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Consolidation Of GermanyAuthor: Lowe, CharlesConsolidation Of Germany1881 - 1890In European statesmanship the master mind of the latter half of thenineteenth century was unquestionably Bismarck. The unification of Germany,consequent on the war with France, was a brilliant stroke; but theconsolidatio...

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...

The State The Earliest Forms Of Government Author: Wilson, Woodrow Part II. 18. Of the theories of the origination of government in individual lawgiving or in divine dictate, it is sufficient to say that the one exaggerates the part played by human choice, and the other the part played by man's im...

The American Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Conn., U.S.d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Conn. HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER STOWE was an American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which contributed so much to p...

Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra Written by Edith Hamilton, W.W. Norton Inc. 1986 now in the Library of Congress and reprinted by permission b. 69 BCd. Aug. 30, 30 BC, Alexandria "She captivated the two greatest Romans of her day, and because of the third she destroyed herself." Cleopatra Ptolemy was the d...

A History of Ancient Greece The Greek GeniusAuthor: Robert GuisepiDate: 1998The Greeks were the first to formulate many of the Western world'sfundamental concepts in politics, philosophy, science, and art. How was itthat a relative handful of people could bequeath such a legacy tocivilization? The d...

History Of Monetary Systems Book: Chapter IV: Gothic Moneys Author: Del Mar, Alexander Chapter IV: Gothic Moneys Chapter Contents Proofs that the earlier sagas were altered in the mediaeval ages - Among these is their frequent mention of baug-money: an institution which did not survive the contact...

The Sumerian Flood Story In the beginning, all roads lead to Sumer; until recently, it was the earliest recorded civilization (currently, the oldest extant documents are from Egypt). The Sumerians were a non-Semitic people. The remains show them to be generally short and stocky, with high, straight ...

Beginnings Of ChinaAuthor: Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992A Bend In The River And The Beginnings Of ChinaThe region that gave birth to Chinese civilization was less promisingthan the once-fertile Indus plains. The Yellow River, from its source on theTibetan plateau, turns and bends its way through the...

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...

A History of Ancient Greece Hellenistic PoliticsGreece And The Hellenistic WorldAuthor: R.A. GuisepiDate: 1992 The collapse of Athens opened the way for Spartan domination of the Greekmainland. During the war, Sparta had accepted Persian help, particularly onthe seas, and in return it handed over co...

These are just a few things well worth reading. Presidential Comments Harry Truman Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice. Abraham Lincoln Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pr...