View Milan in a larger mapMilan is on the great plain north of the Po River and south of the great passes through the Alps. It was first settled
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia
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Pope Launches Crusade
Time: November 27, 1095Place: Clerrmont, FranceHe did not forsee that one effort would not be enough, or even eight. Nor did he know that in the end,
The Rivers of War
Time: 1815Place: New OrleansBackground: The War of 1812This novel by Eric Flint is an alternate history. This means that this story changes one event
The European Age, 1500 – 2000
by Jack Le MoineBoth the name and the time period really fits. There is a coherence to this previous period of history. Starting with the
First Advice Columnist
Time: 1723Place: Boston, Mass.Business: New-England CourantBenjamin Franklin wrote a series of fake news for his paper. The below is from
Treaty of Kiel
Time: January 14, 1814Place: The land of the Vikings, Kiel on the Baltic Sea.Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had long ago slipped from the front ranks of
Central America Union Disolves
Time: January 19, 1922Place: Guatemala CityA year earlier the Pact of Union between Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Salvador had been signed at
Afganistan Crisis
Time: March 30, 1885Place: Penjderh, AfghanistanRussian forces crush Afghanistan army. Continue southward expansion. Great Britain fears Russian