that form european identity and should be in every european schoolbook. What are they? My list would go about like this
1) ancient greek history (philosophy, Athens vs Sparta, Alexander, diadochoi)
2) roman expansion
3) spread of christianity
4) fall of the roman empire
5) Arabs (and Slavs) attack
6) great schism
7) second wave of spread of christianity (Bulgaria, Moravia, Poland, Ruthenia, Scandinavia)
8) crusades
9) fight between pope and emperor
10) renaissance
11) turkish threat
12) reformation
13) great discoveries
14) englightment
15) french revolution, incl. Napoleon
16) growth of nationalism and socialism
17) ww1
18) ww2
19) cold war
20) EU
1) ancient greek history (philosophy, Athens vs Sparta, Alexander, diadochoi)
2) roman expansion
3) spread of christianity
4) fall of the roman empire
5) Arabs (and Slavs) attack
6) great schism
7) second wave of spread of christianity (Bulgaria, Moravia, Poland, Ruthenia, Scandinavia)
8) crusades
9) fight between pope and emperor
10) renaissance
11) turkish threat
12) reformation
13) great discoveries
14) englightment
15) french revolution, incl. Napoleon
16) growth of nationalism and socialism
17) ww1
18) ww2
19) cold war
20) EU