There were five redoubts on the connecting line, mounted with artillery, and entrenchments between them.Continuing Chile Captures Lima,our
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Before You Are a Leader
"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." - Jack Welch,
The Strangling of Persia
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: How Freedom Came to Iran.Introduction to our series of excerpts selected
Persian Emperor’s Mysterious Malady
This they say was the first beginning of the evil deeds of Cambyses; and next after this he put to death his sister, who had accompanied him to Egypt
The Peasants Crushed
On the return of the men-at-arms, they set fire to the town of Meaux, burned it; and all the peasants they could find were shut up in it, because they
The Jacquerie Rebellion
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Rebellion from Defeat in the 100 Years War.IntroductionThe defeat of the
A Cynic’s Guide To The History Profession
From the Social Historian Blog comes this dictionary of terms commonly used in the history profession. As the author says,"If I’ve been rude
The Chileans Reach the City
All that remained of the military order, from extreme old age to boyhood, had come to face death, and, if need be, to die for their
What a Leader Deals In
In His Study in 1811 by Jacques Louis David"A leader is a dealer in hope." - Napoleon BonaparteMore on Napoleon Bonaparte.