Tag: world history

The History Of ItalyAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IVA new generation had risen up in Lombardy since the peace of Constance,and the prerogatives reserved by that treaty to the empire were so seldomcalled into action, that few cities were disposed to recollect theirexistence. They denominated themselves...

1277 Up to the time of Edward I, Wales, which had been partially subdued by Henry I, was a source of continual disturbance to the English kingdom. Long before the accession of Edward, the greater part of Welsh territory was parcelled out into little English principalities. Under John and Henry III,...

Discovery Of The Canary Islands And The African Coast Author: Helps, Sir Arthur Discovery Of The Canary Islands And The African Coast Beginning Of Negro Slave Trade, A.D. 1402 The Canary Islands - the "Elysian Fields" and "Fortunate Islands" of antiquity - have perhaps figured in fabulous lore mo...

Sumerian Language The Proto-Sumerian Language Invention Process A lexicon of Sumerian which is organized on the basis of phonetic structure, starting with phonetically simple structures and progressing to more complex phonetic structures, has revealed the process by which the proto-Sumerians invente...

The Guti There is very little known about the people called the Guti. The Guti were a mountain people of ancient Mesopotamia who lived primarily around Hamadan in the central Zagros Range. The Guti were a strong political force throughout the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, especially about 2230, when th...

The State Nature And Forms Of Government Author: Wilson, Woodrow Nature And Forms Of Government 1387. Government rests upon Authority and Force. - The essential characteristic of all government, whatever its form, is authority. There must in every instance be, on the one hand, governors, and, o...

A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Sources Of Vitality In The Postclassical West Why did western Europe begin to demonstrate new vigor around A.D. 1000 - forming new schools and a more elaborate culture; expanding trade and towns, while loosening the most res...

Robert Gould Shaw(1837-1863) Son of a prominent Boston abolitionist family, Robert Shaw was serving as a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts when he was tapped by Massachusetts Governor John Andrew for a special assignment. Shaw was to raise and command the first regiment of black troops organized in...

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...

An April Fool's Tale? April Fool's Day During the 16th century, the calendar had become so far off that Pope Gregory VIII decided to order a recalculation of the correct dates. Furthermore, the practice of celebrating the new year would no longer begin on April 1 as had been the custom but instead ...

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Ancient Carthage Author: Rollin, Charles Part Four Among the conditions of the peace granted to the Carthaginians, there was one which imported, that they should restore to Masinissa all the territories and cities he possessed before the war; and Scipio, to reward the zeal and fidelity which that m ...