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Catherine The Great Assumes Power In Russia HackettDate: 1992Document: Catherine The Great Assumes Power In RussiaCatherine became empress in 1762 in a coup which overthrew her estrangedhusband, Peter III. This selection is from her own written account of theepisode.The Hetman [Razumovsky,] Volkonsk...

Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage Author: Livy Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage B.C. 202 Introduction Sprung from a colony of Tyre, Carthage, rounded about B.C. 800, rapidly developed, through a wonderful system of colonization, int...

I was really keyed up and so were my buddies, and we went around. I know I took my General Eisenhower message that was issued to all of us, and I got autographs of all my buddies and everybody I could get to autograph it. As our teams were called, we assembled on the landing craft and were lowered i...

Ancient Egypt, Amenhotep III EGYPT'S HISTORY Robert Guisepi, 1984 The Valley of the Nile Thutmose IV's son Amenhotep III (ruled 1390-53 BC) acceded to the throne at about the age of 12. He soon wed Tiy, who became his queen. Earlier in the dynasty military men had served as royal tutors; but Tiy's ...

American Civil War Letter In 1861, a Union officer named Sullivan Ballou, assigned to the Grand Army of The Potomac, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield, Rhode Island.July 14, 1861, Dear Sarah, The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps tomorrow and lest I should not ...

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 History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IVNo people in a half-civilized state of society have a full practicalsecurity against particular acts of arbitrary power. They were more commonperhaps in Castile than in any other European monarchy which professed to befree....

Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Art History, also called Art Historiography, historical study of the visual arts, being concerned with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historic development of the fields of painting, sculpture, architectu...

Founding Of The House Of Hapsburg Author: Coxe, William Founding Of The House Of Hapsburg1273 The house of Hapsburg - also called the house of Austria - owes its origin and firm establishment to the most celebrated of the Hapsburgs, a German princely family who derived their name from Hapsburg cast...

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...

The Truman Doctrine Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congress of the United States: The gravity of the situation which confronts the world today necessitates my appearance before a joint session of the Congress. The foreign policy and the national security of this country are involved. One...

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...