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A Timeline of North American Exploration: 1492 to 1600
Here is a timeline that shows the exploration of North America by Europeans between 1492 and 1600.
Student Performance of Beijing Opera
Photo gallery of Chinese Opera pictures, including Beijing and Sichuan Opera
Novelist Turned Statesman: British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
A perennial outsider who became a great British statesman, serving as prime minister while also enjoying a reputation as a novelist and wit.
René-Auguste Caillié
A biography of the French explorer René-Auguste Caillié, the first European to visit and return from Timbuktu, once believed by Europeans to be a semi-mythical 'city-of-gold'.
The Children's Crusade
In the 1960s, no place in the United States was believed to be more racist than Birmingham, Alabama. The old steel town earned the name "Bombingham" in the
De Bello Gallico Passages for the AP Latin Caesar Liber V Part 2
Passages for the AP Latin Caesar exam from the second half of the selections from Book V of Caesar's Gallic Wars (de bello Gallico).
What Was the Black Hole of Calcutta?
Answer to the FAQ: What Was the Black Hole of Calcutta? by your About.com Guide to Asian History.
Young Kim Pak Soon learns about baseball from U.S. soldier James W. Black
Young Kim Pak Soon learns about baseball fundamentals from U.S. soldier James W. Black, March, 1951.
Robben Island Prison Museum: B-Section Courtyard
Gallery of images of Robben Island, World Heritage Site and Apartheid era prison: B-Section Courtyard.
American Revolution: New York, Philadelphia, & Saratoga
In 1776, the American Revolution shifted to New York as the British launched as successful campaign to take the city. This was followed the next year by the capture of Philadelphia. With Gen. George Washington's forces in the Mid-Atlantic battered, the northern American army was able to defeat
Religion of Carthage, by Roy Decker
The religion of Carthage and the Carthaginians included practices abhorrent to the Greeks and Romans, strange to us, and familiar to many of her contemporaries.
Israel in Fact and in History
Facts about the State of Israel, its people, economy, climate, and more, plus a brief history of this oft-contended land.