The growing greatness of the Persians caused Croesus to cease from his mourning, and led him to a care of cutting short the power of the
U.S. Navy’s Earliest Battleships – I
Time: January, 1898.Place: Havana, CubaAfter the Civil War, the U.S. Navy had deteriorated. For 20 years, its strength was negligible. The
An Arab Looks at US Politics
Time: June 2, 1807Place: New York CityLetterfrom Mustapha Rub-A-Dub Keli Khan,captain of a ketch,To Asem Haccem,principle slave-driver
Poland Wants In
Time: September 29, 1938Place: Warsaw, PolandIn the aftermath of the Munich Agreement, Poland sends a note to Czechoslovakia, demanding they cede them
Haiti’s Revolution – I
Time: 1960Place: HaitiThis is the aftermath of the revolution, 1.5 centuries later. Haiti is a failed nation but why did it fail?As a CPA in
Baghdad Railway Deal Goes to Germans
Time: November 25, 1899Place: Istanbul, Ottoman EmpireThe Germans already had built the Turks a rail line from Istanbul east across Turkey to
The Medieval Age, 1000 – 1500
by Jack Le MoineAh, yes! Knights, castles, monasteries and crusades. And that's just in Europe!This age saw the Mongols conquer much of
Herodotus Book I, Verses 25-33
Solon came to Amasis in Egypt, and also to Croesus at Sardis.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete
Martin Luther King Day, 2010
This is MLK Day. See my main blog for my take on his record. I summed up:this great man was like most other great men: his good qualities were