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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...

Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgencesby Dr. Martin Luther, 1517 These Theses resulted in the excommunication of Martin Luther, and the ideas contained in this document gave impetus to the Reformation. Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to lig...

CORTEZ, Hernando (1485-1547) The Spanish soldier Cortez is known as the conqueror of Mexico. He was born in the small town of Medellin in southwestern Spain. When Cortez was about 18, he sailed for the island of Hispaniola, then the Spanish headquarters in the West Indies. He was a soldier and a far...

History of the Conquest of Peru Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 View Of The Civilization Of The Incas. Author: Prescott, William H. Part I Physical Aspect Of The Country. - Sources Of Peruvian Civilization. - Empire Of The Incas. - Royal Family. - Nobility. Of the numerous nations which occupied ...

DRED SCOTT DECISION. Dred Scott was a black slave who belonged to an officer in the United States Army. His master had taken him from the slave state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois and then to Wisconsin Territory, which had been declared a free territory by the Missouri Compromise of 1820...

A History of Ancient Greece The Glory That Was Greece Author: Robert A. Guisepi Date: 2001 The Peloponnesian War In 431 B.C. the Peloponnesian War broke out between the Spartan League and the Athenian empire. While commercial rivalry between Athens and Sparta's major ally Corinth was an important ...

VIKINGS Late in the 8th century AD strange ships began appearing in the bays along the coasts of Europe. Some of these ships were quite long for that era. They were strongly built of oak, and from 40 to 60 oarsmen sat on the rowers' benches. Each ship had a single mast with a square sail that was o...

History Of The Conquest Of Mexico, The Aztecs (part four) Book: Book I: Introduction. Preliminary View Of The Aztec Civilization. Author: Prescott, William H. Chapter V: Aztec Agriculture, Part II. But the occupation peculiarly respected was that of the merchant. It formed so important and singular...

Hammurabi Code of Laws Translated by L. W. King When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land, assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son of Ea, God of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and made him great among the Igigi, they...

KIERKEGAARD, Soren (1813-55). Neglected in his lifetime, or ridiculed as a dangerous fanatic, the Danish religious philosopher Kierkegaard has come to be regarded in the 20th century as one of the most influential and profound of modern thinkers. He was the most brilliant interpreter of Protestant C...

First historical personalities The specifically political events in Mesopotamia after the flourishing of the archaic culture of Uruk cannot be pinpointed. Not until about 2700 BC does the first historical personality appear--historical because his name, Enmebaragesi (Me-baragesi), was preserved in l...

Caesar(died 44 B.C.E.)By PlutarchWritten 75 A.C.E.Translated by John DrydenAfter Sylla became master of Rome, he wished to make Caesar put away his wife Cornelia, daughter of Cinna, the late sole ruler of the commonwealth, but was unable to effect it either by promises or intimidation, and so conten ...