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Robert Gould Shaw(1837-1863) Son of a prominent Boston abolitionist family, Robert Shaw was serving as a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts when he was tapped by Massachusetts Governor John Andrew for a special assignment. Shaw was to raise and command the first regiment of black troops organized in...

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT. Passed by Congress in 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act has been called the most momentous piece of legislation in the United States before the American Civil War. It set in motion events that led directly to the conflict over slavery. In January 1854, with the support of President ...

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...

Ancient History Sourcebook:Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Domitianus, c. 110 C.E. I. DOMITIAN was born on the ninth day before the Kalends of November of the year when his father was Consul-elect and was about to enter on the office in the following month [October 24, 51 C.E.], in a street of the sixt...

Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage Author: Livy Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage B.C. 202 Introduction Sprung from a colony of Tyre, Carthage, rounded about B.C. 800, rapidly developed, through a wonderful system of colonization, int...

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...

Larsa Larsa modern Tall Sankarah, was one of the ancient capital cities of Babylonia, located about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Uruk (Erech; Arabic Tall al-Warka'), in southern Iraq. Larsa was probably founded in prehistoric times, but the most prosperous period of the city coincided with an indep...

Lydians, The History Of TheAuthor: Rollin, CharlesDate: 1731 The kings who first reigned over the Lydians, are by Herodotus calledAtyades; that is, descendants from Atys. ^1179 These, he tells us, derivedtheir origin from Lydus, the son of Atys; and Lydus gave the name of Lydiansto that people, who,...

Two important events marked the reign of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome. He made Christianity a lawful religion in Roman society, and he founded the city of Constantinople, the brilliant capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Flavius Valerius Constantinus was born in the Ro...

The American Civil War, Frederick Douglass Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002One of the most influential Americans of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly for the freedom of all Americans. He was amongst the first to speak out in favor of Woman's rights. Yet, few people today are aware...

Amerigo Vespucci's Account Of His First Voyage Author: Vespucci, AmerigoDate: 1497Amerigo Vespucci's Account Of His First Voyage Introduction Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence in 1452 and died in Seville in 1512. He was employed in the latter city in the business house which fitted out Columbus...

The American Civil War, Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainEdited by: Robert Guisepi, 2002 Excerpts From Chamberlain's WritingsA Brief BiographyBy Charles CalhounJoshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born Sept. 8, 1828, in Brewer, Maine, the eldest of five children. Facing the much larger city of Bangor across th...