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Ancient Far East

Ancient Far East, included the early Chinese people, the early Japanese people and the ancient civilization of India. The early

Kingdoms of the Ancient Middle East

Kingdoms of the ancient Middle East included the Egyptians, Hebrews and Phoenicians. The culture of a people is not regarded

Prehistoric Ages of Man

Prehistoric ages of man include – the dawn of life on our planet, the tools and weapons of prehistoric man,

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

Rivalries in the Middle East 1856 – 1912

THE MIDDLE EAST where Europe, Asia and Africa meet had long been known as one of the great crossroads of

The United States and Destiny 1848-1914

THE UNITED STATES entered the race for colonies last of all the powers, at the end of the nineteenth century.

Storm Clouds over Europe 1882-1907

AS THE year 1899 drew to a close, Europeans and Americans began to wonder when, exactly, the nineteenth century would

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Notre-Dame, Palace of the Virgin (1194 A.D.)

Notre-Dame, Palace of the Virgin, with its clusters of columns, its soaring arches, its superb stone carvings and its matchless

Richard I, the Lion Heart (1194-1204 A. D.)

Richard I, the Lion Heart, fails to capture Jerusalem from the Saracens. The birth of the New Byzantium The first

Fall of Constantinople

Fall of Constantinople begins – the crusaders from the West had taken an oath to free the Holy Land from

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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