Topics
- Early Civilizations 400,000 B.C – 648 B.C.
- Ancient Greece 3000 B.C. – 323 B.C.
- Ancient Rome 1000 B.C – 476 A.D.
- Early Christianity and Byzantium 6 B.C. – 1453 A.D.
- East in the Middle Ages 214 B.C. – 1644 A.D.
- West in the Middle Ages 481 A.D. – 1485 A.D.
- Renaissance 1277 A.D.- 1603 A.D.
- Reformation and Exploration 1415 A.D. – 1634 A.D.
- Age of Great Kings and Enlightenment 1469 A.D. – 1762 A.D.
- Age of Revolution 1765 A.D. – 1815 A.D.
- Industrial Revolution and Nationalism 1702 A.D. – 1906 A.D.
- Imperialism and World War 1 1841 A.D. – 1920 A.D.
- Totalitarianism and the Great Depression 1861 A.D. – 1938 A.D.
- World War 2 and its Aftermath 1934 A.D. – 1944 A.D.
- Modern Age 1946 A.D. – 1965 A.D.
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The City Where Money Ruled A.D. 54 – A.D. 192
“IT is impossible to find peace and quiet in this city!” Seneca, in Nero’s Rome for a visit, was not
The End of the City A. D. 192 – A. D. 476
ON ROME’S first day, Romulus took a bronze plow and drew a magic circle around seven of the hills that
The First Palm Sunday A.D. 29
IT WAS the Sunday before Passover. The soft greens of spring and patches of wild flowers brightened the hills above
The Life of Jesus Christ (B. C. 6 to 29 A. D.)
ALL THAT is known about Jesus of Nazareth appears in the first four books of the New Testament. These books,
The Resurrection and the Faithful Few A. D. 29 – 35
JESUS lived and died a Jew. Like the ancient Hebrew teachers, he urged people to love God and to love
Paul of Tarsus A. D. 35 – 64
THERE was one man who had more to do with the future of the Christian church than even the apostles
Rome and the Christian Church A.D. 64 -180
TRUMPETS sounded the fire alarm in Rome on the night of July 18, in the year 64. It seemed that
The Growing Church 100 – 500 A. D.
AT THE beginning of the second century, the Christian Church was a loosely organized group of independent local churches. There
Great Church Fathers A.D. 340-430
IT WAS about the middle of Lent in Antioch, reported Jerome, when “a deep-seated fever fell upon my weakened body,
The New Capital: Constantinople A. D. 306-532
EMPEROR Constantine’s decision to build a new capital for the Roman Empire in the East did not come as a