Tag: world history

Ancient Rome "Remember, Roman, that it is for thee to rule the nations. This shall be thy task, to impose the ways of peace, to spare the vanquished, and to tame the proud by war." Flavius JosephusAD 72When Bassus was dead in Judea, Flavius Silva succeeded him as procurator there; who when he saw t...

American Civil War Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Warren W. Hassler, Jr.: Emeritus Professor of American History, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Author of Commanders of the Army of the Potomac and others. Attempt on Washington, D.C While Sherman faced Atlanta, waiting for a chance ...

Invention Of The TelegraphAuthor: Cornell, Alonzo B.Invention Of The Telegraph1844After the experiments of Franklin that did so much to advance the studyof electrical phenomena, and to suggest practical applications of electricity,physicists in all countries occupied themselves with investigations a...

The Indus Valley The Indus Civilization, Character and significance And The Genesis Of South Asian Civilization Author: Principal sites of the Indus Civilization. While the Indus (or Harappan) Civilization may be considered the culmination of a long process indigenous to the Indus Valley, a number ...

Latin America: Reform Or Revolt Early Latin AmericaAuthor: Stearns, PeterDate: 1999 After World War Two, Latin America shared many of the problems experienced by the developing countries of the non-European world. Formerly competitive economies such as those of Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil have fa...

The State The Earliest Forms Of Government Author: Wilson, Woodrow Part I. 1. Nature of the Question. - The probable origin of government is a question of fact, to be settled, not by conjecture, but by history. Some traces we can still discern of the history of primitive societies. As fragments of...

Dissension And Separation Of The Greek And Roman ChurchesAuthor: Tozer, Henry FanshaweDissension And Separation Of The Greek And Roman Churches1054The Eastern or Greek Christian Church, now known as the Holy Orthodox,Catholic, Apostolic, Oriental Church, first assumed individuality at Ephesus,and in...

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...

Calvin Is Driven From Paris Author: Fairbairn, A. M.;Audin, Jean M. V. By A. M. Fairbairn He Makes Geneva The Stronghold Of Protestantism, 1533 Among what may be called the second generation of Protestant reformers, the great leader was John Calvin. By his writings, and by his directive and admin...

Gaius Marius Marius, Gaius (circa 157-86BC), Roman general and statesman, who led the Populares during the civil war of 88-86BC. Caius Marius (died 86 B.C.E.) By PlutarchWritten 75 A.C.E.Translated by John Dryden We are altogether ignorant of any third name of Caius Marius; as also of Quintus Sertor ...

The Great DepressionThe story of the World Wide Great Depression and how it effected the 20th Century The Twentieth Century In World History Book: One-Half Century Of Crisis, 1914-1945 Author: Adas, Michael Date: 1992 The Great Depression The next step in a mounting spiral of international crisis ...

A History of Ancient Greece PELOPONNESIAN WAR. Ancient Greece in 431 BC was not a nation. It was a large collection of rival city-states located on the Greek mainland, on the west coast of Asia Minor, and on the many islands of the Aegean Sea. Most of the city-states had become allied with one or...