Tag: world history

The Roman civilization was one of the most influential in world history, and its impact can still be felt today in areas such as politics, architecture, language, and law. The Roman Republic, which was established in 509 BCE, was the first known republic in the world, and it laid the foundation for ...

Sumerian Timeline Fifth millennium: Early developments in Sumer Fourth millennium: Protoliterate period Third millennium: Rival kings & periods of unification includes Early Dynastic, Sargonic, & Ur III periods Second millennium's first half: Ascendancy of Amorite dynasties of Isin, then Lar...

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 ...

Frederick The Great Seizes SilesiaAuthor: Smyth, WilliamFrederick The Great Seizes SilesiaMaria Theresa Appeals To The Hungarians - 1740Maria Theresa, the "Empress Queen," stands out among the most heroic andromantic figures of the eighteenth century. She was the daughter of CharlesVI, last of the r...

The Amorites were member of an ancient Semitic-speaking people who dominated the history of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine from about 2000 to about 1600 BC. In the oldest cuneiform sources (c. 2400-c. 2000 BC), the Amorites were equated with the West, though their true place of origin was most li...

War Between China And JapanAuthor: MacGowan, J.By J. MacGowan1894It might almost be said of the situation in the Far East that the mainquestion is whether Korea should be the Ireland of China or the Ireland ofJapan, and this virtually was what led to the war in 1894 between those twoPowers. The Japa...

First Turkish Dominion In Europe, Turks Seize GallipoliAuthor: Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph VonTranslation: Leonard-Stuart, Charles First Turkish Dominion In Europe, Turks Seize Gallipoli1354During the early years of the fourteenth century a new Mahometan realmwas established on the ruins of the Seljuki...

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...

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...

Washington's Farewell Address Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothe...

The Iberian Golden AgeEuropean Expansion: Exploration And Colonization, 1400-1650Author: Allen PikermanDate: 2002IntroductionDuring the fifteenth century, Europe began a process of unprecedentedexpansion that by 1650 had affected all areas of the world. This was actuallypart of a global tendency tow...

The History Of PontusBook: Chapter I.Author: Rollins, CharlesDate: 1731Section I, Part I.This book includes the space of sixty years, which is three more than thereign of Mithridates, from the year of the world 3880 to the year 3943.Mithridates Ascends The Throne Of Pontus. Library Of Athens Carried...