Tag: world history

The Hittites A history of the Hittites including their cities, kings, art and contributions to civilization The Hittite empire to c. 1180 BC Principal archaeological sites of Anatolia and northern Syria to c. 1340 BC. It is possible that the branch of the Hittite royal family that gained control i...

Plutarch's Lives: Caius Gracchus Caius Gracchus, at first, either for fear of his brother's enemies,or designing to render them more odious to the people, absentedhimself from the public assemblies, and lived quietly in his ownhouse, as if he were not only reduced for the present to liveunambitiousl...

World War One, Between the two world wars A strong impulse toward the development of international studies in universities came in the 1920s. New centers, institutes, and schools devoted to teaching and research in international relations were founded. Courses were organized and general textbooks ...

Ancient Rome The Battle of Adrianople, Ammianus 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 pe...

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 ...

Mexican WarAuthor: Bonner, John Mexican War1847When President Polk began his Administration, the United StatesGovernment had become involved in two boundary disputes - one relating toOregon, the other to Texas and Mexico. Out of the latter came the MexicanWar, concerning the political causes and mer...

A History of Ancient Greece Greece And The Hellenistic World Author: Robert Guisepi Date: 1998 Greek Creativity In Culture The genius of Greek civilization lay more obviously in various facets ofculture than in politics. It was Greek culture that determined the mostlasting contributions of this civi...

Africa, Emerging Civilizations In Sub-Sahara AfricaVarious Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Date: 2001 Native Cultures In Sub-Sahara Africa IntroductionBy A.D. 1200, the process of civilization was approaching globaldimensions. At the same time that Europe, Asia, and the Middle East wereexperiencing ...

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...

Goths Goths, ancient Teutonic people, who in the 3rd to the 6th century AD were an important power in the Roman world. The Goths were the first Germanic peoples to become Christians. According to the 6th-century Gothic historian Jordanes, the Goths came from Sweden across the Baltic Sea to the basi...

Persia The International History Project, 2004 Edited By: Robert Guisepi The History Of the Ancient Persian Empire From Rise To Fall A history of the Persians including their empire, rulers like Cyrus, Darius and Xerxes as well as their cities, rise and fall Persia, conventional European designatio...

Accession Of Solomon Author: Milman, Henry Hart Accession Of Solomon B.C. 1017 Introduction After many weary years of travail and fighting in the wilderness and the land of Canaan, the Jews had at last founded their kingdom, with Jerusalem as the capital. Saul was proclaimed the first king; afterwa ...