Tag: world history

Babylonia, A history of ancient Babylon (Babylonia) including its cities, laws, kings and legacy to civilization. The last kings of Babylonia Awil-Marduk (called Evil-Merodach in the Old Testament; 561-560), the son of Nebuchadrezzar, was unable to win the support of the priests of Marduk. His reig...

MacARTHUR, Douglas (1880-1964). A symbol of American determination and fighting ability, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, by his defense of the Philippines, slowed the advance of the Japanese long enough to give the United States a few crucial weeks to prepare for World War II. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese ...

Ancient Egypt, Part Two EGYPT'S HISTORYRobert Guisepi, 2004 The Valley of the Nile New Kingdom The 13th Dynasty saw weak rulers—50 or 60 in 150 years. The Second Intermediate Period (14th-17th dynasties) was another time of divided rule in Egypt. The Hyksos, invaders from western Asia, entered Egypt...

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT. Passed by Congress in 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act has been called the most momentous piece of legislation in the United States before the American Civil War. It set in motion events that led directly to the conflict over slavery. In January 1854, with the support of President ...

World War Two, CHURCHILL, Winston Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi Date 2001 (1874-1965) Once called "a genius without judgment," Sir Winston Churchill rose through a stormy career to become an internationally respected statesman during World War II. He was one of Britain's greatest prime ministers. ...

Peace Of Westphalia: Last Stage In The Decline Of The EmpireAuthor: Bryce, JamesDate: 1901Peace Of Westphalia: Last Stage In The Decline Of The EmpireThe Peace of Westphalia is the first, and, with the exception perhaps ofthe Treaties of Vienna in 1815, the most important of those attempts toreconst...

John Hancock Written by, Dr. Joseph John Ellis The man whose name heads the list of signers of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock was a Boston patriot and a leader of the American Revolution. His prominent signature is familiar to anyone who has seen a picture of that document. John Hanco...

Great Puritan Exodus To New England, Founding Of BostonAuthor: Palfrey, John G.Great Puritan Exodus To New England, Founding Of Boston1630Whatever might have been the historic development of New England had itproceeded from the single plantation of Plymouth, it is certain that thegrowth and characte...

Absolutism As A System L'Etat, C'Est Moi Date: 1998 Absolutism As A System Unlimited royal authority, as advocated by Bossuet and Hobbes, was the main characteristic of absolutism. It was demonstrated most obviously in political organization but also served to integrate into government most econom...

COMPROMISE OF 1850. At the close of the Mexican War, in 1848, the United States owned vast stretches of territory without local government. All the land now included in New Mexico, Arizona, and California was then unsettled. In 1848, however, gold was discovered in California. Thousands of people, c...

Sumerian Shuruppak Shuruppak or modern Tall Fa'rah, is an ancient Sumerian city located south of Nippur in what is now south-central Iraq and originally on the bank of the Euphrates River. Excavations there in the first half of the 20th century uncovered three levels of habitation extending in time ...

Accession Of Solomon Author: Milman, Henry Hart Accession Of Solomon B.C. 1017 Introduction After many weary years of travail and fighting in the wilderness and the land of Canaan, the Jews had at last founded their kingdom, with Jerusalem as the capital. Saul was proclaimed the first king; afterwa ...