Tag: world history

The Thirty Years' WarAuthor: Wallbank Date: 2002The Thirty Years' WarSpain's golden age had ended, but the religious and political strife ofdynasties continued with even greater intensity. Despite the weakening ofSpain, other nations still feared a Habsburg resurgence and other dynastiessought to wi...

The American Civil War, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Report on Gettysburg Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Excerpts From Chamberlain's Writings Official Records - Series I, Volume XXVII/1 - Gettysburg Campaign Report of Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain, Twentieth Maine Infantry. Field Near Emmitsburg - Jul...

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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...

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...

Early India The Asian Way Of LifeIntroduction This chapter will trace the genesis and development of the two oldest continuous civilizations - the Indian and the Chinese - in order to obtain an understanding of the Asian way of life and allow comparison with the West. In addition, this chapter will...

First Partition Of Poland Author: Fletcher, James 1772Of the three partitions which Poland underwent in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, the first was due to the jealousies of European powers. It was an event of great significance for the Polish kingdom, ominous of future spoliations, wh...

Saracens Conquer Egypt Destruction Of The Library At AlexandriaAuthor: Irving, Washington640Who shall estimate the loss to civilization and the world that has beencaused by the destruction of accumulated stores of books, through the crassignorance or stupid bigotry of benighted rulers? The chronicle...

Title: Civilization Of the Hebrews Along The Banks Of Rivers Edited By: Robert Guisepi The Hebrew Kingdoms In war, diplomacy, inventions, and art, the Hebrews made little splash in the stream of history. In religion and ethics, however, their contribution to the world civilization was tremendous....

Title: The State Book: The Functions Of Government Author: Wilson, Woodrow The Functions Of Government 1473. What are the Functions of Government? - The question has its own difficulties and complexities: it cannot be answered out of hand and by the list, as the physiologist might answer the ques...

Ancient Mauritania Herodotus: The Histories, c. 430 B.C., Book IV.42-43: For my part I am astonished that men should ever have divided Libya, Asia, and Europe as they have, for they are exceedingly unequal. Europe extends the entire length of the other two, and for breadth will not even (as I think...

THE GREAT HYMN TO SHAMASH Among the longest and most beautiful of the hymns that have come down to us in cuneiform, this ranks as one of the best products of Mesopotamian religious writing. 21. You climb to the mountains surveying the earth, 22. You suspend from the heavens the circle of the lands....