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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) ...

Dancing Mania Of The Middle AgesAuthor: Hecker, J. F. C.Translation: Babington, B.G.Dancing Mania Of The Middle Ages1374The black death, which originated in Central China about 1333, appearedon the Mediterranean littoral in 1347, ravaged the island of Cyprus, made thecircuit of the Mediterranean cou...

Battle of Lexington and Concord On April 18, 1775 British General Thomas Gage in Boston was ordered to seize a cache of arms in Concord, a small town 15 miles away, and if possible, to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two of the more outspoken rebel leaders. To accomplish this, Gage assembled ...

Europe Transformed Author: Jewsbury, Lewis Date: 1992 Industrialization: The First Phase While Europe's "great men" plotted grand schemes to pursue their political and intellectual ambitions during the crisis of the Old Regime, French Revolution, and Napoleonic wars, obscure British inventors desi...

Burials in the Mausoleum of Augustus Marcus Claudius Marcellus42-23 B.C.son of Augustus' sister OctaviaMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa63-12 B.C.husband of Augustus' daughter JuliaOctavia>63-11sister of AugustusDrusus Maior38-9son of Livia, stepson of AugustusLucius Iulius Caesar17 B.C.-2 A.D.grandson of...

History Of The Conquest Of Mexico, The Aztecs (part four) Book: Book I: Introduction. Preliminary View Of The Aztec Civilization. Author: Prescott, William H. Chapter V: Aztec Agriculture, Part II. But the occupation peculiarly respected was that of the merchant. It formed so important and singular...

Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa Author: Williams, Gardner F. M.A. Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa 1867 The story of the Kimberley diamond-field is one of the romances of the industrial world. Any chemist can tell us that the diamond is pure crystallized carbon; but the wisest geologist cannot make ...

Washington's Farewell Address Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothe...

Japan: Conquered Nation To World Power Author: Wallbank; Taylor; Bailkey; Jewsbury; Lewis; HackettDate: 1992Japan: Conquered Nation To World PowerAfter 1945 the old European empires disappeared, replaced by over 80 newcountries. These new states, primarily located to the south of the Europeanpowers,...

Teutonic Knights: Their Organization And History Title: Teutonic Knights: Their Organization And History Author: Woodhouse, F. C. 1190 - 1809 Scarcely less renowned than the Knights Templars, the Teutonic Knights carried the spirit and traditions of the great military religious orders of the Middle...

World War Two, DE GAULLE, Charles (1890-1970). Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi Date 2001 Twice in 20 years France looked to Charles de Gaulle for leadership in a time of trouble. General de Gaulle led the Free French government in the dark days of World War II. In 1958 he returned to power in an attem...

Ancient History Sourcebook:Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Domitianus, c. 110 C.E. I. DOMITIAN was born on the ninth day before the Kalends of November of the year when his father was Consul-elect and was about to enter on the office in the following month [October 24, 51 C.E.], in a street of the sixt...