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Joshua ChamberlainLying in a hollow, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain writes home to his wife Fanny, describingthe Battle of Sharpsburg... "At about mid night I rode softly along examining our pickets, & whenever the horsestumbled -- whiz-- would come a bullet in the dark. All this morning, & at ...

John Hancock Written by, Dr. Joseph John Ellis The man whose name heads the list of signers of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock was a Boston patriot and a leader of the American Revolution. His prominent signature is familiar to anyone who has seen a picture of that document. John Hanco...

Sumerian and Akkadian Myths Myths The Akkadian myths are in many ways dependent on Sumerian materials, but they show originality and a broader scope in their treatment of the earlier Sumerian concepts and forms; they address themselves more often to existence as a whole. Fairly close to Sumerian pro...

Manifest Destiny History World International 2004 Edited By: R. A. Guisepi In July 1845, amidst all the agitation over getting Texas into the Union, editor John L. O'Sullivan of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review wrote an editorial in which he denounced other nations who had "the avow...

History Of The Babylonians And Assyrians Book: Part III: The Ascendancy Of Assyria Author: Godspeed, George Fall Of Assyria. 626-606 B.C. 264. About the year 640 B.C. all records of the reign of Ashurbanipal cease. That he remained on the throne for yet fourteen years is evident from the Ptolemaic...

Ancient Carthage Part Three Section II. The Passage Over The Alps The sight of these mountains, whose tops seem to touch the skies, and were covered with snow, and where nothing appeared to the eye but a few pitiful cottages, scattered here and there, on the sharp tops of inaccessible rocks; nothi ...

Mexican Mythology Preliminary View Of The Aztec Civilization.Author: Prescott, William H. One of the most important duties of the priesthood was that of education,to which certain buildings were appropriated within the enclosure of theprincipal temple. Here the youth of both sexes, of the higher and...

Discovery Of NeptuneAuthor: Lodge, Sir OliverDiscovery Of Neptune1846Among modern astronomical discoveries none has been regarded as moreimportant than that of Neptune, the outermost known planet of the solarsystem. It was a rich reward to the watchers of the sky when this new planetswam into their ...

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...

Praise to Ishtar (from an Akkadian hymn to Ishtar, translated by Ferris J. Stephens) She is clothed with pleasure and love.She is laden with vitality, charm,and voluptuousness.Ishtar is clothed with pleasure and love.She is laden with vitality, charm,an Praise to Ishtar (from an Akkadian hymn to Ish...

The American Civil War, Confederate States of America Edited by: Robert Guisepi The Confederate States of America was also called the CONFEDERACY and during the American Civil War, composed the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860-61, carrying on all the affairs of a...

World War One, Flanders Field In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now ...