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Council Of Trent And The Counter-ReformationAuthor: Ward, Adolphus W.Council Of Trent And The Counter-Reformation1545 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 ...

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Author: William Kehen, PhD. Columbia University 1996 Impeachment In the United States the impeachment process has rarely been employed, largely because it is so cumbersome. It can occupy Congress for a lengthy period of time, fill thousands of pages of testimony, and involve...

The Story of Science Civilizations Past And Present The European Dream Of Progress And Enlightenment Impact Of The Scientific Revolution Science, Art, And Philosophy In The Eighteenth Century Introduction In the eighteenth century, while royal absolutism faced serious problems, many learned and tho...

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS Within one week's time, in the summer of 1991, the 74-year-old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--or Soviet Union--became a finished part of history. The forces of reform unleashed by President Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s spawned a democratic movement. Af ...

Washington's Farewell Address Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothe...

Ancient Sumerian/Mesopotamian Laws 1. BE it enacted forever and for all future days: If a son say to his father, "You are not my father," he [the father] can cut off his [the son's] locks, make him a slave and sell him for money. If a son say to his mother, "You are not my mother," she can cut off h...

A History of Ancient Greece The Glory That Was Greece Date: 1992 Ancient Greece and Ethics Early Greece was the birthplace of Western philosophical ethics. The ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, who flourished in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, will be discussed in the next section. The sudden...

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) A great task faced Marcus Aurelius when he became the Roman emperor in AD 161, as successor to his uncle, Emperor Antonius Pius. Generations of luxury had made the patricians, or nobles, weak and selfish. The middle class was disappearing, and the working class was being...

Early India The Asian Way Of LifeIntroduction This chapter will trace the genesis and development of the two oldest continuous civilizations - the Indian and the Chinese - in order to obtain an understanding of the Asian way of life and allow comparison with the West. In addition, this chapter will...

History of Maps The oldest surviving maps are maps from Mesopotamia made on clay tablets and maps from ancient Mediterranean cultures made on mosaic tile. The writings of ancient Greece and Rome refer to other maps, but these were drawn on perishable parchment or paper, and the originals have disapp...

A History of Ancient Greece The Glory That Was Greece Author: Jewsbury, Lewis Date: 1992 The Agora The Agora in ancient Greek cities was an open space that served as a meeting ground for various activities of the citizens. The name, first found in the works of Homer, connotes both the assembly of th...

Ancient Rome The Battle of Adrianople, Ammianus 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 pe...