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ANOTHER POWERFUL CULTURAL FORCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES WAS THE VIKINGS 9OO AD- 12OO AD WHO WERE THE VIKINGS ? THE ROMANS HAD CALLED THE FAR...

BYZANTIUM was a Greek colony founded in 667 BC 1. In 33O AD the Roman Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire from...

THE CRUSDADES THE SPREAD OF ISLAM THE BEGINNINGS OF ISLAM Not long after the fall of the Roman EMPIRE in the west in 476 AD the religion...

PART 1 : FEUDALISM IN EUROPE & JAPAN - THE RISE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH PART 2 : THE CRUSDADES & THE RISE OF ISLAM PART 3 : THE BYZANTINE...

Throughout its early ancient history China was generally a very insulated country (with exception of the SILK ROAD) it remained within...

Two dates of historical significance 1989 THE BERLIN WALL COMES DOWN 1991 COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION THE BERLIN WALL DAVID BOWIE...

After WWI a short period of stability in Europe was experienced as the ROARING TWENTIES This was a period of economic prosperity and...

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA Sections of this 21 Km wall was begun as early as the 5th Century BC and finished in the 16th Century AD. We...

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IS THE 2ND MAJOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORLD REVOLUTION 1. THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION 2. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION...

THE BERLIN CONFERENCE - THE NEW AGE OF IMPERIALISM 1. IMPERIALISM IS THE CONTROL OF FOREIGN COLONIES BY NATIONALISTIC COUNTRIES. 2. THE...

HUMAN PROGRESS DEPENDS ON REVOLUTIONS SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS - CHANGE THE WAY WE SEE THE LAWS OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS...

Hinduism is a complex blend of religions that arose from the Indian sub continent . It is 4OOO years old and is a synthesis of many ...

WE LEFT ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN 326 BC IN THE INDUS VALLEY IN WESTERN INDIA 1. AT THIS TIME IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT A NEW CULTURE WAS...

THE GLOBAL ROMAN WORLD ROMAN EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT THE FIRST EMPEROR BACKGROUND TO THE FIRST EMPEROR IN THE CHAOS AFTER THE DEATH OF...

THE ETRUSCANS ... first settlers around 9OO BC Rome was only a small settlement when the ETRUSCANS dominated the lands north. Little is...

ABSOLUTE RULERS 1. The pre democratic Kings and Emperors of cultures around the world have had absolute rule over their societies. 2....

TO SET THE SCENE THE ENDING OF 'APOCALYPTO' movie directed by Mel Gibson ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH - THE END OF THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION THE...

From 6OO BC The Kingdom of SPARTA was a warrior culture. It was only focussed on training soldiers to fight. The people they conquered...

PREVIOUS GATEWAY TO THE EAST AND ASIA FOR THE SPICE TRADE WAS VIA MARCO POLO WHO ESTABLISHED THE SILK ROAD FROM VENICE TO CHINA 1271 HE...

The Acropolis present day Athens The Golden Age of Athens lasted from 479 BC to 431 BC. Pericles was a distinguished Athenian Statesman,...