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Mexican Revolution And The Great WarRevolution And Reaction In The 20th CenturyAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.;Adas, Michael;Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992 Two cataclysmic events launched Latin America into the 20th century andset in motion trends that would determine much of the region's subsequenthistory...

Ancient Rome Tacitus: Germania 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) "Remem...

The Interview Between Hannibal And Scipio In Africa, Followed By A Battle Author: Rollin, Charles Date: 1731 Section III. These two generals, who were not only the most illustrious of their own age, but worthy of being ranked with the most renowned princes and warriors that had ever lived, meetin...

PHILOSOPHY Edited By; Robert Guisepi An analysis of the grounds of and concepts expressing fundamental beliefs PhilosophersThere was a time when many of the subjects now taught in school were all part of a very broad area called philosophy. Physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, sociology, governme...

Henry Hudson Explores The Hudson RiverAuthor: Cleveland, Henry R.Henry Hudson Explores The Hudson River1609Although Henry Hudson was not the first discoverer of the waters to whichhis name was given, he was a bold sailor whose achievements justly gave himrank with the foremost navigators and explore...

Sumerian Legend of Creation ENUMA ELISH TABLET I When skies above were not yet namedNor earth below pronounced by name,Apsu, the first one, their begetterAnd maker Tiamat, who bore them all,Had mixed their waters together,But had not formed pastures, nor discovered reed-beds;When yet no gods were ma...

Mesopotamia The International History Project Date: 2003 The achievements of ancient Mesopotamia The world of mathematics and astronomy owes much to the Babylonians--for instance, the sexagesimal system for the calculation of time and angles, which is still practical because of the multiple divisibi...

Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa Author: Williams, Gardner F. M.A. Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa 1867 The story of the Kimberley diamond-field is one of the romances of the industrial world. Any chemist can tell us that the diamond is pure crystallized carbon; but the wisest geologist cannot mak...

World War Two Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi Date 2001 The Holocaust We played, we laughed, we were loved. We were ripped from the arms of our parents and thrown into the fire. We were nothing more then children. We had a future. We were going to be lawyers, teachers, rabbis, wives, doctors, mothers. ...

Heinrich Schliemann Youth and early career Schliemann was the son of a poor pastor. A picture of Troy in flames in a history book his father had given him when he was seven years old remained in his memory throughout his life and sustained his fervent belief in the historical foundations of the Home...

Mamelukes Usurp Power In EgyptAuthor: Muir, Sir WilliamMamelukes Usurp Power In Egypt1250From A.D. 969 to 1171 the Arabian dynasty of caliphs called Fatimites -because they professed to trace their descent from Fatima, the daughter ofMahomet - reigned in Egypt. Their downfall was due to their own de...

De Soto Discovers The Mississippi Author: Abbott, John S. C. De Soto Discovers The Mississippi 1541From the eastern coast of Florida the Spaniards made early explorations of the interior until they reached the Mississippi River. Florida, which was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513, was soon v...