Tag: world history

Southeast AsiaAuthor: HackettDate: 1992Southeast AsiaOne of the first indications that the whole structure of imperialismwould quickly collapse came in the late 1940s when Indonesian nationalistsdemanded a complete break with the Netherlands. An ugly war ensued, andfinally in 1948, through UN mediat...

World War One, WOODROW WILSON The president who led the nation through the hard years of World War I was Woodrow Wilson. He was probably the only president who was a brilliant student and teacher as well as a statesman. He had been a college professor, president of Princeton University, and the auth...

The Truman Doctrine Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congress of the United States: The gravity of the situation which confronts the world today necessitates my appearance before a joint session of the Congress. The foreign policy and the national security of this country are involved. One...

History Filipo Brunelleschi Dufay's stunning motet Nuper Rosarum Flores holds a particularly important place in the history of Florence. As its text relates, Dufays motet was composed for the consecration of Florence's great Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, known colloquially as Il Duomo on the Fe...

Sumerian Culture Before the Sumerians appeared on the land, it had been occupied by a non-Semitic people, referred to as Ubaidians. Their name comes from the village of Al Ubaid, in which their remains were first found by archaeologists. The Ubaidians settled the region between 4500 and 4000 BC. The...

Ancient Carthage Part Three Section II. The Passage Over The Alps The sight of these mountains, whose tops seem to touch the skies, and were covered with snow, and where nothing appeared to the eye but a few pitiful cottages, scattered here and there, on the sharp tops of inaccessible rocks; nothi ...

The American Civil War, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Hold The Line at All Costs Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 rica Excerpts From Chamberlain's Writings As we neared the summit of the mountain, the shot so raked the crest that we had to keep our men below it to save their heads, although this did no...

Venetians And Crusaders Take Constantinople Author: Pears, Edwin Venetians And Crusaders Take Constantinople Plunder Of The Sacred Relics, A.D. 1204 In the treaty arranged at the end of the Third Crusade (1192) it was stipulated that all hostilities between the Christians and the Moslems should cea...

Persia, Conquests Of Cyrus The Great Author: Grote, George Conquests Of Cyrus The Great B.C. 538 Introduction On the destruction of Nineveh three great Powers still stood on the stage of history, being bound together by the strong ties of a mutually supporting alliance. These were Media, Lydia, a ...

Persia Darius I Author: Grote, George Darius I, called the Great, tells the story of the overthrow of Bardiya and of the first year of his own rule in detail in his famous royal inscription cut on a rock face at the base of Bisitun mountain, a few miles east of modern Kermanshah. Six leading Achaeme...

England Under Edward The First, Called Longshanks Author: Dickens, Charles Chapter XVI. It was now the year of our Lord 1272; and Prince Edward. the heir to the throne, being away in the Holy Land, knew nothing of his father's death. The barons, however, proclaimed him king, immediately after the...

Document: Aristotle Criticizes CommunismAuthor: Wallbank, TaylorDate: 1992Aristotle foreshadows the failure of communist regimes in our world today.Next let us consider what should be our arrangements about property:should the citizens of the perfect state have their possessions incommon or not?...T...