Tag: world history

Africa: The Spread of Civilization in Africa Various AuthorsEdited By: R. A. GuisepiDate: 2001 Africa is a continent of great size, almost 12 million square miles or about three times the size of the United States. Most of it lies in the tropics, and although we often think of Africa in terms of its...

Plutarch's Lives: FLAMININUS What Titus Quintius Flamininus, whom we select as a parallel toPhilopoemen, was in personal appearance, those who are curious maysee by the brazen statue of him, which stands in Rome near that ofthe great Apollo, brought from Carthage, opposite to the CircusMaximus, with...

Abraham Lincoln Proclamation of Thanksgiving Although the tradition of giving thanks dates far back in America's history, it was Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed that the forth Thursday of each November should be a day of national celebration. Washington, D.C.October 3, 1863 This is the proclamation w...

The History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Part IIA more fortunate period began with the accession of Henry. [A.D.1368.] His own reign was hardly disturbed by any rebellion; and though hissuccessors, John I. [A.D. 1379] and Henry III. [A.D. 1390], were notaltogether so unm...

The Byzantine Empire, Part One Eastern Europe, And Russia To 1600 Donald MacGillivray Nicol: Koraës Professor Emeritus of Byzantine and Modern Greek History, Language, and Literature, King's College, University of London. Director, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1...

SaladinPaul E. Walker: Former Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal The most famous of the Muslim military heroes was Saladin. In the late 12th century he succeeded in uniting various parts of the Middle East and Mesopotamia and in overtaking the Christian armies of the...

Normandy, D-Day June 6th, 1944 Be strong!We are not here to play, to dream, to drift.We have hard work to do and loads to lift.Shun not the struggle,face it: 'tis God's gift. ********* "Now that it's all over, it seems to me a pure miracle we ever took the beach at all." Ernie Pile "It wasn't a mira...

The American Civil War, Frederick Douglass Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002One of the most influential Americans of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly for the freedom of all Americans. He was amongst the first to speak out in favor of Woman's rights. Yet, few people today are aware...

Dante Composes The "Divina Commedia"Author: Church, Richard WilliamDante Composes The "Divina Commedia"1300 - 1318Out of what may be called the civil and religious storm-and-stress periodthrough which the Middle passed into the modern age, there came a greatliterary foregleam of the new life upon wh...

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The Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine, was the fruition of early American policy. There had long been a deep-seated conviction on the part of the people of the United States that the opportunities of a hard-won freedom would be threatened by the ambitions of European powers and that the aims of th...

Ancient Rome Rome Established As A Republic 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 "Remember, Roman, tha...