Tag: world history

Dante Composes The "Divina Commedia"Author: Church, Richard WilliamDante Composes The "Divina Commedia"1300 - 1318Out of what may be called the civil and religious storm-and-stress periodthrough which the Middle passed into the modern age, there came a greatliterary foregleam of the new life upon wh...

Mamelukes Usurp Power In EgyptAuthor: Muir, Sir WilliamMamelukes Usurp Power In Egypt1250From A.D. 969 to 1171 the Arabian dynasty of caliphs called Fatimites -because they professed to trace their descent from Fatima, the daughter ofMahomet - reigned in Egypt. Their downfall was due to their own de...

The History Of ItalyAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IIThe sovereignty of the emperors, meanwhile, though not very effective,was in theory always admitted. Their name was used in public acts, andappeared upon the coin. When they came into Italy they had certain customarysupplies of provisions, called fod...

In 496 A.D., Chlodovocar (Clovis or Louis), the founder of the Frankish power that would develop into modern France and Germany, converted to Catholic Christianity from heathenism. This event held high historical significance. Had Clovis, like other Germanic kings, embraced Arianism, he would have b...

Unforgotten Sons of God They did not know it themselves--those boys of ours whose remembered faces in every home should be cherished symbols of the true, for life or death--what were their lofty deeds of body, mind, heart, soul, on that tremendous day. Unknown--but kept! The earth itself shall be i...

The Hurrians The Rise of the Hurrians Robert Antonio The Hurrians enter the orbit of ancient Middle Eastern civilization toward the end of the 3rd millennium BC. They arrived in Mesopotamia from the north or the east, but it is not known how long they had lived in the peripheral regions. There is a...

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. ...

Rise of Civilizations and Empires in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley By Maghan Keita Historians often write of world history in terms of the development of civilizations defined by a characteristic empire. What defines an empire and what does the building of empire suggest? The regions of ...

These are just a few things well worth reading. Presidential Comments Harry Truman Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice. Abraham Lincoln Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pr...

Japan: Conquered Nation To World Power Author: Wallbank; Taylor; Bailkey; Jewsbury; Lewis; HackettDate: 1992Japan: Conquered Nation To World PowerAfter 1945 the old European empires disappeared, replaced by over 80 newcountries. These new states, primarily located to the south of the Europeanpowers,...

Document: Aristotle Criticizes CommunismAuthor: Wallbank, TaylorDate: 1992Aristotle foreshadows the failure of communist regimes in our world today.Next let us consider what should be our arrangements about property:should the citizens of the perfect state have their possessions incommon or not?...T...

Toward The Twenty-First CenturyAuthor: VariousDate: 1992 Edited By: R. A. GuisepiThe Gulf WarIntroductionTime present and time pastAre both present in time future ...Time past and time futureWhat might have been and what has beenPoint to one end, which is always time present.T.S. Eliot, "Burnt Norto...