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Hammurabi Code of Laws Translated by L. W. King When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land, assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son of Ea, God of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and made him great among the Igigi, they...

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...

James Longstreet b. Jan. 8, 1821, Edgefield District, S.C., U.S.d. Jan. 2, 1904, Gainesville, Ga. Longstreet was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (1842), he resigned from the U.S. Army when his native state seceded from ...

Ancient Egypt: Ahmose By Robert Guisepi, 1984 Egypt’s History The Valley of the Nile Ahmose (reigned c. 1539–14 BC) was the founder of Egypt’s 18th dynasty. He completed his brother’s mission to expel the Hyksos—Asiatic rulers who had dominated Egypt—and expanded Egypt’s influence by invading Palest...

A great task faced Marcus Aurelius when he became the Roman emperor in AD 161, as successor to his uncle, Emperor Antonius Pius. Generations of luxury had made the patricians, or nobles, weak and selfish. The middle class was disappearing, and the working class was being reduced to a state of slaver...

The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.Date: 1992Analysis And ConclusionAnalysis: The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsIn their size, complexity, and longevity, the first civilizations todevelop in South Asia and China match and in some respects surpass theearliest civil...

JACKSON, Stonewall (1824-63). No leader in the American Civil War was more skilled or gallant than Stonewall Jackson. His earnestness of purpose, determination to do right as he saw it, and military genius made him admired by friend and foe alike. Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born on Jan. 21, 1824, i...

Battle of Lexington and Concord On April 18, 1775 British General Thomas Gage in Boston was ordered to seize a cache of arms in Concord, a small town 15 miles away, and if possible, to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two of the more outspoken rebel leaders. To accomplish this, Gage assembled ...

Holy Roman Empire, TheCareer Of Charlemagne Author:Guizot, Francois P. G."By the sword and the cross," Charlemagne (Charles the Great) became master of Western Europe. It was falling into decay when Charlemagne became joint king of the Franks in 768. Except in the monasteries, people had all but for ...

Judas Maccabaeus Liberates JudeaAuthor: JosephusJudas Maccabaeus Liberates JudeaB.C. 165IntroductionThe noble-minded Judas Maccabaeus was the hero of Jewish independence -the deliverer of Judea and Judaism during the bloody persecutions of theSyrian king Antiochus Epiphanes, in the second century B....

The European Dream Of Progress And EnlightenmentAuthor: WallbankDate: 1992The Reaction Against ReasonThe eighteenth century was primarily an "Age of Reason," but in thelatter decades there was a general reaction against rationalism. One form ofthe reaction came in philosophy with a new idealism, in ...

Saladin Takes Jerusalem From The Christians Author: Cox, Sir George W. 1187 Eight days after their conquest of the Holy City, in 1099, the first crusaders proceeded to establish the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, with Godfrey of Bouillon as its first king. On the death of Godfrey, in 1100, his broth...