Tag: world history

The Huns Huns, nomadic Asian people, probably of Turkish, Tataric, or Ugrian origins, who spread from the Caspian steppes (the areas north of the Caspian Sea) to make repeated incursions into the Roman Empire during the 4th and 5th centuries AD.During the 3rd century BC some of the earlier segments ...

The American Civil War, Jefferson Davis Inaugural Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends and Fellow-Citizens:- CALLED to the difficult and responsible station of Chief Executive of the provisional government which you have instituted, I approach the discharge of the ...

Age Of Fable Or Beauties Of Mythology Author: Bulfinch, Thomas Preface If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which tends to make us happier...

The American Civil War, The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was perhaps the most dramatic protest action against slavery in United States history. The operations of clandestine escape networks began in the 1500s, and was later connected with organized abolitionist activity of the 1800...

MacARTHUR, Douglas (1880-1964). A symbol of American determination and fighting ability, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, by his defense of the Philippines, slowed the advance of the Japanese long enough to give the United States a few crucial weeks to prepare for World War II. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese ...

Ancient Rome Rome Established As A Republic 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 "Remember, Roman, tha...

The Ancient City of Jericho Through out much of her history, the ancient town of Jericho has been associated with walls. The most notable story of Jericho is that of Joshua, who according to Biblical accounts, caused the circumvallate walls to "come tumbling down." The natural walls surrounding Jeri...

Sumerian Kish The once-majestic city of Kish is today only ruins. It lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) east of the site of Babylon in what is now Iraq. Inscriptions in the ruins state that it was "the first city founded after the Flood." As the traditional f...

The European Age Of ReasonAuthor: HackettDate: 1992Reflections Of The Age In Cultural ExpressionThe eighteenth century, when Newtonian science exerted its greatestimpact, was exceptionally noteworthy for European cultural expression. Thiswas most evident in philosophy, which sought to find in human ...

A History of Ancient Greece The Glory That Was Greece Author: Robert A. Guisepi Date: 2001 The glory that was Greece," in the words of Edgar Allan Poe, was short-lived and confined to a very small geographic area. Yet it has influenced the growth of Western civilization far out of proportion to its...

Ancient Egypt, The recovery and study of ancient Egypt European interest in ancient Egypt was strong in Roman times and revived in the Renaissance, when the small amount of information provided by visitors to the country was compensated for by the wealth of Egyptian remains in the city of Rome. View...

Ancient Egypt: Amenhotep III EGYPT'S HISTORYRobert Guisepi, 1984The Valley of the Nile Amenhotep III (ruled 1390-1353 BC), the son of Thutmose IV, ascended to the throne at approximately 12 years of age. Early in his reign, he married Tiy, who became his queen. Unlike earlier royal tutors, Tiy's fat...