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Emperor of the French 1804 -1815

On December 2, 1804, in a ceremony of great pomp and splendour at the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,

The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1802

In March of 1796, a new commander named Napoleon Bonaparte was placed in charge of the French army on the

The Terror 1793 – 1795

The execution of the king stunned the rulers of Europe. They were stunned as well by the French military victories

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

“My Struggle”

When Hitler was discharged by the army in 1918, he found an altogether different Germany from the one he had

Fire in the Reichstag 1923 – 1933

DURING THE years that followed Hitler’s adventure in the Munich beer hall, ministers came and went in the German government.

Germany under the Nazis 1933 – 1939

IT WAS almost midnight in Berlin — a strange hour for a parade in any city, but down the street

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Caliph of Cordova’s Library (950 A. D.)

Caliph of Cordova’s library, raised Cordova to its great eminence. It was Europe’s most glittering capital: a place where Moslems,

Cluny (950 – 955 A. D.)

Cluny, the Greatest Benedictine Abbey in Europe, was founded in 910. After the reign of the great Abd al-Rahman III,

Lechfeld (955 A. D.)

Lechfeld, the battleground outside Augsburg on St. Lawrence’s day, 10 August 955 A. D., was highly significant for the whole

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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