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Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Hammurabi: The king who made the four quarters of the earth obedient The second millennium's beginning is characterized by the rise of two warring city states, Isin and Larsa, a competition which Isin loses, conquered by Rim-Sin 1822-1763 B.C.E.

The Magna Carta --Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941 Inaugural address On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. Just 10 weeks later, Pope Innocent III nullified the agreement, and England plunged into internal war.

The Magna Carta --Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941 Inaugural address On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. Just 10 weeks later, Pope Innocent III nullified the agreement, and England plunged into internal war.

The website details the Magna Carta and its relation in the creation of the Constitution of the United States.

Good short history from the BBC on King John and how the Magna Carta saved England.

Great summary of a really messed up story

Good summation of the classic Greek tale with easy to read language and pop references.

The biography of King Philip II(Augustus)

Gives good emphasis on the impact the Magna Carta had on modern democracy.

This site has a lot of information on the Magna Carta!!

Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter." The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed that the king would respect feudal rights and privileges, uphold the freedom of the church, and maintain the nation's laws.

This resource gathers many primary french sources and gives unbiased history of each of the Capetian Kings straight from these sources.

Details of Pyrrhus's battles

The Basilica of St. Denis, located near Paris, France, was constructed in 1136 and is the original burial site for many French kings.

The Basilica of Saint Denis ( Basilique Saint-Denis) is an important Catholic basilica located in Saint Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. Saint-Denis is notable for its Gothic architecture and for being the burial site of French monarchs, which makes it comparable to Westminster Abbey in England.

A resource that gives the history and important facts on the Abbey Church of St. Denis

This website paraphrases Hammurabi's Code.

This is an interesting overview of the code pointing out the history behind it and listing some of the more interesting laws in it.

"Hammurabi, the king of righteousness, on whom Shamash has conferred the law, am I." "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." This phrase, along with the idea of written laws, goes back to ancient Mesopotamian culture that prospered long before the Bible was written or the civilizations of the Greeks or Romans flowered.

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background of the Magna Carta

The King John and the Magna Carta edition of Mr. Zoller's social studies video podcasts

Video on the coming of the Magna Carta

800 years ago, Matilda came within a hair's breadth of being the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right. Castor explores how Matilda reached this point and why her bid for the throne ultimately failed. Her daughter-in-law Eleanor of Aquitaine was an equally formidable woman. Despite being remembered as the queen of courtly love, in reality during her long life she divorced one king and married another, only to lead a rebellion against him. She only finally achieved the power she craved in her seventies.

Professor Freedman opens by discussing why historians use the writings of Procopius and Gregory of Tours, a sixth century bishop whose history of the Merovingian kings is discussed the following week. Procopius's three works - The Wars, the adulatory Buildings, and the invective Secret History - are the best sources on the reign of the Emperor Justinian.