Foreword
Ch 1: The glory that was Rome; wandering through the Roman Empire, the fall of Rome
Ch 2: The early days of Britain; the Celts of Britain, barbarians come to Britain, Beowulf the Hero
Ch 3: Christianity comes to Britian; Augustine comes to England, medieval monasteries, writing books by hand
Ch 4: The Byzantine Empire; the beauty of Constantinople, Justinian, the just emperor, the empress Theodora, the church in the east
Ch 5: The medieval Indian Empire; a king named Skandagupta, monks in caves
Ch 6: The Rise of Islam; Muhammad's Vision, Muhammad flees to Medina, the Koran: Islam's holy book
Ch 7: Islam Becomes an Empire; the fight for Mecca, the spread of Islam, the city of Baghdad, Sinbad in the Valley of Snakes
Ch 8: The Great Dynasties of China; Yang Chien unites north and south, the Tang dynasty
Ch 9: East of China; the Yamato dynasty of Japan, a tale of three countries: Korea, China, and Japan
Ch 10: The Bottom of the World; the first people of Australia, the long journey of the Maori
Ch 11: The Kingdom of the Franks; Clovis, the ex-barbarian, four tribes, one empire
Ch 12: The Islamic Invasion; Islam in Spain and Africa
Ch 13: The Great Kings of France; Charles the Hammer, the greatest king: Charlemagne
Ch 14: The Arrival of the Norsemen; the Viking Invasion, Eric the Red and "Eric's Son", the Norse gods/ Thor and the giant king
Ch 15: The First Kings of England; the Vikings invade England, Alfred the Great, the battle of Hastings
Ch 16: England After the Conquest; the English language, serfs and noblemen, stone castles
Ch 17: Knights and Samurai; the English code of chivalry, the Samurai: Japanese knights
Ch 18: The Age of Crusades; a command from the Pope, recapturing Jerusalem, Saladin of Jerusalem, El Cid and the "reconquest of Spain"
Ch 19: A New Kind of King; Richard the Lionhearted, John Lackland and the Magna Carta, Robin Hood/ Robin Hood and the butcher
Ch 20: The Diaspora; the scattering of the Jews, a tale of the diaspora/ the clever rabbi of Cordova
Ch 21: The Mongols Devastate the East; Genghis Kan, emperor of all men, the Mongol conquest of China
Ch 22: Exploring the Mysterious East; Marco Polo goes to China, the forbidden city of the Ming
Ch 23: The First Russians; the Rus come to Constantinople, Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible
Ch 24: The Ottoman Empire; the Ottoman Turks attack/ the sheep-rocks, the capture of Constantinople, Suleiman the lawgiver
Ch 25: The End of the World; the plague, a new way of living
Ch 26: France and England at War; Henry V and the battle of Agincourt, Joan of Arc
Ch 27: War for the English Throne; the wars of the roses, the princes in the tower
Ch 28: The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal; Ferdinand and Isabella unite Spain, Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal
Ch 29: African Kingdoms; gold salt and Ghana, Mansa Musa of Mali, the Songhay Empire
Ch 30: India Under the Moghuls; the Moghul dynasty, Akbar of India/ the bad-luck servant
Ch 31: Exploring New Worlds; Christopher Columbus, Vespucci and Magellan
Ch 32: The American Kingdoms; the Mayans of Central America, the marvelous city of Tenochtitlan, the Incas
Ch 33: Spain, Portugal, and the New World; the slave trade, Cortes and Montezuma
Ch 34: Martin Luther's New Ideas; Martin Luther's List, Henry VIII's problem
Ch 35: The Renaissance; a new way of thinking, Gutenberg's great invention
Ch 36: Reformation and Counter Reformation; the spread of reformation, the council of Trent
Ch 37: The New Universe; the revolution of Copernicus, Galileo's strange notions
Ch 38: England's Greatest Queen; the queen who almost wasn't, good queen Bess
Ch 39: England's Greatest Playwright; William Shakespeare/Macbeth, Macbeth's decision
Ch 40: New Ventures to the Americas; Walter Raleigh and the new world, the lost colony
Ch 41: Explorations in the North; the new-found land, jacques Cartier's discoveries
Ch 42: Empires Collide; Spain and England's War, the world at the end of the 16th century
I'm so pleased you are utilizing Classical Curriculum!
Teresa (Tracy) Dear
Thank you!! Just what I needed :-)
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