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You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise yo...

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The American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln American Civil War history with slideshows, photos, music, major battles like Gettysburg as well as personalities like Lincoln, Grant, Lee and the Black Regiments Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 He was an unusual man in many ways. One minute he would wrestle wi...

European Absolutism And Power Politics Introduction Louis XIV (1643-1715) of France is remembered best as a strong-willed monarch who reportedly once exclaimed to his fawning courtiers, "L'etat, c'est moi" (I am the state). Whether or not he really said these words, Louis has been regarded by histor...

Africa And The Africans In The Age Of The Atlantic Slave Trade Various Authors Edited By: R. A. GuisepiAfrican Societies, Slavery, And The Slave TradeEuropeans in the age of the slave trade sometimes justified enslavementof Africans by pointing out that slavery already existed on that continent.Howe...

Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa Author: Williams, Gardner F. M.A. Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa 1867 The story of the Kimberley diamond-field is one of the romances of the industrial world. Any chemist can tell us that the diamond is pure crystallized carbon; but the wisest geologist cannot mak...

Africa, Emerging Civilizations In Sub-Sahara AfricaVarious Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Date: 2001 Native Cultures In Sub-Sahara Africa IntroductionBy A.D. 1200, the process of civilization was approaching globaldimensions. At the same time that Europe, Asia, and the Middle East wereexperiencing ...

Africa, Civilization, And The Wider World Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi We have viewed the development of Egyptian civilization in conjunctionwith the parallel developments of the Fertile Crescent, yet we should alsorecognize that many aspects of Egyptian life, such as ideas about religio...

Africa And The Africans In The Age Of The Atlantic Slave TradeAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.;Adas, Michael;Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992The African DiasporaThe slave trade was the means by which the history of the Americas andAfrica became linked and a principal way in which African societies were drawni...

Agriculture And The Origins Of Civilization: The Neolithic Revolution Edited By: Robert Guisepi There was nothing natural or inevitable about the development of agriculture. Because cultivation of plants requires more labor than hunting and gathering, we can assume that Stone Age humans gave up the...

Alexander the Great Unless Alexander was himself ultimately responsible for his father's assassination (an implausible view, but one already canvassed in antiquity), he cannot have foreseen the moment of his own succession to a father who, though grizzled, was in the prime of life. His reaction to t...

The American Civil War, Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824 - 1881) Edited by: Robert Guisepi2002 If there is any mitigating circumstance in the failure of Ambrose E.Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac it is that he had twice previously refused the post, recognizing his own inexperience, and...

Americas On The Eve Of InvasionAuthor: Michael SchwartzDate: 1992 Post classical Mesoamerica, A.D. 1000-1500 The collapse of Teotihuacan in central Mexico and the abandonment of theclassical Maya cities in the 8th century A.D. signaled a significant politicaland cultural change in Mesoamerica. The c...

The Peoples Of The AmericasAuthor: Stearns, Peter NDate: 1992The Archaic CulturesBy about 9000 B.C. small bands of hunters were widely dispersed over theAmerican continents. Changes in climate with the ending of the last Ice Agemay lay behind changes in diet and ways of life. The disappearance of la...

The American Revolution, continuedWithin a decade after passage of the Stamp Act, Britain faced openrebellion in its American colonies. The resulting conflict was also a civilwar, with many colonists remaining loyal to the crown. Indeed, one of BenjaminFranklin's sons was a Loyalist leader and the l...

The Americas, Origins Of American SocietiesAuthor: Stearns, Peter NDate: 2001Origins Of American SocietiesMost archeologists agree that the Americas were originally populated bypeoples from Asia, who moved during the period of the last Ice Age when thelevel of the oceans fell. Possibly due to increa...

Civilizations Of The Americas, The Peoples To The NorthAuthor: Adas, MichaelDate: 1992The Peoples To The NorthArcheologists have been able to distinguish various stages of Archaicculture, from Alaska to northern Mexico, among the ancestors of the NorthAmerican Indians. We cannot deal in detail with ...

A History Christianity Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi APOSTLEDuring his earthly ministry, Jesus, after whom the Christian religion is named, gathered many followers. These people were called disciples, or learners. Of the many disciples that Jesus had, there were 12 who formed an inner circle. After h...

Southeast AsiaAuthor: HackettDate: 1992Southeast AsiaOne of the first indications that the whole structure of imperialismwould quickly collapse came in the late 1940s when Indonesian nationalistsdemanded a complete break with the Netherlands. An ugly war ensued, andfinally in 1948, through UN mediat...

Asia's First Civilizations - India And ChinaAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.Date: 1992IntroductionLike Sumer, Egypt, and other early civilizations in the Middle East,civilizations first developed in East and South Asia in the vicinity of greatriver systems. When irrigated by the massive spring floods of th...

The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.Date: 1992Analysis And ConclusionAnalysis: The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsIn their size, complexity, and longevity, the first civilizations todevelop in South Asia and China match and in some respects surpass theearliest civil...

The success story of the 80s has been the catchphrase used in the media to describe certain groups of Asian Americans--especially the American-born children of emigrants from China, Japan, and Korea. While the media focus was usually on the outstanding success in school or business of these Asian Am...

Ancient Rome Assassination Of Caesar Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices (Re-printed by permission) "R...

Babylonia, A history of ancient Babylon (Babylonia) including its cities, laws, kings and legacy to civilization. The International History Project 2004 The Babylonian civilization, which endured from the 18th until the 6th century BC, was, like the Sumerian that preceded it, urban in character, alt ...

Winthrop S. Hudson: James B. Colgate Professor of the History of Christianity, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York, 1948–77. Professor of History, University of Rochester, 1970–77. Author of Religion in America and others.OriginsSome Baptists believe that there has been an unbroke...

A History of Ancient Greece Battle Of Marathon Author: Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd Part I. B.C. 490 Introduction Marathon! A name to conjure up such visions of glory as few battlefields have ever shown. Heroism and determination on the part of the Athenians, supported by the small but ever noble ba...

The British Dominions, The United States, And Latin America Introduction The greatest population movement in history took place between 1500 and 1914, when millions of Europeans crossed the oceans and made new homes for themselves. At the same time, the slave trade brought vast numbers of Africans ...

In Maturity, Eighth To Eleventh Centuries The history of the empire, after the greatest Arab onslaughts had been faced and their results assimilated, offered a dizzying series of weak and strong emperors, periods of vigor alternating with seeming decay. Arab pressure continued. Conquest of the isla...

Discovery Of Gold In CaliforniaAuthor: Hittell, John S.Discovery Of Gold In California1848Before the time of the great gold discovery of 1848, the metal had beenfound in California, but the mines from which it was taken were poor andyielded small returns for years of working. The discovery in 1848 i...

Canada, An Early History Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Canada to 1763 Prehistory to early European contact Pre-contact aboriginal history The first humans to make their homes in North America migrated from Asia. It is generally thought that this migration took place over a now-submerged land bridg...

The Origins Of Civilizations The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Middle East By 4000 B.C.: The Causes Of Civilization As you have seen, one reason that civilization first appeared in the Middle East was because agriculture had taken ho...

The American Civil War, John B. Gordon, Chancellorsville Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 In his own words CHAPTER VIII CHANCELLORSVILLE A long convalescence--Enlivened by the author of "Georgia Scenes" --The movement upon Hooker's army at Chancellorsville--Remarkable interview between Lee and Stonewa...

The Spread Of Chinese Civilization To JapanAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.Date: 2000The Spread Of Chinese Civilization To JapanAlthough its full impact on global history has not been felt until thelast century or so, the transmission of key elements in Chinese culture to theoffshore islands that came to m...

Beginnings Of ChinaAuthor: Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992A Bend In The River And The Beginnings Of ChinaThe region that gave birth to Chinese civilization was less promisingthan the once-fertile Indus plains. The Yellow River, from its source on theTibetan plateau, turns and bends its way through the...

World War Two, CHURCHILL, Winston Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi Date 2001 (1874-1965) Once called "a genius without judgment," Sir Winston Churchill rose through a stormy career to become an internationally respected statesman during World War II. He was one of Britain's greatest prime ministers. ...

The American Civil War Chronology Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Compiled by Bennie J. McRae, Jr. 1860 November 6 - Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States. December 14 - A call issued in Georgia for a convention to deliberate on a Southern Confederacy. December 20 - South Carolina s...

The Origins Of Civilizations The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Middle East By 4000 B.C.: The Causes Of Civilization As you have seen, one reason that civilization first appeared in the Middle East was because agriculture had taken ho...

Dawn Of Civilization B.C. 5867 Author: Maspero, G. C. C. It is a far cry to hark back to 11,000 years before Christ, yet borings in the valley of the Nile, whence comes the first recorded history of the human race, have unveiled to the light pottery and other relics of civilization that, at the rat...

The End Of The Early Civilization Period The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Date: 1992 The proliferation of spin-off civilizations brought important innovations within the framework set by the achievements of the great progenitors in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The simplified alp...

Persia, Conquests Of Cyrus The Great Author: Grote, George Conquests Of Cyrus The Great B.C. 538 Introduction On the destruction of Nineveh three great Powers still stood on the stage of history, being bound together by the strong ties of a mutually supporting alliance. These were Media, Lydia, a ...

Conspiracy Of Pontiac Author: Randall, E. O. Conspiracy Of Pontiac 1763With the fall of Quebec and De Vaudreuil's capitulation of Montreal, Canada passed from the dominion of France to Britain, and for a time came under military rule. In the West, around the shores of the Great Lakes and the country...

Constitution of The Confederate States of America We, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves ...

CORTEZ, Hernando (1485-1547) The Spanish soldier Cortez is known as the conqueror of Mexico. He was born in the small town of Medellin in southwestern Spain. When Cortez was about 18, he sailed for the island of Hispaniola, then the Spanish headquarters in the West Indies. He was a soldier and a far...

De Soto Discovers The Mississippi Author: Abbott, John S. C. De Soto Discovers The Mississippi 1541From the eastern coast of Florida the Spaniards made early explorations of the interior until they reached the Mississippi River. Florida, which was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513, was soon v...

State Of Italy Under The Lombards. Author: Gibbon, Edward Date: 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised) History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Part I. Reign Of The Younger Justin. - Embassy Of The Avars. - Their Settlement On The Danube. - Conquest Of Italy By The Lombards. - Adoption And Reign...

Description Of Elizabethan England Author: Harrison, William Date: 1577 Chapter I Of Degrees Of People In The Commonwealth Of Elizabethan England [1577, Book III., Chapter 4; 1587, Book II., Chapter 5.] ^1 [Footnote 1: These references are to the first two editions of Holinshed's Chronicles. The mod...

Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa Author: Williams, Gardner F. M.A. Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa 1867 The story of the Kimberley diamond-field is one of the romances of the industrial world. Any chemist can tell us that the diamond is pure crystallized carbon; but the wisest geologist cannot make ...

Dutch Settlement Of New YorkAuthor: Valentine, David T.Dutch Settlement Of New York1614Greater fame ordinarily attaches to the discovery of some vast region ofthe earth than to the finding or exploring of a limited coast, district, orriver-course. There are, however, some instances in which geograph...

A Vital Legacy The final complexity in dealing with classical Greece (and then Rome)involves its relationship to us - to contemporary residents of North America.For most Americans, Greece constitutes the first phase of "our own" classicalpast. The framers of the Constitution of the United States wer...

Ancient Egypt, An Overview The origins of ancient Egyptian civilization, which many regard as one of the fountainheads of Western culture, cannot be established with certainty. Archaeological evidence suggests that early dwellers in the Nile Valley were influenced by cultures of the Near East, but t...