When the gates of the Hellespont and Bosporus were shut, the capital still enjoyed within their spacious enclosure every production which could supply
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Constantinople Founded
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Start With a Great Harbor.IntroductionEdward Gibbon is the gold
Remembering Last Night’s Attack on Paris
French President Hollande declared that the attacks were an of war on France by ISIS.According to the Associated Press,In a televised Friday
World History Crash Course Series
Just a reminder we've got the Crash Course series on World History. We're not the only ones. They are free for the world to use. This is a great
God Is Calling You
Leadership lessons from Jesus Christ; wisdom from The Gospel of Mark.Time: Between 1 AD and 30 ADPlace: Palestineand a voice from heaven
War & Expansion
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #17. War & Expansion, published on June 6, 2013.In
The Peoples of North Africa in the Time of Herodotus
The following moreover is also told, namely that Jason, when the Argo had been completed by him under Mount Pelion . . . a North Wind seized his ship
Last Mexican Stronghold at Los Angeles Falls
The Rio San Gabriel, at the spot where this action was fought, is about one hundred yards wide, the current about knee-deep, flowing over a quicksand
Battle in the Valley of the San Pasqual
One thrust of the saber is worth a dozen cuts; and depend upon them more than upon the carbines and rifles."California Acquired by the United