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T’ang Empire (622 – 794 A.D.)

T’ang Empire – first of the great Chinese dynasties – unifies the nation. The siege of Byzantium During the seventh

Flight to Medina (622 A.D.)

The flight to Medina, was made by the prophet Mohammed, when he fled from his native Mecca, in hopes of

Justinian Corpus (520-622 A.D.)

Justinian Corpus, the Juris Civilis, is the ancestor of all European legal systems. The sixth century – in the West,

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

Totalitarianism Versus Democracy

AS THE 1930’s drew to a close, only eight countries in Europe, besides Great Britain and France, were still democracies.

“My Name Will Stand Forever” 1933 – 1938

Adolf Hitler, stood above the German town of Berchtesgaden, in a large, imposing house in the mountains and stared out

Victory in Europe 1941 – 1945

Even before Pearl Harbour, there had been cooperation between the United States and Britain. In August of 1941, President Roosevelt

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Sung Dynasty, Golden Age of Artistic Achievement (955-982 A. D.)

The birth of Hungary The battle of the Lechfeld, which was so important to Western Europe, had an equally profound

Norsemen and Vikings (982 A. D.)

Norsemen or Vikings – Danes, Norwegians and Swedes — were terrorizing the greater part of Europe, over a thousand years

Hugh Capet (982 – 1066 A. D.)

Hugh Capet was coronated in 987 and with that, began the French dominance of Europe. During the eleventh century, a

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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