Tag: world history

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...

Europe Transformed Author: Jewsbury, Lewis Date: 1992 Industrialization: The First Phase While Europe's "great men" plotted grand schemes to pursue their political and intellectual ambitions during the crisis of the Old Regime, French Revolution, and Napoleonic wars, obscure British inventors desi...

From Colonies To Nations Author: Various By the late 18th century, the Creole elites expressed a growing self-consciousness as they began to question the policies of Spain and Portugal and the very necessity of remaining in a colonial relationship. At the same time, these elites were joined by the ...

Two important events marked the reign of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome. He made Christianity a lawful religion in Roman society, and he founded the city of Constantinople, the brilliant capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Flavius Valerius Constantinus was born in the Ro...

Women's RightsAuthor: Wallbank;Taylor;Bailkey;Jewsbury;Lewis;HackettDate: 1992Document: Women's RightsThis statement on women's rights was issued July 7, 1969, by Redstockings, afeminist organization.I. After centuries of individual and preliminary politicalstruggle, women are uniting to achieve the...

DRED SCOTT DECISION. Dred Scott was a black slave who belonged to an officer in the United States Army. His master had taken him from the slave state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois and then to Wisconsin Territory, which had been declared a free territory by the Missouri Compromise of 1820...

Ancient History Sourcebook:Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Domitianus, c. 110 C.E. I. DOMITIAN was born on the ninth day before the Kalends of November of the year when his father was Consul-elect and was about to enter on the office in the following month [October 24, 51 C.E.], in a street of the sixt...

History Of The Conquest Of Mexico, The Aztecs (part six) The Postclassical Era Book: Chapter 17: The Americas On The Eve Of Invasion Author: Prescott, William H Date: 1992 Aztec Society In Transition During their wanderings, the Aztecs had been divided into seven calpulli, or clans, a form of organ...

Ancient Egypt, CHAMPOLLION, Jean-Francois (1790-1832) and the Rosetta Stone The interesting thing about the Rosetta Stone is that the writing is repeated three times in different alphabets: 196 BC: Rosetta Stone engraved In the ninth year of the reign of Egyptian King Ptolemy V Epiphanes, the temple...

Age Of Fable Or Beauties Of Mythology Author: Bulfinch, Thomas Preface If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which tends to make us happier...

Sam Watkins Confederate soldier who wrote of his experiences in the American Civil War. The following is an excerpt from 'Company Aytch' A private soldier is but an automaton, a machine that works by the command of a good, bad, or indifferent engineer, and is presumed to know nothing of all these gr...

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...