History of Man’s Achievements

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Medieval Culture – in surveying man’s achievements during the Middle Ages – is another example of man’s ability to rebuild

Medieval East includes the spread of Islam, medieval India, medieval China, medieval Japan, the Mongols and Eastern Europe – the

Renaissance – the beginnings, political institutions, the arts, literature, education and advances in Science – most fascinating those periods of

Reformation, revolt and division in the church – conflicts over Christian Doctrine, the religious revolt in Germany, the Catholic reformation

Constitutional government in England triumphs under the Tudors and the Stuarts. The British Empire is established, United States is born

Absolutism was sought, achieved, followed by the French Revolution, an Interlude; and peace plans were made for Europe. Both English

Division and weakness in Germany and Italy points up the difference between geographic unity and national unity. It concerns itself

Foundations of the Russian Empire involved: the Early Russians, Romanovs and the New Russia, Alexander and the Holy Alliance, Russian

Spain, Portugal and the New World: the Hispanic Century, Spain and Europe, the Dutch Revolt and Spanish decline, the Spanish