Tag: world history

Sojourner Truth 1797(?)-l883 Born Isabella Baumfree, Sojourner Truth was one of the earliest and most passionate of female abolitionists-for she herself had once been a slave. In the 1820s, when still quite a young woman, she escaped from her New York owner after being brutally treated and sold awa...

Ancient Egypt, Religions Of Egypt Author: Foot Moore, GeorgeChapter II The Middle Kingdom And The Empire The Rise of Thebes - The Sun as Supreme God - Local Gods - Identifications - Enneads and Triads - The Dead - Judgment before Osiris - Moral Ideas - The Empire - Amon-Re the National God - Power o ...

The American Civil War, Elizabeth Van Lew (1818 - 1900(?)) Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 The first Union flag to wave over Richmond in four years was raised in 1865 by this famous and effective Union spy. Born into a prominent Richmond family, Elizabeth Van Lew returned from her schooling in Philad...

Portuguese ahead of other Europeans in Africa and Asia Portuguese Maritime TradePortuguese inland in Africa in the early 1500sExpansion and Slave Trading from Luanda Portuguese voyages: places with first arrival dates Portuguese Expansion in the early 1500s By 1500, the Portuguese had already sailed...

Castles Castles were a medieval European stronghold, generally the residence of the king or lord of the territory in which it stands. The word is sometimes applied to prehistoric earthworks, such as Maiden Castle , England ; and the word is also applied, in various linguistic forms (e.g., château, c...

World War One, Letter from Albert SmithFranceOct. 15, 1918.Mr. Mcgregor SmithCookeville, Tenn.Dear "Greg":I received a letter from you a few weeks ago but have not had time to answer for we have been exceedingly busy. We are speedy[?] clearing France of the Huns and making Europe safe for you Kids t...

Civilizations Past And Present Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Development Of The Human Race The Civilizations Of The Ancient Near East Introduction Paleoanthropologists estimate that between three and four million years ago, ancestors of the human race appeared on earth, naked in a...

The Agrarian Revolution and the Birth of Civilization Authors: Peter N. Stearns, Michael Adas, Stuart B. SchwartzDate: 1992 Human Society and Daily Life at the End of the Old Stone Age Most human societies during the Old Stone Age consisted of small groups migrating in pursuit of game animals and wi...

Abraham Lincoln Proclamation of Thanksgiving Although the tradition of giving thanks dates far back in America's history, it was Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed that the forth Thursday of each November should be a day of national celebration. Washington, D.C.October 3, 1863 This is the proclamation w...

The Agrarian Revolution and the Birth of Civilization: Part Two The Neolithic Transition The advent of agriculture marked a transformative era in human history, as societies began to reshape their environments dramatically. Humans transitioned into sedentary cultivators, clearing land, controlling p...

KOREAN WAR Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Early in the morning of June 25, 1950, the armed forces of Communist North Korea smashed across the 38th parallel of latitude in an invasion of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) that achieved complete surprise. Although attacks came all along the...

Although the above graph shows that German losses during this month were very high, they appear even worse when we take the total German strength and convert the above figures into percentages. The single engined Bf109 figures represent 24% of the total fighter strength while the bombers represent a...