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Why Study History Through Primary Sources [Adapted from James Harvey Robinson, "The Historical point of View", in Readings in European History, Vol I, (Boston: Ginn, 1904), 1-13 ] The Sources of History It is clear that all our information in regard to past events and conditions must be derived fro...

Persia The legacy of Cyrus Author: Grote, George It is a testimony to the capability of the founder of the Achaemenian empire that it continued to expand after his death and lasted for more than two centuries. But Cyrus was not only a great conqueror and administrator; he held a place in the minds o...

A History of Ancient Greece Religions Of GreeceAuthor: Foot Moore, GeorgeDate: 1913Religion In Early GreeceThe Aegaean Civilisation - The Hellenic Migrations - Prehellenic andGreek Religion - The Land - The Gods - Zeus - Artemis - Apollo - Hermes -Athena - Aphrodite - Hera - Hephaistos - Ares - Othe...

The Reformation and Counter Reformation THE REFORMATION Europe's Search For Stability The Reformation was the religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century; its greatest leaders were Martin Luther and John Calvin. Having far-reaching political, economic and social ef...

Ancient Rome Caesar Conquers Gaul 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) "Reme...

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...

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...

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Ancient Egypt: Apopis Egypt's HistoryRobert Guisepi, 1984 The Valley of the Nile Apopis was the last great Hyksos king of Egypt (reigned c. 1585-1542 BC). Initially, he controlled most of Egypt but was gradually driven back northward to the vicinity of his capital in the Nile River delta due to succ...

During the first half of the sixteenth century, while Portugal was acquiring a commercial empire in Africa and Asia , its powerful neighbor and rival Spain was acquiring a very different but equally lucrative empire in the Americas . Spain 's colonial empire was organized around two great cities. In...

KU KLUX KLAN Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi A secret terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan led underground resistance against the civil rights and political power of newly freed slaves during the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War. The Klan's goal was to reestablish the ...

The Spread Of Civilization In Eastern Europe, Part Four Long before Byzantine decline after the 11th century, the empire had been the source of a new northward surge of Christianity. Orthodox missionaries sent from Constantinople busily converted most people in the Balkans - in what is now Bulgaria...