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 ...

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 ...

The Thirty Years' WarAuthor: Wallbank Date: 2002The Thirty Years' WarSpain's golden age had ended, but the religious and political strife ofdynasties continued with even greater intensity. Despite the weakening ofSpain, other nations still feared a Habsburg resurgence and other dynastiessought to wi...

The Middle Ages Date: 1992 During the decline of the Roman Empire, the migrations of a strong, rude people began to change the life of Europe. They were the German barbarians, or Teutonic tribes, who swept across the Rhine and the Danube into the empire. There they accepted Christianity. The union o...

The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.Date: 1992Analysis And ConclusionAnalysis: The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsIn their size, complexity, and longevity, the first civilizations todevelop in South Asia and China match and in some respects surpass theearliest civil...

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

First historical personalities The specifically political events in Mesopotamia after the flourishing of the archaic culture of Uruk cannot be pinpointed. Not until about 2700 BC does the first historical personality appear--historical because his name, Enmebaragesi (Me-baragesi), was preserved in l...

Cuneiform Cuneiform was the system of writing used most extensively in the ancient Middle East. Cuneiform was employed for writing a number of languages from about the end of the 4th millennium BC until about the 1st century BC. Spread and development of cuneiform Although begun by the Sumerians, ev...

Travels Of Marco PoloBook: PrologueAuthor: Polo, MarcoPrologue Great princes, emperors and kings, dukes and marquises, counts, knights,and burgesses! and people of all degrees who desire to get knowledge of thevarious races of mankind and of the diversities of the sundry regions of theWorld, take t...

Ancient Egypt, The significance of seasonal renewal in ancient Egypt Seasonal-renewal motifs in ancient Egypt were often incorporated into other aspects of sacred times--such as times of passage rites (e.g., ascension of the pharaoh to the throne), of death rites (e.g., the transformation of the dea...

Council Of Trent And The Counter-ReformationAuthor: Ward, Adolphus W.1545 An important phase of history in the sixteenth century is summarized byMacaulay when he says that "the Church of Rome, having lost a large part ofEurope, not only ceased to lose, but actually regained nearly half of what sheha...

Civilizations Of The Americas, The Peoples To The NorthAuthor: Adas, MichaelDate: 1992The Peoples To The NorthArcheologists have been able to distinguish various stages of Archaicculture, from Alaska to northern Mexico, among the ancestors of the NorthAmerican Indians. We cannot deal in detail with ...