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Japan, the “Source of the Sun” 3000 B.C.-A.D. 400
THE Japanese islands — four large ones and many smaller ones — rise out of the Pacific Ocean to the
The Ming Dynasty Restores the Old Order A.D. 1368-1644
THE MEN who took over from the Mongols came to be known as Hung-wu, or “Vast Military Power.” Hung-wu named
The Coming of the Mongols A.D.1135-1368
IN 1135, Hangchow became the capital of the Southern Sung. Thereafter, the Sung kept an uneasy peace with their unwelcome
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
Dictatorship and Civil War 1926-1939
THE END OF World War I brought many changes of government in Europe, but in a number of countries the
The Meaning of Totalitarianism
So it happened that in many parts of the world people were living under a system of government that came
Panic in Wall Street 1929-1932
AS MILLIONS of Americans hurried to work on the morning of October 24, 1929, it seemed like the start of
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
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
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
