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Mamelukes Usurp Power In EgyptAuthor: Muir, Sir WilliamMamelukes Usurp Power In Egypt1250From A.D. 969 to 1171 the Arabian dynasty of caliphs called Fatimites -because they professed to trace their descent from Fatima, the daughter ofMahomet - reigned in Egypt. Their downfall was due to their own de...

History of the 29th Infantry Division "Stonewall's Boys" "Blue and Gray" World War Two "As we got in to one thousand yards offshore, we started taking some mortar shells and some artillery. They were just over our bow and exploding off to our side, and we could also hear the small arms as we got in ...

The State The Earliest Forms Of Government Author: Wilson, Woodrow Part I. 1. Nature of the Question. - The probable origin of government is a question of fact, to be settled, not by conjecture, but by history. Some traces we can still discern of the history of primitive societies. As fragments of...

The period from 1000 to 1300, called the High Middle Ages, witnessed significant changes and high levels of advancement from a wide variety of perspectives. In England, William the Conqueror secured a unified kingdom in 1066, and successive English kings managed to keep their competitors under contr...

The Akkadians THE LEGEND OF SARGON Portions of this work contributed by Robert A. Guisepi and F. Roy Williams, University of California [Ancient Near Eastern Texts 119] Sargon, the mighty king, king of Agade, am I.MY mother was a changeling1, my father I knew not.The brother(s) of my father loved th...

Rise Of Methodism, Preaching Of The Wesleys And Of WhitefieldAuthor: Lecky, William E. H.Rise Of Methodism, Preaching Of The Wesleys And Of Whitefield1738 Next to the founders of the world's great religions, the principalfigures in religious history are the leaders of its new movements, thefounders ...

Judas Maccabaeus Liberates JudeaAuthor: JosephusJudas Maccabaeus Liberates JudeaB.C. 165IntroductionThe noble-minded Judas Maccabaeus was the hero of Jewish independence -the deliverer of Judea and Judaism during the bloody persecutions of theSyrian king Antiochus Epiphanes, in the second century B....

Mo Dec 28 1862General Hospital New house of Refuge Ward H, St Louis Dear parentsI resume my pen once more for the purpose of writeing you a few lines my health isimproveing very fast I think considering I am entirely over the measles coug & Ithink about over the measles I havent gained my streng...

Publius Aelius Hadrianus, called Hadrian, was Roman emperor from AD 117 until 138. He regarded his 20-year reign as a golden age of peace and prosperity, comparable to that of his great predecessor Augustus more than 100 years earlier (see Augustus). Monuments to Hadrian's reign are the Tivoli villa...

Union Of Denmark, Sweden, And NorwayAuthor: Sinding, Paul C.Union Of Denmark, Sweden, And Norway1397Canute the Great, King of England and Denmark, by successful wars addedalmost the whole of Norway to his dominions. At his death in 1035 hiskingdoms were divided, and fell into anarchy and discord for...

HUME, David (1711-76). A Scottish philosopher and historian, David Hume was a founder of the skeptical, or agnostic, school of philosophy. He had a profound influence on European intellectual life. David Hume was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 26 (Old Style), 1711. His father, Joseph Hume (or...

The Great Delayer Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator, Quintus (275?-203BC), Roman statesman and general, grandson of Fabius Maximus Rullianus. FabiusBy Plutarch Fabius(legendary, died 203 B.C.E.)By PlutarchWritten 75 A.C.E.Translated by John DrydenHaving related the memorable actions of Pericles,...