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Rise Of The Hanseatic LeagueAuthor: Denicke, H.Translation: Joseph SohnPart II.The Hansa ships were usually round-bellied, high-boarded craft with onemast, and flew the pennant of their home port. They were comparatively broadand built of heavy planks, and could easily be transformed into war vessel...

Cosmogony and cosmology Thorkild Jacobsen: Professor of Assyriology,Harvard University, 1962-74. Author of The Sumerian Kinglist; "Mesopotamia"in The Intellectual History of Ancient Man Reprinted by Permission Though the "Eridu Genesis" may have come close to treating existence as a whole, a true co...

World War One, Letter from Edward Luckert Monday - July 22 - 18Dearest: -It does seem as if we are never going to get any rest I know, but still I guess there's a remote chance sometime in the near future.If they wouldn't always give us the hardest work it would be a cinch, but they have never yet f...

Council Of Trent And The Counter-ReformationAuthor: Ward, Adolphus W.1545 An important phase of history in the sixteenth century is summarized byMacaulay when he says that "the Church of Rome, having lost a large part ofEurope, not only ceased to lose, but actually regained nearly half of what sheha...

Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra Written by Edith Hamilton, W.W. Norton Inc. 1986 now in the Library of Congress and reprinted by permission b. 69 BCd. Aug. 30, 30 BC, Alexandria "She captivated the two greatest Romans of her day, and because of the third she destroyed herself." Cleopatra Ptolemy was the d...

The Akkadians, Sargon's reign Portions of this work contributed by Robert A. Guisepi and F. Roy Williams, University of California According to the Sumerian king list, the first five rulers of Akkad (Sargon, Rimush, Manishtusu, Naram-Sin, and Shar-kali-sharri) ruled for a total of 142 years; Sargon ...

Ancient Rome was a powerful civilization that existed from 753 BCE to 476 CE. It was located in the central part of the Italian peninsula and was known for its military prowess, political and legal systems, and architectural and engineering achievements. Ancient Rome is considered to be one of the m...

The Bipolar "North," 1945-1991 Author: Wallbank;Taylor;Bailkey;Jewsbury;Lewis;Hackett Date: 1992 Chinese Revolutions Between 1927 and 1937 Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese (Kuomintang) government initiated useful reforms in the cities which, had it not been for Japanese aggression in China, mi...

World War One, Between the two world wars A strong impulse toward the development of international studies in universities came in the 1920s. New centers, institutes, and schools devoted to teaching and research in international relations were founded. Courses were organized and general textbooks ...

Latin AmericaEstablishment of Latin American StatesAuthor: Allen PikermenDate: 2002The new nations of Latin America faced a complex of dilemmas thatbequeathed a frustrating century of political instability and foreign economicdomination. Civil wars, revolutions, and regimes came and went with alarmi...

The History Of FranceHistory Of Europe During The Middle AgesAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part FiveTwenty years before the first crusade Gregory VII. had projected thescheme of embodying Europe in arms against Asia - a scheme worthy of hisdaring mind, and which, perhaps, was never forgotten by Urban II., w...

The American Civil War, Frederick Douglass Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002One of the most influential Americans of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly for the freedom of all Americans. He was amongst the first to speak out in favor of Woman's rights. Yet, few people today are aware...