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Boxer WarBook: By W. A. P. MartinAuthor: Martin, W. A. P.By W. A. P. MartinFrom W. A. P. Martin's The Siege in Peking.This siege in Peking will undoubtedly take rank as one of the mostnotable in the annals of history. Others have been longer. The besieged havebeen in most cases more numerous, their ...

Golden Bull, "Hungary's Magna Charta"Author: E.O.S.Golden Bull, "Hungary's Magna Charta"1222During the century preceding the reign of Andrew II, King of Hungary,which began in 1205, that country had been engaged in frequent Wars withVenice over the possession of Dalmatia, but no event of recent year...

Literature of the Holocaust and Anne Frank The publication of 'Het Achterhuis' (The House Behind) in 1947 made readers intimate confidantes of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who spent two years hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Translated into English as 'The Diary of a Young Girl' in 1952...

The American Civil War, John B. Gordon, Antietam Restoration of McClellan to command of the Federals--My command at General Lee's centre--Remarkable series of bayonet charges by the Union troops--How the centre was held--Bravery of the Union commander--A long struggle for life. THE war had now assu...

VIETNAM WAR STATISTICS IN UNIFORM AND IN COUNTRY... Vietnam Vets: 9.7% of their generation.9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam Era (Aug. 5, 1964-May 7, 1975).8,744,000 GIs were on active duty during the war (Aug 5, 1964 - March 28, 1973).3,403,100 (Including 514,30...

Document: Aristotle Criticizes CommunismAuthor: Wallbank, TaylorDate: 1992Aristotle foreshadows the failure of communist regimes in our world today.Next let us consider what should be our arrangements about property:should the citizens of the perfect state have their possessions incommon or not?...T...

Founding Of The JesuitsAuthor: Taylor, IsaacFounding Of The Jesuits1540Toward the middle of the sixteenth century definite utterance began to begiven to a widespread feeling in the Church that the old monastic orders wereno longer fulfilling their purpose. Suggestions of new orders wereentertained b...

Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage Author: Livy Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage B.C. 202 Introduction Sprung from a colony of Tyre, Carthage, rounded about B.C. 800, rapidly developed, through a wonderful system of colonization, int...

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, ...

countrykilled, died of wounds, orin prison{1}woundedprisoners or missing{2}deaths due to wartotal deathsAllied PowersBelgium12,000----76,00088,000Brazil9434,222----1,000British Commonwealth373,372475,047251,724{3}92,673466,000Australia23,36539,80332,393--24,000Canada37,47653,17410,888--38,000India24...

Jews' Last Struggle For Freedom: Their Final DispersionAuthor: Merivale, CharlesJews' Last Struggle For Freedom: Their Final DispersionA.D. 132 IntroductionThe successful revolt of the Maccabees against the bloody persecutionsof the Assyrian king Antiochus Epiphanes, about B.C. 164, inaugurated aglo...

First Partition Of Poland Author: Fletcher, James 1772Of the three partitions which Poland underwent in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, the first was due to the jealousies of European powers. It was an event of great significance for the Polish kingdom, ominous of future spoliations, wh...