Archives for July 2010

Pericles

This series has eight easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionUnder the sway of Pericles many changes occurred in the civil affairs of Athens

Today's installment concludes Great Britain Acquires Nova Scotia,our selection by Duncan Campbell.If you have journeyed through all of the

The priests enumerated to me from a papyrus roll the names of other kings, three hundred and thirty in number.Translated by George C. Macaulay

In the year 1710 great preparations were made for the conquest of Canada and Nova Scotia.Continuing Great Britain Acquires Nova Scotia,our

This series has easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionPort Royal was founded by Samuel Champlain in 1605. The French fortified the place and

Today's installment concludes Union of England and Scotland,our selection by John Hill Burton.If you have journeyed through all of the

In the debates on the union, some Scots statesmen found a tactic, infinitely valuable to them in the united Parliament, of voting in a

There was still worldS of business to be transacted in details of the unattractive kind that belong to accountants' reports.Continuing Union of

This series has easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionBack in Roman days Emperor Hadrian built a wall to keep the inhabitants of Scotland out