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Golden Bull, "Hungary's Magna Charta"Author: E.O.S.Golden Bull, "Hungary's Magna Charta"1222During the century preceding the reign of Andrew II, King of Hungary,which began in 1205, that country had been engaged in frequent Wars withVenice over the possession of Dalmatia, but no event of recent year...

The Grandeur That Was RomePage Two Date: 2002The Early Republic, 509-133 B.C.: Foreign AffairsThe growth of Rome from a small city-state to the dominant power in theMediterranean world in less than 400 years (509-133 B.C.) is a remarkablesuccess story. Roman expansion was not deliberately planned; r...

An April Fool's Tale? April Fool's Day During the 16th century, the calendar had become so inaccurate that Pope Gregory VIII decided to order a recalculation of the correct dates. As part of this reform, he decreed that the celebration of the new year would no longer begin on April 1, as had been th...

Ancient Egypt (epigraphy) Egypt attracted the special curiosity of the Greeks, and Herodotus (5th century BC) devoted an entire book to on-the-spot observations and fanciful tales about the land of the Nile. The lost Aigyptiaka (or Aegyptiaca) of Manetho (3rd century BC) contained the roster of 30 d...

Calvinism Civilizations Past And Present "Here I Take My Stand" The Second Reformation While Anglicanism and Lutheranism were developing as state churches, other forms of Protestantism were emerging in western Europe. Calvinism was the most popular and most conservative of these, but there were ma...

World War One, Kaiser Wilhelm II b. Jan. 27, 1859, Potsdam, near Berlind. June 4, 1941, Doorn, Neth. German IN FULL FRIEDRICH WILHELM VIKTOR ALBERT, German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 1918, known for his frequently militaristic manner as well as for ...

Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Author: Schwartz, Stuart B. Date: 1992 A History of the Inca Twantinsuyu: World Of The IncasAlmost at the same time that the Aztecs extended their control over much of Mesoamerica, a great imperial state was rising in the Andean highlands, and it eventually held sway o...

Latin AmericaEstablishment of Latin American StatesAuthor: Allen PikermenDate: 2002The new nations of Latin America faced a complex of dilemmas thatbequeathed a frustrating century of political instability and foreign economicdomination. Civil wars, revolutions, and regimes came and went with alarmi...

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...

Institutions and practices, Ensi and Lugal It appears that Sumerian rulers were first known as Ensi while military leaders were called Lugal. After a period of time, the military leaders became kings and the new title for them was ensi-lugal. They were king, military and religious leaders all at the...

In Maturity, Eighth To Eleventh Centuries The history of the empire, after the greatest Arab onslaughts had been faced and their results assimilated, offered a dizzying series of weak and strong emperors, periods of vigor alternating with seeming decay. Arab pressure continued. Conquest of the isla...

Heinrich Schliemann Youth and early career Schliemann was the son of a poor pastor. A picture of Troy in flames in a history book his father had given him when he was seven years old remained in his memory throughout his life and sustained his fervent belief in the historical foundations of the Home...