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The First Plantation ColonyEarly Latin AmericaAuthor: Stearns, PeterDate: 1999The search for gold and silver was a constant theme in overseasexpansion, but there were other European demands the New World could alsosatisfy, which contributed to its growing involvement in the Western-dominatedworld ec...

Laying Of The Atlantic CableAuthor: Field, Cyrus W.Laying Of The Atlantic Cable1866Twenty-two years after the completion of the first telegraph line -between Washington and Baltimore, in 1844 - came the greatest triumph in thehistory of telegraphy. The first successful laying of an ocean telegraph, ...

CORTEZ, Hernando (1485-1547) The Spanish soldier Cortez is known as the conqueror of Mexico. He was born in the small town of Medellin in southwestern Spain. When Cortez was about 18, he sailed for the island of Hispaniola, then the Spanish headquarters in the West Indies. He was a soldier and a far...

Abraham Lincoln Proclamation of Thanksgiving Although the tradition of giving thanks dates far back in America's history, it was Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed that the forth Thursday of each November should be a day of national celebration. Washington, D.C.October 3, 1863 This is the proclamation w...

Southeast AsiaAuthor: HackettDate: 1992Southeast AsiaOne of the first indications that the whole structure of imperialismwould quickly collapse came in the late 1940s when Indonesian nationalistsdemanded a complete break with the Netherlands. An ugly war ensued, andfinally in 1948, through UN mediat...

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...

The History of Judaism A History of Judaism Author: Salo Wittmayer Baron: Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions, Columbia University, 1930–63. Author of A Social and Religious History of the Jews...

History of the Conquest of Peru Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 View Of The Civilization Of The Incas. Author: Prescott, William H. Part III The sacerdotal order, though numerous, was not distinguished by any peculiar badge or costume from the rest of the nation. Neither was it the sole depository...

Ancient Rome Gracchi And Their Reforms 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) ...

Harpist From UrBetween two mighty riversThe Fertile Crescent expands Hanging Gardens Babel Tower Gates to Eden An old indigenous manCreated a harp of his own Arched bough, silver and gold Lapis lazuli, ivory and pearl Sumerian Queen Shub-AdAsleep in eternal silence The harpist from the Royal Tomb D...

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION: To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Conne...

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...