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World War One, Nations Involved Austria-Hungary Declared war on Serbia .........July 28, 1914Declared war on Russia ........Aug 6, 1914Declared war on Belgium ......Aug 28, 1914Declared war on Portugal ......March 15, 1916BelgiumRefused German ultimatum demanding permission for German troops to cro...

The History Of ItalyAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IVA new generation had risen up in Lombardy since the peace of Constance,and the prerogatives reserved by that treaty to the empire were so seldomcalled into action, that few cities were disposed to recollect theirexistence. They denominated themselves...

Castles Castles were a medieval European stronghold, generally the residence of the king or lord of the territory in which it stands. The word is sometimes applied to prehistoric earthworks, such as Maiden Castle , England ; and the word is also applied, in various linguistic forms (e.g., château, c...

The Ancient City of Jericho Through out much of her history, the ancient town of Jericho has been associated with walls. The most notable story of Jericho is that of Joshua, who according to Biblical accounts, caused the circumvallate walls to "come tumbling down." The natural walls surrounding Jeri...

JACKSON, Stonewall (1824-63). No leader in the American Civil War was more skilled or gallant than Stonewall Jackson. His earnestness of purpose, determination to do right as he saw it, and military genius made him admired by friend and foe alike. Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born on Jan. 21, 1824, i...

Events Leading to the Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbor Hawaii The attack on U.S. military forces of the at Pearl Harbor Hawaii did not just happen nor was it a quick reaction to initiatives instituted by President Roosevelt. The Japanese believed that they were being pushed into a corner by Roosevelt...

Ancient Carthage Author: Rollin, Charles Part Two The Carthaginians were not discouraged by their late disaster, but continued their enterprises on Sicily. Mago, their general, and one of the suffetes, lost a great battle, in which he was slain. The Carthaginian chiefs demanded a peace, which was gr ...

Saint-Simon's Portrait of Louis XIVfrom "Parallele des trois premiers rois Bourbons" (written in 1746), Ecrits inedits de Saint-Simon I, 84 sqqin J.H. Robinson, Readings in European History 2 vols. (Boston: Ginn, 1906), 2:285-286.Scanned by Brian Cheek, Hanover College. November 12, 1995. Louis XIV'...

A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The Sources Of Vitality In The Postclassical West Why did western Europe begin to demonstrate new vigor around A.D. 1000 - forming new schools and a more elaborate culture; expanding trade and towns, while loosening the most res...

Ancient Egypt, Menes 2925 B.C. also spelled MENA, MENI, OR MIN, first king of unified Egypt, who, according to tradition, joined Upper and Lower Egypt in a single, centralized monarchy. Manetho, a 3rd-century-bc Egyptian historian, called him Menes; the 5th-century-bc Greek historian Herodotus refer...

HUMAN ORIGINS The International History Project Robert Guisepi Date: 2001 In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato somewhat flippantly defined "man" as an erect and featherless biped. Subsequently Diogenes the Cynic, in an equally flippant fashion, displayed a plucked chicken and declared,...

Nathaniel Banks Of the 14 Union officers who received the Thanks of Congress during the Civil War, Nathaniel P. Banks was the least entitled. Serving under five different party labels during his political career, he rose from a childhood job in a cotton mill in his native Massachusetts-which earned ...