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Ancient Rome Rome Established As A Republic 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 "Remember, Roman, tha...

An American Song Early in the Revolutionary War, the British attacked the Americans who were holed up in a fort along the Hudson River. The Americans fought bravely but were so outnumbered that they were forced to surrender. The British general demanded that the Americans lay down their arms and wal...

Ancient Egypt: Ahmose By Robert Guisepi, 1984 Egypt’s History The Valley of the Nile Ahmose (reigned c. 1539–14 BC) was the founder of Egypt’s 18th dynasty. He completed his brother’s mission to expel the Hyksos—Asiatic rulers who had dominated Egypt—and expanded Egypt’s influence by invading Palest...

A History Christianity Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi REFORMED CHURCHES. Among Protestant Christian denominations, those that use the names Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregational originated during the 16th century in the work of John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, and others centered mainly in Switzerl...

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT (AD 280?-337). Two important events marked the reign of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome. He made Christianity a lawful religion in Roman society, and he founded the city of Constantinople, the brilliant capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Flavius Val...

The American Civil War, Abolition, The Movement Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 There can be no doubt that antislavery, or "abolition" as it came to be called, was the nonpareil reform. Abolition was a diverse phenomenon. At one end of its spectrum was William Lloyd Garrison, an "immediatist," who de...

Ancient Egypt, The recovery and study of ancient Egypt European interest in ancient Egypt was strong in Roman times and revived in the Renaissance, when the small amount of information provided by visitors to the country was compensated for by the wealth of Egyptian remains in the city of Rome. View...

Kush And The Eastern Mediterranean The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Toward the end of the early civilization period, a number of partially separate civilization centers sprang up on the fringes of the civilized world in Africa and the Middle East, exte...

The Great Delayer Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator, Quintus (275?-203BC), Roman statesman and general, grandson of Fabius Maximus Rullianus. FabiusBy Plutarch Fabius(legendary, died 203 B.C.E.)By PlutarchWritten 75 A.C.E.Translated by John DrydenHaving related the memorable actions of Pericles,...

DEAD SEA SCROLLS The ancient manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls have been called by scholars "the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times." They include books of the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) and non-biblical texts dating from 100 bc to ad 68. They are not origina...

Battle of Lexington and Concord On April 18, 1775 British General Thomas Gage in Boston was ordered to seize a cache of arms in Concord, a small town 15 miles away, and if possible, to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two of the more outspoken rebel leaders. To accomplish this, Gage assembled ...

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 ...