Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo has become synonymous with the word "defeat" but who lost, and why was it important? In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte left the island of Elba, and in a space of 100 days took power, and challenged the entire world to meet him on his terms. When that failed, he offered them a fight, one that would end at Waterloo, and left repercussions which can still be felt, even now, centuries later. Inside you will read about... - Beginnings - Discord and Discontent - The World Rearranged - The Prisoner - The Journey to Waterloo Begins - One Hundred Days - Quatre Bras & Ligny...
Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo has become synonymous with the word "defeat" but who lost, and why was it important? In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte left ...
Spanish-American War "A splendid little war "- that's how one contemporary observer described the Spanish-American War, a war that is arguably one of the most important wars ever fought. The duration was short and the victory decisive, thus little and splendid, the latter, at least, from the victor's point of view. The impacts of the war, however, were anything but little. In fact, the aftermath of the Spanish-American War is still affecting global affairs today. The dominant superpowers of 1898 watched as a new player on the international scene, the United States, shifted its ideology from...
Spanish-American War "A splendid little war "- that's how one contemporary observer described the Spanish-American War, a war that is arguably one of ...
Celtic Mythology The gifted W.B. Yeats wrote of his own people ..".even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a visionary if you scratch him deep enough. But the Celt, unlike any other, is a visionary without scratching." This introduction to Celtic Mythology will serve the novice well - for it is a complicated history with the earliest written records destroyed by the marauding Vikings. Inside you will read about... - The Arrival of the Tuatha de Danann - Hibernia - The Main Gods of the Celtic Pantheon - Celtic Life and...
Celtic Mythology The gifted W.B. Yeats wrote of his own people ..".even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in...
Charlemagne It is possible that no man has ever dominated a time as much as Charles the Great dominated the Early Middle Ages. It is true that the era had its kings, warriors, scholars, and religious leaders, but in many ways, Charlemagne was all of these things. Inside you will read about... - Charles the Carolingian - Charles the Conqueror - Charles the King - Charles the Man - Charles the Holy Roman Emperor - The End of Charlemagne He conquered land for the Franks and sent in missionaries to convert the pagans to Christianity. He was probably illiterate, but he brought in Europe's most...
Charlemagne It is possible that no man has ever dominated a time as much as Charles the Great dominated the Early Middle Ages. It is true that the era...
Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Domingue, when a group of slaves rebelled in order to secure their freedom and the end of slavery. In the midst of the French Revolution, slaves took advantage of volatile political, racial, and social circumstances. Inside you will read about... - The French Colony of Saint Domingue - Race and Class in Saint Domingue: The Coming of Revolution - The French Revolution in Saint Domingue - The Haitian Revolution Breaks Out - The Haitian Revolution and the World - Napoleon - The Continuing Struggle for Freedom...
Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Domingue, when a group of slaves rebelled in order to secure the...
The Korean War, which began in 1950 and ended in 1953, is not considered one of the major wars of the twentieth century. However, in reality, it was profoundly impactful on global history. As an early crisis of the Cold War, it set important precedents for how conflicts would be handled during this era. But also, it has shaped Korea's history for more than half a century. Inside you will read about... - Korea before World War II - The End of World War II and the Cold War Context - The Korean War Begins - The United States Enters the Korean War - The Korean War Escalates - Stalemate at the...
The Korean War, which began in 1950 and ended in 1953, is not considered one of the major wars of the twentieth century. However, in reality, it was p...
