Germany: An old friend, a new enemy
Introduction : We are all related
1714 - 1815 -1914
1841 : Albert, The Good German
1858 : Vicky, the Good Englishwoman
1870 : The turning point
1914 : The Enemy part 1
1940 : The Enemy part 2
1973-2016 : Friend and Ally
2016: Germany still hovers in the wings
Two Books
Englanders and Huns by James Hawes
Our German Cousins by John Mander
Lockdown Lecture Mon 29 April Hollywood Blockbuster Opening! Who were the Ottomans? Gradual creation of an Euro-Asian Empire The great Prize of Constantinople is seized in 1453 Mehmet II: A Renaissanc
The Rise and Fall of The Byzantine Empire Founding of Constantinople on site of older Byzantium Fall of Western Roman Empire, Survival of Eastern Empire (Byzantine) Christianity later divides between
From the The Rise of Islam to the Crusading Centuries The Pre Islamic Arabs Origins-Language-Tribal Societies- Attitude of Byzantines and Persians- Jewish contact in Book of Nehemiah Mohammed Early L