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In the early morning hours of April 13, 1861, after withstanding an artillery bombardment lasting more than twenty-four hours, a small garrison of U.S. troops under the command of Major Robert Anderson raised a white flag of surrender over ...
About 236 pages (70,815 words) in 2 products

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), eighth president of the United States, has been called the first national politician. He built an alliance between the "plain Republicans of the North" and the planters of the South and then launched the first...
About 50 pages (15,024 words) in 3 products

Ancient Mesopotamia is located in a land that we know today as the Fertile Crescent. In Greek the word "Mesopotamia" means "land between the rivers." According to many scholars it is considered the first civilization. And as it is a rich ag...
About 696 pages (208,784 words) in 15 products

During the Middle Ages, England, France, and Germany were groups of small local areas governed by the local noble. Each area had its own laws and customs. The only reason that the states were had different names was due to the monarch, who ...
About 2,804 pages (841,245 words) in 26 products

The Roman Empire was one of the greatest military powers the world had ever seen. They conquered a large amount of the civilized world by using excellent and superior weapons. The Romans had many weapons that they used in wars and battles...
About 112 pages (33,595 words) in 3 products

The major contribution of Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), thirteenth president of the United States, was his signing of the Compromise of 1850. Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y., the son of a poor farmer. Although he held seve...
About 45 pages (13,480 words) in 5 products

MONASTERY. [This entry discusses the architecture of Christian monasteries. For discussion of monasteries in Asian religions, see Temple, articles on Buddhist Temple Compounds, Daoist Temple Compounds, and Confucian Temple Compounds. For f...
About 115 pages (34,630 words) in 3 products

 
In the late 1990s the Russian government launched the "Russian Project," a series of public service announcements that aired on television stations all over the country. One of them begins with an image of a young Russian soldier aboard a t...
About 155 pages (46,607 words) in 2 products

Why do fame and fortune cause people to lie about their experiences? Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay both wrote essays containing versions of their journey to the South Summit of Mount Everest. In each of their essays they have some...
About 143 pages (42,782 words) in 7 products

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