Tag: world history

Indo-Europeans to the Middle Ages Indo-European Invasions triggered by Flooding of Black Sea 5600 B.C. Indo-Europeans (Aryan language) Nomadic tribes from Steppes of AsiaHerders and GrazersWarfare using horsesSwept into Old Europe, Middle East, India starting about 5,000 BCReligion of war and male...

Cosmogony and cosmology Thorkild Jacobsen: Professor of Assyriology,Harvard University, 1962-74. Author of The Sumerian Kinglist; "Mesopotamia"in The Intellectual History of Ancient Man Reprinted by Permission Though the "Eridu Genesis" may have come close to treating existence as a whole, a true co...

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...

Americas On The Eve Of InvasionAuthor: Michael SchwartzDate: 1992 Post classical Mesoamerica, A.D. 1000-1500 The collapse of Teotihuacan in central Mexico and the abandonment of theclassical Maya cities in the 8th century A.D. signaled a significant politicaland cultural change in Mesoamerica. The c...

Library Of Alexandria Founded.Author: Rollin, CharlesDate: 1731 Ptolemy Soter Resigns His Kingdom To His Son Ptolemy Philadelphus.Ptolemy Soter, the son of Lagus, after a reign of twenty years in Egypt,with the title of king, and of nearly thirty-nine from the death of Alexander,was desirous of tra...

Africa, Civilization, And The Wider World Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi We have viewed the development of Egyptian civilization in conjunctionwith the parallel developments of the Fertile Crescent, yet we should alsorecognize that many aspects of Egyptian life, such as ideas about religio...

State Of Italy Under The Lombards. Author: Gibbon, Edward Date: 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised) History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Part I. Reign Of The Younger Justin. - Embassy Of The Avars. - Their Settlement On The Danube. - Conquest Of Italy By The Lombards. - Adoption And Reign...

Manifest Destiny History World International 2004 Edited By: R. A. Guisepi In July 1845, amidst all the agitation over getting Texas into the Union, editor John L. O'Sullivan of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review wrote an editorial in which he denounced other nations who had "the avow...

Abraham Lincoln, Farewell AddressSpringfield, IllinoisFebruary 11, 1861 When Lincoln left Springfield to start his inaugural journey to Washington, D.C., he paid an unforgettable tribute to his friends and neighbors in what is known today as the Farewell Address. Lincoln spoke these famous, emotion-...

Battle of Lexington and Concord On April 18, 1775 British General Thomas Gage in Boston was ordered to seize a cache of arms in Concord, a small town 15 miles away, and if possible, to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two of the more outspoken rebel leaders. To accomplish this, Gage assembled ...

Decline Of The Moorish Power In SpainAuthor: Dunham, S. A.Growth And Decay Of The Almoravide And Almohade Dynasties1086 - 1214During the early part of the eleventh century the western caliphate,which with its splendid capital of Cordova had flourished for almost threehundred years, entered upon a de...

Ancient Rome GLADIATOR. Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices (Re-printed by permission) "Remember, Ro...