Tag: world history

NUMA POMPILIUS by Plutarch Though the pedigrees of noble families of Rome go back in exact form asfar as Numa Pompilius, yet there is great diversity amongst historiansconcerning the time in which he reigned; a certain writer calledClodius, in a book of his entitled Strictures on Chronology, avers t...

ETRUSCANS A History of the Etruscan people including their cities, art, society, rulers and contributions to civilization By: Robert Guisepi 2002 Etruscan Pottery...

COMPROMISE OF 1850. At the close of the Mexican War, in 1848, the United States owned vast stretches of territory without local government. All the land now included in New Mexico, Arizona, and California was then unsettled. In 1848, however, gold was discovered in California. Thousands of people, c...

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...

Revolutionary Movements In GermanyAuthor: Maurice, C. EdmundPart I.1848Popular demonstrations in various parts of Germany in the greatrevolutionary year 1848 were no doubt partly due to the outbreaks in Franceand elsewhere, but it is also apparent that discontent at home had been longturning the peo...

Ancient Egypt: Apopis Egypt's HistoryRobert Guisepi, 1984 The Valley of the Nile Apopis was the last great Hyksos king of Egypt (reigned c. 1585-1542 BC). Initially, he controlled most of Egypt but was gradually driven back northward to the vicinity of his capital in the Nile River delta due to succ...

Russia And Japan - Industrialization Outside The WestAuthor: Stearns, Peter N.; Adas, Michael;Schwartz, Stuart B.Date: 1992Russia's Reforms And Industrial AdvanceNeither Russia nor Japan generated significant changes during the firsthalf of the 19th century. Both countries were bent on maintaining t...

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...

A History of Ancient Greece Athens The site of Athens has been inhabited since before 3000 BC. The earliest buildings date from the late Bronze Age, about 1200 BC, when part of the town spread to the south of the citadel on the Acropolis. During this period a wall was built along the edge of the ro...

Accession Of Solomon Author: Milman, Henry Hart Accession Of Solomon B.C. 1017 Introduction After many weary years of travail and fighting in the wilderness and the land of Canaan, the Jews had at last founded their kingdom, with Jerusalem as the capital. Saul was proclaimed the first king; afterwa ...

Abraham Lincoln, Farewell AddressSpringfield, IllinoisFebruary 11, 1861 When Lincoln left Springfield to start his inaugural journey to Washington, D.C., he paid an unforgettable tribute to his friends and neighbors in what is known today as the Farewell Address. Lincoln spoke these famous, emotion-...

Panama Canal Author: Low, A. Maurice Panama Canal By A. Maurice Low No one can look at a map of the Western World without thinking of the great and obvious advantage that would result to commerce if the isthmus could be cut by a ship-canal. From the time when Balboa (not Cortes, as the poet has it...