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Sumerian Language The Proto-Sumerian Language Invention Process A lexicon of Sumerian which is organized on the basis of phonetic structure, starting with phonetically simple structures and progressing to more complex phonetic structures, has revealed the process by which the proto-Sumerians invente...

Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra Written by Edith Hamilton, W.W. Norton Inc. 1986 now in the Library of Congress and reprinted by permission b. 69 BCd. Aug. 30, 30 BC, Alexandria "She captivated the two greatest Romans of her day, and because of the third she destroyed herself." Cleopatra Ptolemy was the d...

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 Carthage Part Three Section II. The Passage Over The Alps The sight of these mountains, whose tops seem to touch the skies, and were covered with snow, and where nothing appeared to the eye but a few pitiful cottages, scattered here and there, on the sharp tops of inaccessible rocks; nothi ...

The American Civil War, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Crash of Hell Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Excerpts From Chamberlain's Writings Ten minutes had not passed. Suddenly the thunder of artillery and crash of iron that had all the while been roaring over the Round Top crests stopped short. We u...

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...

Revolt Of Hungary Author: Vambery, Arminius Revolt Of Hungary 1848 Deep interest throughout the civilized world was aroused by the unavailing struggle of Hungary, in 1848, for national independence. The name of Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot and famous orator, became celebrated in many lands;...

THE ARTS Various Author Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Paintings and power shovels, sonatas and submarines, dramas and dynamos--they all have one thing in common. They are fashioned by people. They are artificial, in contrast to everything that is natural--plants, animals, minerals. The average 20th-centu...

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 ...

World War One, President Woodrow Wilson's War Message Woodrow Wilson, War Messages, 65th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Doc. No. 5, Serial No. 7264, Washington, D.C., 1917; pp. 3-8, passim.On 3 February 1917, President Wilson addressed Congress to announce that diplomatic relations with Germany were seve...

The End Of The Early Civilization Period The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Date: 1992 The proliferation of spin-off civilizations brought important innovations within the framework set by the achievements of the great progenitors in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The simplified alp...

On February 24, 1905, Congress passed a bill authorizing the War Department to return its stockpile of captured Confederate battle flags to their original owners. This poem was written by A former Union soldier at the height of the debate over the issue, which was considered quite controversial. ...