Quakers – Society of Friends – Religion
A Quaker wedding (1800s in England) In 1648 AD, some people in England felt unhappy with the way Puritan Christians were praying to God. So they started to do things their own way. [...]
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American revolutionary war – American history
American revolution: English soldiers search a settler's house (1770s) Why did the Americans revolt? In 1763 AD England won the French and Indian War against France (which had been fought mainly in North America), [...]
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Medieval people – Life in medieval Europe
Madonna and child (Donatello) Medieval families The way people thought about each other in the Middle Ages, everyone was involved in complicated systems of relationships with each other. The first relationships [...]
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Third Crusade – Medieval history
Saladin (Salah al-din) When the Mamluk general Imad-ed-din Zangi died, he was succeeded by his son Nureddin, who added Damascus to the land his father had gathered together. And after Nureddin died in 1174 AD, [...]
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What is the Magna Carta?
The Magna Carta Why did they want the Magna Carta? Since the time of Edward the Confessor in the 1000s AD, the kings of England had been getting more and more powerful. That [...]
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Medieval economy – Europe
Medieval economy: A carpenter works in his shop. Collapse of trade After the fall of Rome, people in Europe used money less than they had before. Instead they mostly lived on what they [...]
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Nara period – Early medieval Japan
Model of the Empress Genmei's imperial audience hall at Heijo, Nara Empress Genmei moved the capital of Japan to the new planned city of Nara in 710 AD. She wanted the move [...]
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Medieval Islamic government
Islamic government: The Umayyad caliph Muawiyah Caliphs and viziers From the beginning, the Islamic Empire was a monarchy like the Roman Empire or the Sassanian Empire before it. One man ruled the Islamic Empire. [...]
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Ancient Indian government
Indian government: Sanchi Stupa Northern Gateway (ca. 50 BC) Early Indian government Nobody knows what Indian government was like in the Harappan period. Probably they had a king over each city, the [...]
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Dark Age Greece – History of Greece
Submycenaean octopus jar from Dark Age Greece Dark Age isolation and poverty After most of the Mycenaean palaces were destroyed around 1200 BC, nobody rebuilt them. The only palace we [...]
