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House Of Hohenzollern Established In BrandenburgAuthor: Carlyle, ThomasHouse Of Hohenzollern Established In Brandenburg1415The German princely family of Hohenzollern, which ruled over Brandenburgfrom 1415, has furnished the kings of Prussia since 1701, and since 1871 thosekings have also been German...

The History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IIIThe contributions granted by cortes were assessed and collected byrespectable individuals (hombres buenos) of the several towns and villages. ^uThis repartition, as the French call it, of direct taxes is a matter of thehig...

Saracen Conquest Of SyriaAuthor: Ockley, SimonPart I.636Abu-Bekr was chosen caliph, or khalif (signifying successor) to Mahomet,but died after a reign of two years. His successor, Caliph Omar, continuedwith unabated ardor the efforts for the spread of Islam which Abu-Bekr hadinitiated by sending an ...

Rise of Civilizations and Empires in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley By Maghan Keita Historians often write of world history in terms of the development of civilizations defined by a characteristic empire. What defines an empire and what does the building of empire suggest? The regions of ...

The American Civil War, Jefferson Davis Inaugural Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends and Fellow-Citizens:- CALLED to the difficult and responsible station of Chief Executive of the provisional government which you have instituted, I approach the discharge of the ...

Burials in the Mausoleum of Augustus Marcus Claudius Marcellus42-23 B.C.son of Augustus' sister OctaviaMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa63-12 B.C.husband of Augustus' daughter JuliaOctavia>63-11sister of AugustusDrusus Maior38-9son of Livia, stepson of AugustusLucius Iulius Caesar17 B.C.-2 A.D.grandson of...

1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.. Maps of Pearl Harbor The United States government first obtained exclusive use of ...

Battle of Lexington and Concord On April 18, 1775 British General Thomas Gage in Boston was ordered to seize a cache of arms in Concord, a small town 15 miles away, and if possible, to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two of the more outspoken rebel leaders. To accomplish this, Gage assembled ...

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Author: William Kehen, PhD. Columbia University 1996 Impeachment In the United States the impeachment process has rarely been employed, largely because it is so cumbersome. It can occupy Congress for a lengthy period of time, fill thousands of pages of testimony, and involve...

Poem of the Righteous Sufferer The Babylonian Job Ancient Mesopotamian literature shows the eventual rejection of the pre-moral beliefs and practices that are described in epic tales and early hymns. The following lines from a hymn to the great Sumerian god Eniii reflect the once close relationship...

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Agincourt In pursuit of his claim to the French throne, Henry V of England and an army of about 11,000 men invaded Normandy in August 1415. They took Harfleur in September, but by then half their troops had been lost to disease and battle casualties. Henry decided to move northeast to Calais, whence...