History of France Most of Europe was ruled by the Franks, for more than 400 years, over 1000 years ago. The entire area of modern France was under their control. In the year 895 the Vikings of Scandinavia settled in Northern France and were called Normans. During the middle ages Feudalism existed in France. Peasants did not own any land and they worked under the Feudal Lords over the years the...

History of the United Kingdom The first settlers probably came to Britain during the Palaeolithic age. In the year 43 A.D. Britain was invaded by the Romans and made a part of the Roman empire till the year 400 A.D. Around 500 A.I). Christian missionaries arrived in Britain and Christianity spread as a religion. In the last quarter of the 9th century Britain was invaded by the Vikings. The Invasion of...

History of the United States of America Four hundred years ago, about 100 followers of the Puritan faith, set sail from England in search of a new land and reached America. They landed in the area which is now called Massachusetts. These settlers prospered in America they elected and formed their own government, made laws and collected taxes. Over the years these settlers were colonised by Britain and ruled by the...

Industrial Revolution Around 300 years ago began an age in Britain and Europe which was to change the way people lived and worked. This age was called the Industrial Revolution. In the years before the beginning of the 18th century most of the goods were produced with the help of manual labour. In the beginning of the 18th century inventions revolutionised the manufacturing processes and gave the factory owners the capability...

The Explorers In the earlier days man’s knowledge about his surroundings was limited to the geographical area in which he lived. Over the years many great men set out to explore the unknown far reaches of our planet. These explorers go back to the 7th century when the Chinese philosopher Huan Tsang explored Asia and India. In those days the mode of travel was very slow since it was limited to...

Renaissance Europe was going through a gradual transformation in the 15th century. There were a lot of educated people in Italy who rediscovered the findings of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, they contradicted some and developed on others. This age of awakening was called Renaissance and it produced some of the greatest thinkers of all times and led them to make the discoveries on which modern science is based. In this...

Reformation During the 14th and 15th centuries a lot of corrupt practices had crept into the Catholic Church in Europe. In the year 1517 a monk called Martin Luther made a list of the wrong practices and nailed it to the door of a church in Wittenberg. As a result of his action, he was expelled from the Catholic order. In the years that followed, Martin Luther set up his own...

Religions Religions are the beliefs that explain what we don’t know about unexplained occurrences or happenings. Most religions lead us to believe in one God, while others believe in many Gods. Religions also provide us the insight into what is right and what is wrong. One of the first religions of the world was called Animism and it believed that there was a spirit of God in everything. Today the leading...