Tag: world history

A History of England Archbishops of Canterbury Name Reign Augustine (Austin) 597-604 Laurentius (Lawrence) 604-619 Mellitus 619-624 Justus 624-627 Honorius 627-653 Deusdedit 655-664 Theodore (Theodorus) 668-690 Berhtwald (Beorhtweald) 693-731 Tatwine 731-734 Nothelm 735-739 Cuthbert (Cuthbeorht) 7...

William Rosecrans b. Sept. 6, 1819, Kingston Township, Ohio, U.S.d. March 11, 1898, Redondo Junction, Calif. Union general and excellent strategist early in the American Civil War (1861-65); after his defeat in the Battle of Chickamauga (September 1863), he was relieved of his command. Graduated fro...

The Great DepressionThe story of the World Wide Great Depression and how it effected the 20th Century The Twentieth Century In World History Book: One-Half Century Of Crisis, 1914-1945 Author: Adas, Michael Date: 1992 The Great Depression The next step in a mounting spiral of international crisis ...

Ancient Rome Rome Established As A Republic, Part Two 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 ...

A History of Ancient Greece Philosophy Of HistoryBook: Part II. The Greek World.Author: Hegel, G.W.F.Date: 1857 Translation: Sibree, J., M.A.Section I. The Elements Of The Greek Spirit.Greece is [that form of] the Substantial [i.e. of Moral and IntellectualPrinciple,] which is at the same time indiv...

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 Mauritania Herodotus: The Histories, c. 430 B.C., Book IV.42-43: For my part I am astonished that men should ever have divided Libya, Asia, and Europe as they have, for they are exceedingly unequal. Europe extends the entire length of the other two, and for breadth will not even (as I think...

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...

First Swiss Struggle For LibertyAuthor: Baker, Grenfell F.First Swiss Struggle For Liberty1308Owing to the fact that the house of Hapsburg had its origin inSwitzerland, the accession of Rudolph I, founder of the Hapsburg dynasty, tothe throne of Germany (1273), with the virtual headship of the Holy ...

A History Christianity Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi The Rise And Triumph Of Christianity The Rise And Triumph Of Christianity Through the long centuries that witnessed the decline of the Roman Empire and the invasions of the Germans, an increasingly powerful force became evident in the Mediterranea...

Literature of the Holocaust and Anne Frank The publication of 'Het Achterhuis' (The House Behind) in 1947 made readers intimate confidantes of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who spent two years hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Translated into English as 'The Diary of a Young Girl' in 1952...

House Of Hohenzollern Established In BrandenburgAuthor: Carlyle, ThomasHouse Of Hohenzollern Established In Brandenburg1415The German princely family of Hohenzollern, which ruled over Brandenburgfrom 1415, has furnished the kings of Prussia since 1701, and since 1871 thosekings have also been German...