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Catherine The Great Assumes Power In Russia HackettDate: 1992Document: Catherine The Great Assumes Power In RussiaCatherine became empress in 1762 in a coup which overthrew her estrangedhusband, Peter III. This selection is from her own written account of theepisode.The Hetman [Razumovsky,] Volkonsk...

The Grandeur That Was Rome Page Three Date: 2002The Late Republic, 133-30 B.C.The century following 133 B.C., during which Rome's frontiers reached theEuphrates and the Rhine, witnessed the failure of the Republic to solve theproblems that were the by-products of the acquisition of an empire.Effects...

Peace Of Westphalia: Last Stage In The Decline Of The EmpireAuthor: Bryce, JamesDate: 1901Peace Of Westphalia: Last Stage In The Decline Of The EmpireThe Peace of Westphalia is the first, and, with the exception perhaps ofthe Treaties of Vienna in 1815, the most important of those attempts toreconst...

Migrations Of The Mormons Author: Kane, Thomas L. Migrations Of The Mormons 1848 Among the numerous religious bodies that have grown up in the United States, the sect of Mormons, officially called "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," is perhaps the most unique in its origin and organi...

The Mayflower Compact Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth : 1620 IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having u...

The History Of ItalyAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part VINotwithstanding the deranged condition of the Milanese, no furtherattempts were made by the senate of Venice for twenty years. They had not yetacquired that decided love of war and conquest which soon began to influencethem against all the rules of t...

The Postclassical Era Date: 1992 The Byzantine Empire unfolded initially as part of the greater Roman Empire and then, as this framework shattered with Roman decline, took on a life of its own particularly from the reign of the emperor Justinian onward. During its formative period, which lasted thr...

An American Song Early in the Revolutionary War, the British attacked the Americans who were holed up in a fort along the Hudson River. The Americans fought bravely but were so outnumbered that they were forced to surrender. The British general demanded that the Americans lay down their arms and wal...

The American Civil War, John B. Gordon, Antietam Restoration of McClellan to command of the Federals--My command at General Lee's centre--Remarkable series of bayonet charges by the Union troops--How the centre was held--Bravery of the Union commander--A long struggle for life. THE war had now assu...

Normandy, D-Day June 6th, 1944 Be strong!We are not here to play, to dream, to drift.We have hard work to do and loads to lift.Shun not the struggle,face it: 'tis God's gift. ********* "Now that it's all over, it seems to me a pure miracle we ever took the beach at all." Ernie Pile "It wasn't a mira...

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...

The History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IVNo people in a half-civilized state of society have a full practicalsecurity against particular acts of arbitrary power. They were more commonperhaps in Castile than in any other European monarchy which professed to befree....