Comprehensive notes on world history
by Frank E. Smitha.
Antiquity |
Persian and Civil Wars
The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Herodotus. The demise of victorious Sparta. |
Greek Ideas
Anaxagors, Thucydides, Hippocrates, Democritus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. |
Alexander the Great
Philip unites Macedonia and dominates Greece. His son Alexander conquers Egypt and Persia. |
Empire & Fragmentation in India
The rise and fall of the Mauryan Empire. Invasions. Mahayana Buddhism and Hindu scripture. |
Han China
The rise and fall of Han China. Confuciansim and Taoism. |
The Rise of Rome
Rome's origins, religion and laws. Rome dominates Italy. The Punic wars. |
Roman Dictatorship
Rome expands. The historian Polybius. Slav revolts. The Gracchi. Marius and Sulla. |
Jewish Revolts
Revolt of the Macabees and Hanukkah. War among the Hasmoneans and loss of independence. |