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Islam the Civilizer A. D. 622-1406

IF Islam had never existed, the Christian countries of the world would probably be less advanced and certainly less varied,

The Ottomans, the Last Great Islamic Power A.D. 1299-1922

ACCORDING to their tradition, the Ottoman Turks once belonged to the same Central Asian tribe as the Seljuk Turks. Their

Seljuks and Mamelukes A.D. 950-1517

LIKE THEIR relatives the Mongols, the Turks began as wandering herdsmen in Central Asia. Their first contact with Islam was

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

Father of the Factory System 1769-1807

IT TOOK the work of many inventors to bring about the changes of the Industrial Revolution, but the man recognized

The Factory System 1750-1800

THE ENGLISH regarded themselves as a free people — but they did not seem to believe in freedom for others.

Democracy and Nationalism 1815-1848

WHILE THE Industrial Revolution was transforming England and creating a new kind of society, the continent of Europe seemed to

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

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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