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History Of The Conquest Of Mexico, The Aztecs (part eight) The Postclassical Era Book: Chapter 17: The Americas On The Eve Of Invasion Author: Prescott, William H Date: 1992 Analysis and Conclusion Analysis: The "Troubling" Civilizations Of The Americas From the first encounter with the peoples of ...

b. Nov. 17?, AD 9, Reate [Rieti], Latiumd. June 24, 79 Latin in full CAESAR VESPASIANUS AUGUSTUS, original name TITUS FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS, Roman emperor (ad 69-79) who, though of humble birth, became the founder of the Flavian dynasty after the civil wars that followed Nero's death in 68. His fisca...

Russia, A History The World History Project Russia has been inhabited for at least 4,000 years. Waves of nomadic invasions occurred until the 13th century. Goths, Huns, Bulgars, Avars, Khazars, Turks, Magyars, and other invaders marauded the steppes and influenced Slavic culture, including that of ...

The American Civil War, Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainEdited by: Robert Guisepi, 2002 Excerpts From Chamberlain's WritingsA Brief BiographyBy Charles CalhounJoshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born Sept. 8, 1828, in Brewer, Maine, the eldest of five children. Facing the much larger city of Bangor across th...

Mayan Glyphs The Peoples And Civilizations Of The Americas Author: Michael Schwartz Date: 1999 Document: Deciphering The Maya Glyphs Of all the peoples of ancient America, the Maya developed the most complex system of writing to record their history, religion, philosophy, and politics. Maya hierogl...

A History Of France The emergence of France History Of Europe During The Middle AgesAuthor: Hallam, Henry While this page contains a general overview of the beginnings of France, the selections on the left provide a more detailed accountA General Overview From the 9th to the 11th century the peoples...

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...

The Middle Ages Date: 2002 The Making Of Modern Britain Medieval Politics, Economics, Religion, And Learning Introduction Between 1000 and 1300, drastic political, economic, and social change occurred in Europe. Not only did trade revive, cities grow, and a new bourgeois social class emerge, but i...

Cultural Expression During The Middle Ages During the entire Middle Ages Latin served as an international means of communication. This common tongue provided much of the cohesion of the Middle Ages, for virtually all the crucial communications of the church, governments, and schools were in Latin. B...

The Hittites A history of the Hittites including their cities, kings, art and contributions to civilization Hittite Gods B = Babylonian ALALUS: Father of Anus. Anus removed him from the throne. ANUS: Sky God. Removed his father Alalus from the throne, and was, himself, removed by his son Kumarbis....

Ancient Carthage Part Three Section II. The Passage Over The Alps The sight of these mountains, whose tops seem to touch the skies, and were covered with snow, and where nothing appeared to the eye but a few pitiful cottages, scattered here and there, on the sharp tops of inaccessible rocks; nothi ...

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard(1818-1893) The services of "The Hero of Fort Sumter," Pierre G.T. Beauregard, were not utilized to their fullest due to bad blood between the Confederate general and Jefferson Davis. The native Louisianan had graduated second in the 1838 class at West Point. There h...