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In This Sign Shalt Thou Conquer (312 A.D.)

Constantine’s victory at the Milvian Bridge, ensures the spread of Christianity, throughout the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire, at the

A. D.

A. D. is not meant to imply a time when fires were burning continually from 312 A.D. to 1204 A.D.

Zealots and the Destruction of Zion(70 A.D.)

Zealots, for sixty years or more, had formed the “resistance’’ against the Romans in Judaea and their ideas were shared

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

The Thaw in the Cold War 1953-1959

Stalin had left behind him a world of suspicion, distrust and fear. Suspicion, distrust and fear were as great in

A Time of Crisis 1960-1963

One of the sources of trouble was Cuba. In 1956 a small group of revolutionaries, led by a 29-year-old lawyer

A Time of Change 1948-1962

All times are, more or less, times of change, but the changes that took place in the 1950’s and 1960’s

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

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,

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

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

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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