1. Volume 4 Issue 5Dec 2013Winter Solstice – The Shortest day of the Year Special points of interest:Winter Solstice – The Shortest day of the YearWhat do we…

Slide 1El Cid By Zachary Kidson Slide 2 FQ: Were the titles of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar justified? Slide 3 Overview Background El Cid, El Champeador of Spain Fiction behind…

Slide 1The Wars of the Roses The Red Rose of Lancaster The White Rose of York Slide 2 When Edward III died in 1377, his heir was his 10 year-old grandson, Richard (son of…

Slide 1The Cuban Missile Crisis (October Crisis), 1962 Mr. Kurtis Werner Slide 2 Lesson objectives/questions What was the background to the events in Cuba? What was the background…

1.Berlin2. Berlin is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and is…

1. The Oscar Iden Series Prof. Carroll Quigley's Last Public Lectures Public Authority and the State In the Western Tradition: A Thousand Years of Growth 976-1976 Georgetown…

1. The Spread of Islam 2. One thing to understand concerning Islam is that there’s no distinguishing between the religion and government/law.They’re one and the same.…

1. Africa: 400-1450 AD 2. Most African history of this period was “ oral history .”There are few written records of events or people. Is oral history reliable to modern…

1. Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization 2. Objectives Know and understand the contributions Rome made to Western culture. Artistic Legal Architectural Language Technology/engineering…

1. Contents• Indus Valley Civilization• Sumerians Civilization• Egyptian Civilization• Greek Civilization• Chinese Civilization 2. Contents• Introduction• Town…