No soldier in history is more indisputably "great" than Alexander, surpassing the majority even of good and eminent generals, as do Napoleon and very few others. What marks him out--even more than the quality both of his swift tactical ...

Slavery appeared not only as a moral issue, but also affected the nation on an economic, social and legal level. Arguably, the abolition of slavery was the discerning issue of the Civil War (1861-65), but also it adversely altered the relations of ...

Without a dominating military or need to have a presence around the world, the United States maintained a low profile in the global community. "From 1865 to 1898, the United States foreign policy was determined principally by the attitudes and ...

The gladiatorial games probably originated as part of the funeral rites for prominent Romans, but they eventually became the most popular form of entertainment which is known to us as Roman games. They have acquired a reputation for brutality, which ...

When the practical demands of World War II required a body of theoretical knowledge to facilitate the design of automatic weapons systems, modern control-system theory was born. Its early development was nearly explosive, for, in the beginning, a ...

Double agents. Invisible ink. Clandestine meetings. False identities. Secret signals. Sounds like something right out of a James Bond novel. But long before James Bond made his appearance in spy fiction, General George Washington was busy maintaining ...

Having praised Mr. H.A. McArdlethe author of the letter for his insights, research, and ability to present a tableau vivant, however, Texas historians will be hard-pressed to interpret the minor role that chief Travis plays in the article. The ...

This paper explores Sonia Sanchez and James Baldwin's treatment of the conditions that cause the secretive language and behavior of his characters as individuals and as members of the Black family, the Black Church and the Black community, and the ...

Some 2,000 years ago Alexandria--founded by Alexander the Great, conqueror of all that became known as the Hellenistic world--was that world's pre-eminent city. Apart from being the seat of power of the ruling Ptolemies, it was the locus of the ...

What could be more British than a sweet cup of tea? Has there ever been a more typical or ubiquitous presence in modern social life (until recently) than clouds of tobacco smoke? Wasn't the post-rationing rush for chocolate characteristically ...

Mathew Brady created the idea that photography was an important part of Civil War. He devoted a large portion of his life to document the terrors of war in his photography, and he was a success. He was the first to make people realize the truth of ...

The name Nebuchadrezzar, meaning "May the god Nabu protect the boundary," is significant of the work of this energetic Babylonian ruler. Babylonia had been the tramping-ground of the nations. Babylon ("gate of God") was the ...

Shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912, the "unsinkable" SS Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage to New York. She sank less than three hours later. The causes of such a disaster were numerous. A blaze, started by the friction of ...

The economic revolution, which took place between 202 and 30 B.C. in Rome corresponded to a continual increase in the servile population ( Jones and Sidwell, 1997). The very abundance of slave labour explains the changes which came about in methods ...