Search results for "history"
epub |eng | 2016-01-15 | Author:Virginia Forte

BOHEMIA By far the most ambitious patron of Mannerist art in Europe north of Italy was the Holy Roman emperor Rudolf II, who in the late 1570s established his court ...
( Category: Architecture January 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2015-05-05 | Author:Josh Leventhal [Leventhal Josh]

“MEET YOUR BRAVES” MAGAZINE, 1953. The team that paved the way was the Boston Braves. The franchise had been based in Beantown since the birth of the National League in ...
( Category: African History January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-04 | Author:Rick Wilber [Wilber, Rick]

Publishers Weekly has called Harry Turtledove “The Master of Alternate History,” and he has been the dominant figure in the field for many years. He has won a Hugo Award, ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-03 | Author:Princeton Review [Review, The Princeton]

Luther and Calvin were not the only reformers active in this period. Ulrich Zwingli, a Swiss reformer, was a lot like Luther: He also was a member of the clergy ...
( Category: other January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-10-30 | Author:Princeton Review [The Princeton Review]

Although slavery persisted in the United States, many European Enlightenment thinkers criticized slavery on human rights grounds. A member of the British Parliament, James Edward Oglethorpe, was among the first ...
( Category: Test Flash Cards January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2010-01-15 | Author:Hugh Williams [Williams, Hugh]

CHAPTER 7 The Death of Mohammed 632 AD Mohammed’s death gave birth to Islam. The religion that he founded united the Arabic tribes of the Middle East and spread with ...
( Category: other January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-29 | Author:Ed Brandon

Cane Hill’s clock tower after closure. (Photograph copyright Marlon Bones) Doubtless many visitors came throughout the 1990s as the site deteriorated and never told of what they found there, nor ...
( Category: Medicine January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-15 | Author:Nadia Higgins

A bus is nearly empty during the 1956 Montgomery bus boycott. CHAPTER 2 “WE ARE OCCUPIED TERRITORY” Autherine Lucy prompted an angry white mob when she tried to break the ...
( Category: 20th Century January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-02-21 | Author:Steven Otfinoski [Otfinoski, Steven]

BENJAMIN HUGER Benjamin Huger (1805–1877) had the military in his blood. Both of his grandfathers had served during the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and one had been killed defending Charleston from ...
( Category: Military & Wars January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-02-19 | Author:John Hudson Tiner

Silk growers asked Pasteur to find out why their silkworms were dying. Pasteur discovered by using his microscope that micro-organisms were growing not only on the pepper spots on the ...
( Category: Electricity & Electronics January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-08-17 | Author:Melissa Young [Melissa Young]

Question 1: Analyze the developments that contributed to both sides of sectional tensions leading to the Civil War. Scoring Criteria Examples A. THESIS/CLAIM (1 point) Presents a historically defensible thesis ...
( Category: Advanced Placement January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-02-28 | Author:James P. Stobaugh

Portrait of Kublai Khan during the Yuan era by Anige (also known as Araniko) of Nepal (PD-US, PD-Art). Ming (1368–1644) The Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) eventually conquered the Mongols. The Ming ...
( Category: Children & Teens January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-08 | Author:Stephanie Fitzgerald

THE MARCH NORTH Meanwhile, the rest of the Confederate army continued its advance. Ewell’s corps attacked a Union garrison at Winchester on June 13. Within two days they wiped out ...
( Category: History January 15,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-26 | Author:Susanne Pari [Pari, Susanne]

Chapter 16 When Julian got back from soccer, Mitra was dressed and pacing the living room. “We need to go for a walk,” she said. He dropped his gym bag ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 14,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-11-05 | Author:John Micklos Jr. [Micklos, John]

Captain Perry after his victory at the Battle of Lake Erie BRITISH INVASION France surrendered to Britain and its allies in April 1814. With the conflict in Europe ended, Britain ...
( Category: Children's eBooks January 14,2023 )