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NUMA POMPILIUS by Plutarch Though the pedigrees of noble families of Rome go back in exact form asfar as Numa Pompilius, yet there is great diversity amongst historiansconcerning the time in which he reigned; a certain writer calledClodius, in a book of his entitled Strictures on Chronology, avers t...

The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.Date: 1992Analysis And ConclusionAnalysis: The Legacy Of Asia's First CivilizationsIn their size, complexity, and longevity, the first civilizations todevelop in South Asia and China match and in some respects surpass theearliest civil...

Persia The Rise of Persia Under Cyrus II Author: Grote, George The ruling dynasty of the Persians settled in Fars in southwestern Iran (possibly the Parsumash of the later Assyrian records) traced its ancestry back to an eponymous ancestor, Haxamanish, or Achaemenes. There is no historical evidence ...

Ancient Sumeria Primary Author: Robert A. Guisepi Portions of this work Contributed By:F. Roy Willis of the University of California 1980 and 2003 The History of Ancient Sumeria including its cities, kings and religions Now, I swear by the sun god Utu on this very day -- and my younger brothers shal...

World War Two, DE GAULLE, Charles (1890-1970). Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi Date 2001 Twice in 20 years France looked to Charles de Gaulle for leadership in a time of trouble. General de Gaulle led the Free French government in the dark days of World War II. In 1958 he returned to power in an attem...

woman suffrage Women were excluded from voting in ancient Greece and Republican Rome, as well as in the few democracies that had emerged in Europe by the end of the 18th century. When the franchise was widened, as it was in the United Kingdom in 1832, women continued to be denied all voting rights. ...

Canada, An Early History Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Canada to 1763 Prehistory to early European contact Pre-contact aboriginal history The first humans to make their homes in North America migrated from Asia. It is generally thought that this migration took place over a now-submerged land bridg...

JSesh is a word processor, for ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. It'sused in many professional egyptological publications: the IFAO, the JARCE, and all kinds of books. JSesh texts can be copied and pasted into other softwares (as MS/Word or Openoffice). It is also possible to create pictures in...

An American Song Early in the Revolutionary War, the British attacked the Americans who were holed up in a fort along the Hudson River. The Americans fought bravely but were so outnumbered that they were forced to surrender. The British general demanded that the Americans lay down their arms and wal...

The American Civil War, George Armstrong Custer (1839 - 1876)Edited by: Robert Guisepi2002 Thank you to Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War for this fine work.Although better known for his Indian fighting, George Custer compiled a creditable record as a cavalry leader in the latter part of the ...

England Under Edward The First, Called Longshanks Author: Dickens, Charles Chapter XVI. It was now the year of our Lord 1272; and Prince Edward. the heir to the throne, being away in the Holy Land, knew nothing of his father's death. The barons, however, proclaimed him king, immediately after the...

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...