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Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it wil...

Nomadic Challenges And Civilized Responses Edited By: R. A.Guisepi The Rise And Spread Of Pastoral Nomadism The domestication of animals also made possible an alternative basis for the support and organization of human societies - nomadic pastoralism. We do not know when genuinely nomadic societie...

A History of Ancient Greece The Glory That Was Greece Author: Jewsbury, Lewis Date: 1992 The Agora The Agora in ancient Greek cities was an open space that served as a meeting ground for various activities of the citizens. The name, first found in the works of Homer, connotes both the assembly of th...

ETRUSCANS A History of the Etruscan people including their cities, art, society, rulers and contributions to civilization By: Robert Guisepi 2002 Historical periods Their own inscriptions, dated about 700 BC, attest the presence of the Etruscan people in Etruria; it is widely believed, however, tha...

Ancient Rome The Roman Army Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices (Re-printed by permission) "Remember, ...

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....

Industrialization And Western Global HegemonyIndustrial Rivalries And The Partition Of The World,Author: Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 2004Industrial Rivalries And The Partition Of The World, c. 1870-1914The spread of the Industrial Revolution from the British Isles toContinental Europe and North America...

Praise to Ishtar (from an Akkadian hymn to Ishtar, translated by Ferris J. Stephens) She is clothed with pleasure and love.She is laden with vitality, charm,and voluptuousness.Ishtar is clothed with pleasure and love.She is laden with vitality, charm,an Praise to Ishtar (from an Akkadian hymn to Ish...

Council Of Trent And The Counter-ReformationAuthor: Ward, Adolphus W.Council Of Trent And The Counter-Reformation1545 An important phase of history in the sixteenth century is summarized byMacaulay when he says that "the Church of Rome, having lost a large part ofEurope, not only ceased to lose, but ...

The European Dream Of Progress And EnlightenmentAuthor: WallbankDate: 1992The Reaction Against ReasonThe eighteenth century was primarily an "Age of Reason," but in thelatter decades there was a general reaction against rationalism. One form ofthe reaction came in philosophy with a new idealism, in ...

The Ottomans: From Frontier Warriors To Empire BuildersAuthor: Robert GuisepiDate: 1992 For centuries before the rise of the Ottoman dynasty in the 13th and 14thcenturies, Turkic-speaking peoples from central Asia had played key roles inIslamic civilization as soldiers and administrators, often in t...

World War One, Passchendaele The third major battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, took place between July and November, 1917. General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander in Chief in France, was encouraged by the gains made at the offensive at Messines in June 1917. Haig wa...