The Ultimate Guide to MOHAMMED (Arab. “the Praised”), the name taken at a later period by the founder of Islam. He was originally called Halabi. He was born about the year 570, A.D., at Mecca, and was the son of Abdallah, of the family of Hashini; and of Amina, of the family of Zuhra, both […]
The Ultimate Guide to ALEXANDER the Great, son of Philip of Macedon, was born at Pella 356 B.C. Endowed by nature with a happy genius, he early announced his great character. Philip’s triumphs saddened him. On one occasion he exclaimed, “My father will leave nothing for me to do.” His education was first committed to Leonidas, […]
There is a general proposition that mans aspiration is unending. The same is also applicable in respect of his eagerness to understand the universe or the absolute. This immense interest in the outer world and also the reason of life and its sphere once compelled men to introduce the subject of Astronomy. But it will […]
The Ultimate Guide to GALILEI, GALILEO, the creator of experimental science, was born at Pisa, on the 15th of February, 1564. He belonged to a Florentine family, more ancient than opulent. Galileo, by desire of his father, exclusively directed his early studies to medicine, and the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy, the dogmas of which he soon ventured […]
The Ultimate Guide to CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR, son of a Roman Praetor of the same name, was born on the 12th of July, I00 B.C. To improve his eloquence, he went to Rhodes, to study under the Rhetor, Appolonius Molo. In 74 B.C., he returned to Rome, where he had been elected pontifex, and now […]
Underground Railroad, beginning in the early 19th century and continuing well up to the Civil War, the so-called freedom train was a secret and extensive network of people, places, and modes of transportation that led runaway slaves from the southern United States to freedom in the North and Canada.Well I don’t know how and I […]
Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906), African American poet, often remembered for his dialect poetry. Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote this poem, “The Poet,” three years before his death in 1906 at the age of 34. Its words may express his own regrets about the direction of his literary career. Dunbar was the most famous African American poet, […]
Civil War Timeline 1861 – 1863Jan. 9,1861 Mississippi secedes from the Union Jan.20, 1861 Mississippi troops occupy Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island Sept. 17, 1861 Ship Island evacuated by Mississippi troops Dec. 3, 1861 Union troops occupy Fort Massachusetts Dec. 31, 1861 Union naval and army units begin raids on the Gulf Coast Mar. 8, […]
MOMENTUM FOR ABOLITIONISM The arguments of Northern abolitionists gained ground as the war continued, in part because of the value of slaves to the South but also because Northerners were stunned at the lengths Southerners would fight for slavery. The North was also interested in denying the South imports and other aid from foreign countries, […]
NO OFFICIAL will yet declare the worst US recession in 70 years is overs stronger than expected GDP result for the third quarter has boosted sentiment.US stocks rocketed 2 per cent and the US dollar firmed against the yen after the US Commerce Department reported that the worlds biggest economy had grown by an annualised […]
