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Australian ConfederationAuthor: Grey, J. GrattanAustralian Confederation1901It has always been a question with geographers whether to class Australiaas an island or as a continent, some arguing that it is too small for the one,and others that it is too large for the other. However that may be, itsis...

The Spread Of Civilization In Eastern Europe, Part Four Long before Byzantine decline after the 11th century, the empire had been the source of a new northward surge of Christianity. Orthodox missionaries sent from Constantinople busily converted most people in the Balkans - in what is now Bulgaria...

b. 63 BC?d. , March, 12 BC, Campania [Italy] powerful deputy of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. He was chiefly responsible for the victory over Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and during Augustus' reign he suppressed rebellions, founded colonies, and administered various parts of th...

Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte With A Sketch Of Josephine Book: Life Of Napoleon Author: Tarbell, Ida Chapter I Napoleon's Youth And Early Surroundings - His School Days At Brienne "If I were not convinced that his family is as old and as good as my own," said the Emperor of Austria when he married Ma...

The Spread Of Peoples And Civilizations, New ZealandAuthor: Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992The New Zealand Landfall And The Development Of Maori CulturePerhaps as early as the 8th century A.D., the crews of canoes or raftsfrom the Society Islands and other parts of eastern Polynesia had sailedthousand...

Battle Of Bannockburn Author: Lang, Andrew Battle Of Bannockburn 1314 After the submission of Scotland in 1303, at the end of Wallace's heroic struggle, Edward I undertook to complete the union of that kingdom with England. "But the great difficulty," says a historian, "in dealing with the Scots was...

History of the Conquest of Peru Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 View Of The Civilization Of The Incas. Author: Prescott, William H. Part II A principal design of the great roads was to serve the purposes of military communication. It formed an important item of their military policy, which is quit...

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS Within one week's time, in the summer of 1991, the 74-year-old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--or Soviet Union--became a finished part of history. The forces of reform unleashed by President Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s spawned a democratic movement. Af ...

Japanese Just Before The Attack Pearl Harbor During The Attack The USS Shaw The Arizona The USS West Virginia Hickman Field Damage Arizona's Turret A View of the Ships Burning The Japanese Surrender Aboard The USS Missouri...

MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY Edited By: R. A. Guisepi A sense of the past is a light that illuminates the present and directs attention toward the possibilities of the future. There are two primary points of view about the historical process, and adherents of neither side can prove their conclusions. One...

Persia Life and legend of Cyrus II Author: Grote, George Cyrus was born between 590 and 580 BC, either in Media or, more probably, in Persis, the modern Fars province of Iran. The meaning of his name is in dispute, for it is not known whether it was a personal name or a throne name given to him when...

First Swiss Struggle For LibertyAuthor: Baker, Grenfell F.First Swiss Struggle For Liberty1308Owing to the fact that the house of Hapsburg had its origin inSwitzerland, the accession of Rudolph I, founder of the Hapsburg dynasty, tothe throne of Germany (1273), with the virtual headship of the Holy ...