Tag: world history

Lewis Addison Armistead(1817-1863) Lewis A. Armistead nearly scuttled his military career when he broke a plate over the head of fellow cadet Jubal A. Early and was expelled from West Point. He was, however, commissioned directly into the infantry in 1839 and served in the Mexican War, being wounded...

Sumerian Kish The once-majestic city of Kish is today only ruins. It lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) east of the site of Babylon in what is now Iraq. Inscriptions in the ruins state that it was "the first city founded after the Flood." As the traditional f...

The Hittites A history of the Hittites including their cities, kings, art and contributions to civilization Robert A. Guisepi Date: 2003 Probably originating from the area beyond the Black Sea, the Hittites first occupied central Anatolia, making their capital at Hattusa (modern Bogazköy). Early...

The Peoples Of The AmericasAuthor: Stearns, Peter NDate: 1992The Archaic CulturesBy about 9000 B.C. small bands of hunters were widely dispersed over theAmerican continents. Changes in climate with the ending of the last Ice Agemay lay behind changes in diet and ways of life. The disappearance of la...

Abraham Lincoln, Farewell AddressSpringfield, IllinoisFebruary 11, 1861 When Lincoln left Springfield to start his inaugural journey to Washington, D.C., he paid an unforgettable tribute to his friends and neighbors in what is known today as the Farewell Address. Lincoln spoke these famous, emotion-...

Dawn Of Civilization B.C. 5867 Author: Maspero, G. C. C. It is a far cry to hark back to 11,000 years before Christ, yet borings in the valley of the Nile, whence comes the first recorded history of the human race, have unveiled to the light pottery and other relics of civilization that, at the rat...

Ancient Egypt, Menes 2925 B.C. also spelled MENA, MENI, OR MIN, first king of unified Egypt, who, according to tradition, joined Upper and Lower Egypt in a single, centralized monarchy. Manetho, a 3rd-century-bc Egyptian historian, called him Menes; the 5th-century-bc Greek historian Herodotus refer...

The flying buttress transfers the thrust of the stone roof from the thin nave wall downwards and outwards, enabling the architect to open up the walls into huge stained- glass panels. Flying Buttresses, Notre Dame, Paris Ground Plan of a Gothic Cathedral: Chartres...

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 ...

Ancient History Sourcebook:Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Divus Claudius, c. 110 CE. Translated by J. C. Rolfe. [Arkenberg Introduction]. Rolfe's annotations appear in brackets with no attribution; mine are noted. I have also replaced modern place names, as used by Rolfe, with those in use by the Roma ...

Japanese Repel The TartarsAuthor: Parker, Edward HarperJapanese Repel The Tartars1281Kublai Khan, the first of the Mongol emperors who reigned at Peking, andKameyama, the ninetieth emperor - as reputed - of Japan, are supposed to havecome to their respective thrones in the same year, 1260. At this p...

World War One, Letter from Edward Luckert Monday - July 22 - 18Dearest: -It does seem as if we are never going to get any rest I know, but still I guess there's a remote chance sometime in the near future.If they wouldn't always give us the hardest work it would be a cinch, but they have never yet f...