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The American Civil War, John Brown The importance of John Brown rests in the fact that prior to his attack upon the armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, the southern army had been almost non-existent. However, after the attack, southerners became worried that northern agitators would stir up the blac...

World War One, President Woodrow Wilson's War Message Woodrow Wilson, War Messages, 65th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Doc. No. 5, Serial No. 7264, Washington, D.C., 1917; pp. 3-8, passim.On 3 February 1917, President Wilson addressed Congress to announce that diplomatic relations with Germany were seve...

Frederick The Great Seizes SilesiaAuthor: Smyth, WilliamFrederick The Great Seizes SilesiaMaria Theresa Appeals To The Hungarians - 1740Maria Theresa, the "Empress Queen," stands out among the most heroic andromantic figures of the eighteenth century. She was the daughter of CharlesVI, last of the r...

Adolf Hitler, one of history’s most notorious figures, was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, a small town on the Austrian-German border. His life and actions would lead to global devastation and a profound shift in world history. From his humble beginnings, he rose to lead Nazi Germany, lea...

The European Age Of ReasonAuthor: HackettDate: 1992Reflections Of The Age In Cultural ExpressionThe eighteenth century, when Newtonian science exerted its greatestimpact, was exceptionally noteworthy for European cultural expression. Thiswas most evident in philosophy, which sought to find in human ...

Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Mythology Egyptian Mythology, specifically, the religion of ancient Egypt. The religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians were the dominating influence in the development of their culture, although a true religion, in the sense of a unified theological system, never existed a...

The American Civil War: A. P. Hill Edited by: Robert GuisepiPublished: 2002 Overview Born: November 9, 1825, Culpeper, Virginia, U.S.Died: April 2, 1865, Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. A. P. Hill was a Confederate general during the U.S. Civil War, renowned for his leadership of the "Light Division," co...

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. ...

Holy Roman Empire, TheCareer Of Charlemagne Author: Guizot, Francois P. G. Part I. 772 - 814 In Charles, the son of Pepin the Short, later known as Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, the Carlovingians saw the culminating glory of their line, while in French history the splendor of his name outshine ...

Australia And The Islands Of The Sea Author: Larkin, Dunton Introduction Announcement. It is now conceded by all educators that school instruction should be supplemented by reading matter suitable for use by the pupil both in the school and in the home. Whoever looks for such reading, however, must...

Louis XIV "Nec pluribus impar" ("None his equal") b. Sept. 5, 1638, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fr. d. Sept. 1, 1715, Versailles Louis XIV who became known by the names LOUIS THE GREAT, LOUIS THE GRAND MONARCH, OR THE SUN KING, French LOUIS LE GRAND, LOUIS LE GRAND MONARQUE, OR LE ROI SOLEIL, king of F...

Sumerian Language The Proto-Sumerian Language Invention Process A lexicon of Sumerian which is organized on the basis of phonetic structure, starting with phonetically simple structures and progressing to more complex phonetic structures, has revealed the process by which the proto-Sumerians invente...