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The Conquest of England 1066-1265

IN THE DIM LIGHT of early morning, the Frenchmen were preparing for battle. Squires helped the knights put on their

Feudal France 814-1314

AFTER THE BREAKUP OF CHARLEMAGNE’S Empire, France, the western half of the empire, was ruled by a series of weak

Feudal Germany 936 -1250

THE WINTER of 1077 was one of the coldest on record in Italy. Ice and snow choked the mountain passages

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

The Life of Jesus Christ (B. C. 6 to 29 A. D.)

ALL THAT is known about Jesus of Nazareth appears in the first four books of the New Testament. These books,

The Resurrection and the Faithful Few A. D. 29 – 35

JESUS lived and died a Jew. Like the ancient Hebrew teachers, he urged people to love God and to love

Paul of Tarsus A. D. 35 – 64

THERE was one man who had more to do with the future of the Christian church than even the apostles

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Arian Heresy and the Council of Nicaea (312-432 A. D.))

The Arian threat occured in the fourth century, which opened with the triumph of Christianity in the Roman Empire, closed

Mission to Ireland (432 A.D.)

In the spring of 432, Laoghaire, ruler of a petty kingdom in northern Ireland, gathered his court near Tara to

Visigoths and Gaiseric (432 – 451 A.D.)

The Visigoths, led by Gaiseric, settle in North Africa and challenge Rome. Ireland before St. Patrick According to the most

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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