AD 33 : the Year That Changed the World by Duriez, Colin instant download

AD 33 : the Year That Changed the World by Duriez, Colin instant download

1 online resource (346 pages), This is a portrait of one of the great years in world history. It is a book comparable to Gavin Menzies 1421: The Year China discovered the World. AD 33 was the year when an obscure religious teacher died a criminal's death in an outpost of the Roman Empire, an event which had world-changing consequences in the form of the beginnings of Christianity. What was the world like in that monumental year? In this breathtaking book, we find out about events in the Roman Empire and beyond in order to obtain a picture of the historical setting of the year of Christ's death, Print version record, Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Maps and Plans; Prologue Two Kings Two Kingdoms; One: Papyri and Puzzles; The East; Two: Tiberius and the Eastern Empire; Near Jerusalem; Three: The Road of Courage Jesus of NazarethEarly Spring ad 33; Rome; Four: Tiberius and the Shadow of Sejanus; Jerusalem; Five: Darkness at Noon 28 March-3 April; Six: The Glory of the Temple; Seven: Fifty Days Prelude to Changing the World 5 April-23 May; The Wider World; Eight: The Western Empire; Nine: Past the Boundaries of Empire; Ten: Beyond the Ends of the Earth; Jerusalem, Eleven: Simon Peter The Birth of the Church Pentecost 24 MayRome; Twelve: Agrippina Sunday 18 October; Jerusalem; Thirteen: New Conflict in Jerusalem Stephen and Saul; A World in the Making; Fourteen: What Happened Next; Chronology; Dating ad 33; Chronology of the Period 44 bc to ad 70; Chronology of ad 33; Notes and Sources; Bibliography, Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index