Despite such petty triumphs, the Hurons felt themselves on the verge of ruin.Previously in The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth
Archives for November 2017
The Great Puritan Migration to New England
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: How Religious Policies of England’s Government Affected the
Hammurabi’s Epilog for His Code
Today's installment concludes The Code of Hammurabi. The Code was chiseled on an oblisk by Hammurabi.If you have journeyed through all of the
Cleopatra Meets Marc Antony
On her arrival, Antony sent to invite her to supper. She thought it fitter he should come to her.Continuing Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony,our
Caesar Assassinated; Cleopatra Flees Back to Egypt
When Caesar was assassinated, she was still at Rome, and had some wild hopes of having her son recognized by the Caesareans.Continuing Cleopatra,
Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Cleopatra Meets Julius Caesar.IntroductionIn another series, we
Hammurabi on Labor
273. If any one hire a day laborer, he shall pay him from the New Year until the fifth month [April to August, when days are long and work hard] six
Parkman Vol. 2 Chapter 23
How the quarrel began between the Iroquois and their Huron kindred no man can tell, and it is not worth while to conjecture.Previously in The
Hammurabi on Shipping and on Animals
236. If a man rent his boat to a sailor, and the sailor is careless, and the boat is wrecked or goes aground, the sailor shall give the owner of the