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A History of England The Kings and Queens of England Saxon 802-839 Egbert 839-858 Ethelwulf 858-860 Ethelbald 860-865 Ethelbert 865-871 Ethelred 871-899 Alfred the Great 901-924 Edward the Elder 924-939 Athelstan 939-946 Edmund I 946-955 Edred 955-959 Edwy 959-975 Edgar 975-978 Edward the Martyr ...

The Hittites A history of the Hittites including their cities, kings, art and contributions to civilization Hittite Gods B = Babylonian ALALUS: Father of Anus. Anus removed him from the throne. ANUS: Sky God. Removed his father Alalus from the throne, and was, himself, removed by his son Kumarbis....

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...

First American LegislatureAuthor: Campbell, CharlesFirst American LegislatureAs a distinctly American event the beginning of formal legislation inthis country has special interest, no less for the general reader than forstudents of legal history. None of the early institutions of the fathers ismore ...

History Of The Conquest Of Mexico, The Aztecs (part seven) The Postclassical Era Book: Chapter 17: The Americas On The Eve Of Invasion Author: Prescott, William H Date: 1992 Document: Aztec Women And Men In the mid-16th century, Bernardino de Sahagun, a Spanish missionary, prepared an extraordinary...

Ancient Rome Gracchi And Their Reforms 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) ...

First historical personalities The specifically political events in Mesopotamia after the flourishing of the archaic culture of Uruk cannot be pinpointed. Not until about 2700 BC does the first historical personality appear--historical because his name, Enmebaragesi (Me-baragesi), was preserved in l...

A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Sources Of Vitality In The Postclassical West Why did western Europe begin to demonstrate new vigor around A.D. 1000 - forming new schools and a more elaborate culture; expanding trade and towns, while loosening the most res...

John B. Gordon, In his own words b. Feb. 6, 1832, Upson county, Ga., U.S.d. Jan. 9, 1904, Miami, Fla. Confederate military leader and post-American Civil War politician who symbolized the shift from agrarian to commercial ideals in the Reconstruction South. Gordon accomplished little of note during ...

A History of Ancient Greece, TROY The Glory That Was Greece Author: Jewsbury, Lewis Date: 1992 Greek TROIA, also called ILIOS, OR ILION, Latin TROIA, TROJA, OR ILIUM, was an ancient city in northwestern Anatolia that holds an enduring place in both literature and archaeology. The legend of the Troj...

The Middle Ages Date: 1992 During the decline of the Roman Empire, the migrations of a strong, rude people began to change the life of Europe. They were the German barbarians, or Teutonic tribes, who swept across the Rhine and the Danube into the empire. There they accepted Christianity. The union o...

Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Author: Schwartz, Stuart B. Date: 1992 A History of the Inca Twantinsuyu: World Of The IncasAlmost at the same time that the Aztecs extended their control over much of Mesoamerica, a great imperial state was rising in the Andean highlands, and it eventually held sway o...