Willenhall, vulgo Willnal, is undoubtedly a place of great antiquity; on the evidence of its name it manifestly had its foundation in an early Saxon settlement. The Anglo-Saxon form of the name Willanhale may be interpreted as “the meadow land of Willa”.
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History of the ancient East which comprised of countries to the east of India and Arabia and to the south of Scythia, from 1000 B.C. to the time of conquest of the East by Greece. Also an epilogue on what came out of Western Asia after the Christian era.
More than 800 pages on Europe of the 19th century. It was a time of revolutionary war in France. A time of secularization of Europe. A time of wars between different European states. The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and his conquests. War on Egypt. Clashes of Napoleon and Russia. 30 years of peace and renewed wars. Revolt of Eastern countries.
This book aims to furnish a concise and connected account of human progress during ancient, medieval, and early modern times. The book features chapters on the dawn of history, lands and peoples of the East, Oriental Civilizations, the rise of Greece, mingling of the East and West, the Rise of Rome, Christianity in the Roman Empire, Classical Civilization, Middle Ages, Islam vs. Christianity wars, Middle Ages, Absolutism in France and England.