 to 750, Islam had grown into a mighty empire. Arabic had become its
Rival Caliphs and Amirs in the West A.D. 750-1492
IN 750, when the first Abbasid caliph ordered a wholesale massacre of the family that had ruled before him, hardly
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
