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The Grandeur That Was Rome Page Three Date: 2002The Late Republic, 133-30 B.C.The century following 133 B.C., during which Rome's frontiers reached theEuphrates and the Rhine, witnessed the failure of the Republic to solve theproblems that were the by-products of the acquisition of an empire.Effects...

Australia And The Islands Of The Sea, Part Three Author: Larkin, Dunton Chapter VII. Tasmania. Tasmania lies a hundred and thirty miles south of Australia, from which it is separated by Bass Strait. It was known formerly as Van Diemen's Land, and contains an area of more than twenty-six thousand sq...

Discovery Of Gold In CaliforniaAuthor: Hittell, John S.Discovery Of Gold In California1848Before the time of the great gold discovery of 1848, the metal had beenfound in California, but the mines from which it was taken were poor andyielded small returns for years of working. The discovery in 1848 i...

Battles Of Magenta And SolferinoAuthor: Orsi, PietroBattles Of Magenta And Solferino 1859During the Crimean War (1853-1856) Austria remained neutral, while theItalian Kingdom of Sardinia joined Great Britain, France, and Turkey againstRussia. The power of Austria still kept despotic sway over the St...

Spaniards And Portuguese: Background To Conquest The peoples who inhabited the Iberian peninsula had long lived at the frontier of Mediterranean Europe. The peninsula had known many inhabitants - Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, and Goths - and during the Middle Ages it had become a cultural fron...

World War One, Somme The battle of the Somme was another in a long line of ill conceived battles. Many Generals were still convinced that a decisive battle was possible. The attack would be proceeded by a massive artillery bombardment which was designed to break the German lines. "You won't even nee...

James Longstreet b. Jan. 8, 1821, Edgefield District, S.C., U.S.d. Jan. 2, 1904, Gainesville, Ga. Longstreet was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (1842), he resigned from the U.S. Army when his native state seceded from ...

The American Civil War, Frederick Douglass Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 A General Survey of the Slave Plantation by Frederick Douglass It was generally supposed that slavery in the State of Maryland existed in its mildest form, and that it was totally divested of those harsh and terrible peculiari...

The History Of ItalyAuthor: Hallam, Henr Part III The peace of Constance presented a noble opportunity to the Lombards ofestablishing a permanent federal union of small republics; a form ofgovernment congenial from the earliest ages to Italy, and that, perhaps, underwhich she is again destined one...

Unforgotten Sons of God They did not know it themselves--those boys of ours whose remembered faces in every home should be cherished symbols of the true, for life or death--what were their lofty deeds of body, mind, heart, soul, on that tremendous day. Unknown--but kept! The earth itself shall be i...

I was really keyed up and so were my buddies, and we went around. I know I took my General Eisenhower message that was issued to all of us, and I got autographs of all my buddies and everybody I could get to autograph it. As our teams were called, we assembled on the landing craft and were lowered i...

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...