Tag: world history

Canada, An Early History Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Canada to 1763 Prehistory to early European contact Pre-contact aboriginal history The first humans to make their homes in North America migrated from Asia. It is generally thought that this migration took place over a now-submerged land bridg...

The Spread Of Peoples And Civilizations, New ZealandAuthor: Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992The New Zealand Landfall And The Development Of Maori CulturePerhaps as early as the 8th century A.D., the crews of canoes or raftsfrom the Society Islands and other parts of eastern Polynesia had sailedthousand...

Revolutionary Movements In GermanyAuthor: Maurice, C. EdmundPart I.1848Popular demonstrations in various parts of Germany in the greatrevolutionary year 1848 were no doubt partly due to the outbreaks in Franceand elsewhere, but it is also apparent that discontent at home had been longturning the peo...

Diderot, Denis (1713-84). The essayist and philosopher Denis Diderot was one of the originators and interpreters of the Age of Enlightenment. This 18th-century movement was based on the belief that right reason, or rationalism, could find true knowledge and lead mankind to progress and happiness. He...

History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire State Of Italy Under The Lombards. Author: Gibbon, Edward Date: 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised) Part III. So rapid was the influence of climate and example, that the Lombards of the fourth generation surveyed with curiosity and affright the portr...

Description Of Elizabethan England Author: Harrison, William Date: 1577 Chapter I Of Degrees Of People In The Commonwealth Of Elizabethan England [1577, Book III., Chapter 4; 1587, Book II., Chapter 5.] ^1 [Footnote 1: These references are to the first two editions of Holinshed's Chronicles. The mod...

The flying buttress transfers the thrust of the stone roof from the thin nave wall downwards and outwards, enabling the architect to open up the walls into huge stained- glass panels. Flying Buttresses, Notre Dame, Paris Ground Plan of a Gothic Cathedral: Chartres...

The American Civil War, Belle Boyd (1843 - 1900) Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 One of the most famous of Confederate spies, Belle Boyd served the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Born in Martinsburg-now part of West Virginia-she operated her spying operations from her fathers hotel in F...

History of the Conquest of Peru Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 View Of The Civilization Of The Incas. Author: Prescott, William H. Part I Physical Aspect Of The Country. - Sources Of Peruvian Civilization. - Empire Of The Incas. - Royal Family. - Nobility. Of the numerous nations which occupied ...

A History of Ancient Greece THUCYDIDES (460?-404? BC). As long as the subject of history is studied, the fame of the Athenian Thucydides will be secure. His stature as an historian has never been surpassed and rarely equaled. In his 'History of the Peloponnesian War', he accomplished what few other...

World War Two, MUSSOLINI, Benito (1883-1945) Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi Date 2001 Driven by the spirit of conflict, Benito Mussolini was many things during his turbulent life--teacher, laborer, editor, soldier, politician, and revolutionary. Conflict, ambition, and the desire for power brought hi...

World War Two Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi Date 2001 The Holocaust We played, we laughed, we were loved. We were ripped from the arms of our parents and thrown into the fire. We were nothing more then children. We had a future. We were going to be lawyers, teachers, rabbis, wives, doctors, mothers. ...