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Leif Ericson Discovers America Saga Of Eric The Red, c. 1000 Besides the Northmen or Norsemen, those ancient Scandinavians celebrated in history for their adventurous exploits at sea, the Chinese and the Welsh have laid claim to the discovery of North America at periods much earlier than that of Co...

Acquisition Of CaliforniaAuthor: Dawson, Henry B.Acquisition Of California1846In the history of the United States, the acquisition of California,carrying with it that of New Mexico, was a peculiar and unusual event, and oneof immense significance in the expansion and development of the Republic.Toge...

The Guti There is very little known about the people called the Guti. The Guti were a mountain people of ancient Mesopotamia who lived primarily around Hamadan in the central Zagros Range. The Guti were a strong political force throughout the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, especially about 2230, when th...

The Peoples Of The AmericasAuthor: Stearns, Peter NDate: 1992The Archaic CulturesBy about 9000 B.C. small bands of hunters were widely dispersed over theAmerican continents. Changes in climate with the ending of the last Ice Agemay lay behind changes in diet and ways of life. The disappearance of la...

James Madison: Written by: Irving Brant: Member, Advisory Board, James Madison Papers, University of Chicago. Council Member, Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1959–62. Author of James Madison (6 vol.) and others. b. March 16 [March 5, Old Style], 1751, Port Conway , Va. [ U.S. ] d. J...

The Interview Between Hannibal And Scipio In Africa, Followed By A Battle Author: Rollin, Charles Date: 1731 Section III. These two generals, who were not only the most illustrious of their own age, but worthy of being ranked with the most renowned princes and warriors that had ever lived, meetin...

Africa And The Africans In The Age Of The Atlantic Slave TradeAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.;Adas, Michael;Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992The African DiasporaThe slave trade was the means by which the history of the Americas andAfrica became linked and a principal way in which African societies were drawni...

The Origins Of Civilizations The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Middle East By 4000 B.C.: The Causes Of Civilization As you have seen, one reason that civilization first appeared in the Middle East was because agriculture had taken ho...

The Akkadians THE LEGEND OF SARGON Portions of this work contributed by Robert A. Guisepi and F. Roy Williams, University of California [Ancient Near Eastern Texts 119] Sargon, the mighty king, king of Agade, am I.MY mother was a changeling1, my father I knew not.The brother(s) of my father loved th...

Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa Author: Williams, Gardner F. M.A. Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa 1867 The story of the Kimberley diamond-field is one of the romances of the industrial world. Any chemist can tell us that the diamond is pure crystallized carbon; but the wisest geologist cannot mak...

Panama Canal Author: Low, A. Maurice Panama Canal By A. Maurice Low No one can look at a map of the Western World without thinking of the great and obvious advantage that would result to commerce if the isthmus could be cut by a ship-canal. From the time when Balboa (not Cortes, as the poet has it...

Harold II (born 1022?, ruled 1066), the last king of the Anglo-Saxon period, reigned for only nine months. He was the son of the powerful Earl Godwine and was himself earl of East Anglia and of Wessex before he was chosen king. Most of the time from 1055 until 1066 was spent in conflict with other c...