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Women In The Revolutionary StruggleWar And Revolution In China And VietnamAuthor: Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992Document: Women In The Revolutionary StruggleEven more than in the nationalist movements in colonized areas such asIndia and Egypt, women were drawn in large numbers into violent, revolutio...

Marcus Agrippa Birth: 63 BC?Death: March 12 BC, Campania, Italy Overview Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a pivotal figure in the rise of the Roman Empire, serving as a powerful deputy to Augustus, Rome's first emperor. Known for his military prowess and administrative skill, Agrippa's efforts were inst...

World War One, Otto Dix You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible. No knowledge! I do not want to know him at all, I only want to see what is there, on the outside. The inner follows by itself. It is mirrored in the visibleb. Dec. 2, 1891, Untermhaus, Thuringia,...

Ud-ul-uru (Old man cultivator) gave advice to his son: When you have to prepare a field, inspect the levees, canals and mounds that have to be opened. When you let the flood water into the field, this water should not rise too high in it. At the time that the field emerges from the water, watch its ...

The Middle Ages Political Organization In The Early Middle Ages The centralization of the Carolingian state was not long a source of political stability in western Europe in the early Middle Ages. In those areas where the Carolingian Empire had little impact, and even in the regions which were at s...

The American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln He was an unusual man in many ways. One minute he would wrestle with his sons or tell a joke and slap his bony knees in laughter. The next minute he might be deep in thought and not notice anything around him. He was gentle and patient, but no one was more det...

Sumerian Homes The earliest Sumerian houses were built of bundles of reeds but after cities began to develop, sun baked mud brick was used. These mud brick houses were more permanent and larger than the reed dwellings.Reed built house The houses in the cities were very close together with most shari...

Ancient Rome The Roman Army 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) "Remember, ...

The American Civil War, Frederick Douglass Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 A General Survey of the Slave Plantation by Frederick Douglass It was generally supposed that slavery in the State of Maryland existed in its mildest form, and that it was totally divested of those harsh and terrible peculiari...

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Lucius Cornelius SullaSulla, Lucius Cornelius, called Felix (138-78BC), Roman general and statesman, who led the Optimates (aristocratic party) during the civil war of 88-86BC. Sylla By Plutarch Sylla(legendary, died 78 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. LUCIUS Cornelius Sylla was descended of a ...

Harold II (born 1022?, ruled 1066), the last king of the Anglo-Saxon period, reigned for only nine months. He was the son of the powerful Earl Godwine and was himself earl of East Anglia and of Wessex before he was chosen king. Most of the time from 1055 until 1066 was spent in conflict with other c...