Tag: world history

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...

Cultural Expression During The Middle Ages During the entire Middle Ages Latin served as an international means of communication. This common tongue provided much of the cohesion of the Middle Ages, for virtually all the crucial communications of the church, governments, and schools were in Latin. B...

KOREAN WAR Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Early in the morning of June 25, 1950, the armed forces of Communist North Korea smashed across the 38th parallel of latitude in an invasion of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) that achieved complete surprise. Although attacks came all along the...

Nomadic Challenges And Civilized Responses Edited By: R. A.Guisepi The Rise And Spread Of Pastoral Nomadism The domestication of animals also made possible an alternative basis for the support and organization of human societies - nomadic pastoralism. We do not know when genuinely nomadic societie...

A History of England Alfred the Great (848?–899) The course of English history would have been very different without King Alfred, renowned both as a statesman and a warrior. He is justly called "the Great." The Saxon Kingdoms and Alfred's Rise During Alfred's time, England consisted of four small S...

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Union Of Denmark, Sweden, And NorwayAuthor: Sinding, Paul C.1397Canute the Great, King of England and Denmark, by successful wars addedalmost the whole of Norway to his dominions. At his death in 1035 hiskingdoms were divided, and fell into anarchy and discord for two centuries,until the tyrant Blac...

On February 24, 1905, Congress passed a bill authorizing the War Department to return its stockpile of captured Confederate battle flags to their original owners. This poem was written by A former Union soldier at the height of the debate over the issue, which was considered quite controversial. ...

Consolidation Of GermanyAuthor: Lowe, CharlesConsolidation Of Germany1881 - 1890In European statesmanship the master mind of the latter half of thenineteenth century was unquestionably Bismarck. The unification of Germany,consequent on the war with France, was a brilliant stroke; but theconsolidatio...

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World War One, Kaiser Wilhelm II b. Jan. 27, 1859, Potsdam, near Berlind. June 4, 1941, Doorn, Neth. German IN FULL FRIEDRICH WILHELM VIKTOR ALBERT, German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 1918, known for his frequently militaristic manner as well as for ...

July 4th Thomas Jefferson wrote well but spoke so softly that it was extremely difficult to understand him. Many times during the Continental Congress, men would call out to “Speak up man.” John Adams however, was a most eloquent speaker and consequently, along with Benjamin Franklin the two were a...