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England Under Harefoot, Hardicanute, And Edward The Confessor Author: Dickens, Charles Chapter VI. England Under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, And Edward The Confessor. Canute left three sons, by name Sweyn, Harold, and Hardicanute; but his queen, Emma, once the Flower of Normandy, was the mother ...

History Of The Conquest Of Mexico, The Aztecs (part three) Book: Book I: Introduction. Preliminary View Of The Aztec Civilization. Author: Prescott, William H. Chapter III: Mexican Mythology, Part I. The Sacerdotal Order. - Th0e Temples. - Human Sacrifices. The civil polity of the Aztecs is so clos...

Migrations Of The Mormons Author: Kane, Thomas L. Migrations Of The Mormons 1848 Among the numerous religious bodies that have grown up in the United States, the sect of Mormons, officially called "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," is perhaps the most unique in its origin and organi...

The Impact Of Iberian Culture In The New World Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi European expansion overseas after the fifteenth century brought revolutionary change to all the world's peoples, but the Iberian period before 1600 was unique in its violence and ruthless exploitation. Not onl...

Wycliffe Translates The Bible Into EnglishAuthor: Smyth, Paterson J.Wycliffe Translates The Bible Into English1382 It may safely be said that no greater service has been rendered at onceto religion and to literature than the translation of the Bible into theEnglish tongue. This achievement did not i...

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...

Ancient Cave Art Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France 15,000-18,000 BC Approximately 20,000 years ago, humans in Europe lived primarily as hunters. Out of this stone age culture, the mysteries of existence were becoming important and the result was the birth of mythology. Humankind sought to understand the wo...

A History of Ancient Greece Demaratus on the Spartan Way of Living Introduction: Herodotos presented this dialogue (Bk 7, trans. G. Rawlinson; revised, M. Markowski) between Demaratos (a Greek) and Xerxes, Emperor of Persia. Xerxes followed Darius in power and continued the war against the Greeks. ...

A History of Ancient Greece, Mythology Greek Mythology, are the beliefs and ritual observances of the ancient Greeks, who became the first Western civilization about 2000 BC. It consists mainly of a body of diverse stories and legends about a variety of gods. Greek mythology had become fully devel...

Ud-ul-uru (Old man cultivator) gave advice to his son: When you have to prepare a field, inspect the levees, canals and mounds that have to be opened. When you let the flood water into the field, this water should not rise too high in it. At the time that the field emerges from the water, watch its ...

Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress October 19, 1765 The members of this Congress, sincerely devoted, with the warmest sentiments of affection and duty to His Majesty's Person and Government, inviolably attached to the present happy establishment of the Protestant succession, and with minds deeply...

A great task faced Marcus Aurelius when he became the Roman emperor in AD 161, as successor to his uncle, Emperor Antonius Pius. Generations of luxury had made the patricians, or nobles, weak and selfish. The middle class was disappearing, and the working class was being reduced to a state of slaver...