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The Abbasids: Glory and Decay 750 -1258 A. D.

UNDER THE Omayyads, who ruled from 661 to 750, Islam had grown into a mighty empire. Arabic had become its

Cracks in the Wall of Islam A.D. 656-750

THE FIRST three caliphs — Abu Bakr, Omar and Othman — had all known — Mohammed well. In 656, Othman,

The Holy Book of Allah A. D. 632-732

Mohammed sometimes dictated his thoughts to his secretary, Zayd, but when he spoke in public no one wrote down what

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

Problems of a Changing World 1870-1914

WHILE INDUSTRY was transforming the United States, the same thing was happening in Western Europe. The change was most noticeable

The Race for Empire 1870-1914

While the peoples of the West were concerned with the problems that grew out of industrialization, their governments were taking

India and the Indies 1856 – 1914

In 1856, Great Britain was at war with Russia in the Black Sea area and with the Chinese emperor in

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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