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The Religeous Wars in France

by Jack Le MoineCivil wars decimate France. Continuing our series on France's Wars. Did you ever notice that in almost every great war in

CC BY-SA 3.0 image from Wikipedia.Question: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Answer: Pilgrims

Next day their camp was surrounded by the nearest chief and his warriors, evidently bent on plunder.Continuing Livingstone's African

Today Book III ends. Next week begins Book IV.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete Herodotus with URLs

Fulvia, wife of Antony, was a woman of fierce passions and ambitious spirit. She had not been invited to follow her husband to the East.Continuing

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After the first battle of Philippi it would have still been politic in Brutus to abstain from battle. The triumviral armies were in great distress,

by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. JMW Turner – The Complete WorksArundel Castle, 1824CC BY-SA 3.0 image from

Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their Big History Series, #10.Finally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end

The Big 3 of World War II. Churchill is on the left.Public domain image from Wikipedia.The price of greatness is responsibility.- Winston