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China under the Han 206 B. C. – A. D. 221

THE vast East Asian land of China is named after its first family of emperors, the Ch’in. The Ch’in brought

The Coming of the Europeans A.D. 1498-1707

MORE than two centuries before Aurungzeb’s death and even before the coming of Babur, a new kind of invader had

The Height of Mogul Power A.D. 1605-1707

WHEN Akbar died, the hope of a peaceful, prosperous India died with him. None of his successors was nearly so

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

The Gift of the Nile 3300 B.C. – 30 B.C.

It was around 3500 B.C. and as it did every year around the middle of July, the Nile had begun

The People of One God 3000 B. C. – 30 B. C.

On the plains of Mesopotamia, a young man stood gazing up at the stars that glittered from the dark sky

The Rise of the Assyrians 1600 B. C. – 539 B. C.

During the century after the Hittites had raided Babylon and rose to power in Turkey and Syria, Mesopotamia was a

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Arminius, Liberator of Germany (9 A.D.)

By 9 B.C. it seemed that Augustus’ ambition to extend Roman territory to the Elbe had almost been achieved, but

Jesus of Nazareth, Saviour God of a New Religion (30 A.D.)

Jesus of Nazareth, his life and death, for Romans alive about A.D. 30 was of no significance whatsoever. In the

Revolt and Destruction of Judea (30 – 70 A. D.)

Judea was destroyed and it’s people were scattered due to revolt in the East. Herod the Great died in the
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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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