Tag: world history

The American Civil War, Abolition, Jefferson Davis During the Civil War, Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States and Abraham Lincoln led the United States. Both were born in Kentucky, several months apart, Davis on June 3, 1808. The Lincolns moved to Indiana soon after, then to Illin...

Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address Washington, D.C.March 4, 1865 This theologically intense speech has been widely acknowledged as one of the most remarkable documents in American history. The London Spectator said of it, "We cannot read it without a renewed conviction that it is the noblest p...

A History of Ancient Greece The Glory That Was GreeceAuthor: Jewsbury, LewisDate: 1992 Alcibiades (450?-404 BC) When the philosopher Socrates was tried and convicted in 399 BC for corrupting the young men of Athens, the judges may have had Alcibiades in mind. Intelligent, handsome, and charming, Alc...

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...

The United States Of America Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi This is the story of how the American Republic developed from colonial beginnings in the 16th century, when the first European explorers arrived, until modern times."We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more per...

Holy Roman Empire, TheBook: Chapter I: Introductory.Author: Bryce, James Page One From Christmas Day in AD 800 until Aug. 6, 1806, there existed in Europe a peculiar political institution called the Holy Roman Empire. The name of the empire as it is known today did not come into general use until 12...

The American Revolution, continuedWithin a decade after passage of the Stamp Act, Britain faced openrebellion in its American colonies. The resulting conflict was also a civilwar, with many colonists remaining loyal to the crown. Indeed, one of BenjaminFranklin's sons was a Loyalist leader and the l...

The American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Washington, D.C.March 4, 1861 This speech had its origins in the back room of a store in Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln, who lived in Springfield for nearly 25 years, wrote the speech shortly before becom...

The Origins Of Civilizations The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Middle East By 4000 B.C.: The Causes Of Civilization As you have seen, one reason that civilization first appeared in the Middle East was because agriculture had taken ho...

The American Civil War, Belle Boyd (1843 - 1900) Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 One of the most famous of Confederate spies, Belle Boyd served the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Born in Martinsburg-now part of West Virginia-she operated her spying operations from her fathers hotel in F...

Plutarch's Lives: Tiberius Gracchus Having completed the first two narratives, we now may proceedto take a view of misfortunes, not less remarkable, in theRoman couple, and with the lives of Agis and Cleomenes,compare these of Tiberius and Caius. They were the sons ofTiberius Gracchus, who, though h...

Recantation Of GalileoAuthor: Lodge, Sir OliverRecantation Of Galileo1633From Socrates to Galileo, as from the Church's early martyrs to itslatest victims, runs the same story of conflict between the free human spiritand the repressive environment of custom acting through personal will orthrough con...