Tag: world history

Quotations of Thomas Jefferson "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. . . ."Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 "it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."Thomas Jefferson ...

Ancient Rome Rome Established As A Republic 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 "Remember, Roman, tha...

An April Fool's Tale? April Fool's Day During the 16th century, the calendar had become so inaccurate that Pope Gregory VIII decided to order a recalculation of the correct dates. As part of this reform, he decreed that the celebration of the new year would no longer begin on April 1, as had been th...

Ancient Carthage Author: Rollin, Charles Part Four Among the conditions of the peace granted to the Carthaginians, there was one which imported, that they should restore to Masinissa all the territories and cities he possessed before the war; and Scipio, to reward the zeal and fidelity which that m ...

The Akkadians Contributed by Robert A. Guisepi and F. Roy Williams, University of California Akkad and the Arts Akkadian PeriodSargon of Akkad (reigned c. 2334–c. 2279 BC) unified the Sumerian city-states and created the first Mesopotamian empire, profoundly influencing the art, language, and politi...

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...

A History of England Archbishops of Canterbury Name Reign Augustine (Austin) 597-604 Laurentius (Lawrence) 604-619 Mellitus 619-624 Justus 624-627 Honorius 627-653 Deusdedit 655-664 Theodore (Theodorus) 668-690 Berhtwald (Beorhtweald) 693-731 Tatwine 731-734 Nothelm 735-739 Cuthbert (Cuthbeorht) 7...

Thomas Jefferson on Slavery It will probably be asked, Why not retain and incorporate the blacks into the state, and thus save the expense of supplying, by importation of white settlers, the vacancies they will leave? Deep rooted prejudices entertained by the whites; ten thousand recollections, by t...

A History of England Canute Becomes King Of England Author: Hume, David 1017 Canute Becomes King Of England After the success of King Alfred over the Danes in the last quarter of the ninth century, England enjoyed a considerable respite from the invasions of the bold ravagers who had caused great ...

Women's RightsAuthor: Wallbank;Taylor;Bailkey;Jewsbury;Lewis;HackettDate: 1992Document: Women's RightsThis statement on women's rights was issued July 7, 1969, by Redstockings, afeminist organization.I. After centuries of individual and preliminary politicalstruggle, women are uniting to achieve the...

Pompey the Great (106-48BC), Roman general and statesman, the erstwhile ally and son-in-law of Julius Caesar, but later his arch-rival for power. Pompey was born Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in Rome on September 29, 106BC, into a senatorial family; his father, Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, was consul in 89BC. ...

Venetians And Crusaders Take Constantinople Author: Pears, Edwin Venetians And Crusaders Take Constantinople Plunder Of The Sacred Relics, A.D. 1204 In the treaty arranged at the end of the Third Crusade (1192) it was stipulated that all hostilities between the Christians and the Moslems should cea...