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Ancient Rome The Roman Army 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, ...

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 American Civil War, Civil War BattlesEdited by: Robert Guisepi2002 Fort Sumter, April 12-14, 1861 Casualties = 0 On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter i...

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...

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard(1818-1893) The services of "The Hero of Fort Sumter," Pierre G.T. Beauregard, were not utilized to their fullest due to bad blood between the Confederate general and Jefferson Davis. The native Louisianan had graduated second in the 1838 class at West Point. There h...

countrykilled, died of wounds, orin prison{1}woundedprisoners or missing{2}deaths due to wartotal deathsAllied PowersBelgium12,000----76,00088,000Brazil9434,222----1,000British Commonwealth373,372475,047251,724{3}92,673466,000Australia23,36539,80332,393--24,000Canada37,47653,17410,888--38,000India24...

Mamelukes Usurp Power In EgyptAuthor: Muir, Sir WilliamMamelukes Usurp Power In Egypt1250From A.D. 969 to 1171 the Arabian dynasty of caliphs called Fatimites -because they professed to trace their descent from Fatima, the daughter ofMahomet - reigned in Egypt. Their downfall was due to their own de...

The Ottomans: From Frontier Warriors To Empire BuildersAuthor: Robert GuisepiDate: 1992 For centuries before the rise of the Ottoman dynasty in the 13th and 14thcenturies, Turkic-speaking peoples from central Asia had played key roles inIslamic civilization as soldiers and administrators, often in t...

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Author: William Kehen, PhD. Columbia University 1996 Impeachment In the United States the impeachment process has rarely been employed, largely because it is so cumbersome. It can occupy Congress for a lengthy period of time, fill thousands of pages of testimony, and involve...

Ancient Egypt, The Egyptian calendar EGYPT'S HISTORY Robert Guisepi, 1984 The Valley of the Nile The ancient Egyptians originally employed a calendar based upon the Moon, and, like many peoples throughout the world, they regulated their lunar calendar by means of the guidance of a sidereal calendar....

Dutch Settlement Of New YorkAuthor: Valentine, David T.Dutch Settlement Of New York1614Greater fame ordinarily attaches to the discovery of some vast region ofthe earth than to the finding or exploring of a limited coast, district, orriver-course. There are, however, some instances in which geograph...

The History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IIA more fortunate period began with the accession of Henry. [A.D.1368.] His own reign was hardly disturbed by any rebellion; and though hissuccessors, John I. [A.D. 1379] and Henry III. [A.D. 1390], were notaltogether so unm...