In 58 B.C., the Roman Gaius Julius Caesar published The Gallic War, thereby establishing a classical paradigm, if not a tradition, in Western literature. Caesar's tripartite geographical division of northern Europe, "The whole of Gaul is divided into three parts...," canonized an artistic and...
In less than two years, Hernando Cortes defeated the mighty Aztec empire Who is this strange-looking bearded creature? That's what the Aztec Indians wondered when they first saw Hernando Cortes (kawr-TEHZ). Cortes landed in Mexico in 1519, with his army of conquistadors...
