Tag: world history

Mesopotamia The International History Project Date: 2003 The achievements of ancient Mesopotamia The world of mathematics and astronomy owes much to the Babylonians--for instance, the sexagesimal system for the calculation of time and angles, which is still practical because of the multiple divisibi...

Ancient Rome GLADIATOR. 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) "Remember, Ro...

The American Civil War, Jefferson Davis Inaugural Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends and Fellow-Citizens:- CALLED to the difficult and responsible station of Chief Executive of the provisional government which you have instituted, I approach the discharge of the ...

Ancient Rome Letter Home of a Roman "University" Student, 44 BCE 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 (...

The Germanic Tribes, and Huns F. Roy Willis, Professor of History University of California Robert A. Guisepi, Historian and Editor Upon the decline of Roman imperial power, Germanic tribes from the east took over vast lands once ruled from Rome. After long period of growth, development and sometimes...

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Discovery Of Gold In CaliforniaAuthor: Hittell, John S.Discovery Of Gold In California1848Before the time of the great gold discovery of 1848, the metal had beenfound in California, but the mines from which it was taken were poor andyielded small returns for years of working. The discovery in 1848 i...

Frederick The Great Seizes SilesiaAuthor: Smyth, WilliamFrederick The Great Seizes SilesiaMaria Theresa Appeals To The Hungarians - 1740Maria Theresa, the "Empress Queen," stands out among the most heroic andromantic figures of the eighteenth century. She was the daughter of CharlesVI, last of the r...

Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address Washington, D.C.March 4, 1865 This theologically intense speech has been widely acknowledged as one of the most remarkable documents in American history. The London Spectator said of it, "We cannot read it without a renewed conviction that it is the noblest p...

These are just a few things well worth reading. Presidential Comments Harry Truman Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice. Abraham Lincoln Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pr...

MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY Edited By: R. A. Guisepi A sense of the past is a light that illuminates the present and directs attention toward the possibilities of the future. There are two primary points of view about the historical process, and adherents of neither side can prove their conclusions. One...

SHERIDAN, Philip (1831-88). Philip Sheridan ranks with Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman as one of the three great Union commanders of the American Civil War. Of the three he was the only one who devoted his whole life to the United States Army. Philip Henry Sheridan was born in Albany, N.Y. H...