Qin and Han Dynasties and the effects on Chinese politics

Confucius on trying to end war

China Geography and Imperial History

Buddha, the Four Truths and the 8 Fold Path

India Unites Itself and Buddhism Spreads.

the geography on the Indian Subcontinent and the early Aryan Civilization.

The Roman Empire in all its glory changed the way people thought about everything from glory, to government, to themselves.

The Roman Republic died in a conversation between a rich man who wanted glory and an unemployed ex-soldier who wanted dignity. 100 years of fire and blood destroyed the senate, the republic, got cicero-cato-pompey-caesar-cleopatra-marc antony killed and left only Octavian standing.

The Roman Legion used the sword, shield and discipline to turn the roman farmer into perhaps the best soldier of the ancient world

Divisions of Italy between Gauls, Etruscans, Latins and Greeks determined much of Rome's future. Here we discussed how Rome dealt with being surrounded and how it ended up creating the Republic.