Tag: world history

KANT, Immanuel (1724-1804). The philosopher of the 1700s who ranks with Aristotle and Plato of ancient times is Immanuel Kant. He set forth a chain of explosive ideas that humanity has continued to ponder since his time. He created a link between the idealists--those who thought that all reality was...

World War One, President Woodrow Wilson's War Message Woodrow Wilson, War Messages, 65th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Doc. No. 5, Serial No. 7264, Washington, D.C., 1917; pp. 3-8, passim.On 3 February 1917, President Wilson addressed Congress to announce that diplomatic relations with Germany were seve...

The Hundred Years War The International History ProjectThe Hundred Years War was an intermittent struggle between England and France in the 14th-15th century over a series of disputes, including the question of the legitimate succession to the French crown. The struggle involved several generations ...

The Huns Huns, nomadic Asian people, probably of Turkish, Tataric, or Ugrian origins, who spread from the Caspian steppes (the areas north of the Caspian Sea) to make repeated incursions into the Roman Empire during the 4th and 5th centuries AD.During the 3rd century BC some of the earlier segments ...

State Of Italy Under The Lombards. Author: Gibbon, Edward Date: 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised) History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Part I. Reign Of The Younger Justin. - Embassy Of The Avars. - Their Settlement On The Danube. - Conquest Of Italy By The Lombards. - Adoption And Reign...

Sumerian Territorial States More difficult than describing its external relations is the task of shedding light on the internal structure of a state like Lagash. For the first time, a state consisting of more than a city with its surrounding territory came into being, because aggressively minded rul...

Peace Of Westphalia, War Of The FrondeAuthor: Hassall, ArthurPeace Of Westphalia, War Of The Fronde1648By the arbitrary impositions of the minister, Cardinal Mazarin, aninsurrection was provoked in France whereby Mazarin was temporarily drivenfrom power. This struggle is sometimes called the "War of...

A History of Ancient Greece Athens The site of Athens has been inhabited since before 3000 BC. The earliest buildings date from the late Bronze Age, about 1200 BC, when part of the town spread to the south of the citadel on the Acropolis. During this period a wall was built along the edge of the ro...

VIKINGS Late in the 8th century AD strange ships began appearing in the bays along the coasts of Europe. Some of these ships were quite long for that era. They were strongly built of oak, and from 40 to 60 oarsmen sat on the rowers' benches. Each ship had a single mast with a square sail that was o...

Ancient Egypt, The Egyptian calendar EGYPT'S HISTORY Robert Guisepi, 1984 The Valley of the Nile The ancient Egyptians originally employed a calendar based upon the Moon, and, like many peoples throughout the world, they regulated their lunar calendar by means of the guidance of a sidereal calendar....

The American Civil War, Belle Boyd (1843 - 1900) Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 One of the most famous of Confederate spies, Belle Boyd served the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Born in Martinsburg-now part of West Virginia-she operated her spying operations from her fathers hotel in F...

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...