… It occupies the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Jordan is located to its east and Lebanon is to its north. The capital of Israel is Jerusalem, which is also the largest city, however most countries do not recognize it as the capital. They acknowl…

… Among the most significant of these chapters is the colonization of the area surrounding the St. Lawrence River in what is now the Province of Quebec. To better understand the colony of New France and its significance to the Canadian story, an examinatio…

… Legacy The Camelot Era began with the presidential election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in November of 1960 and ended tragically with his assassination three years later. Kennedy’s bold vision of a new frontier and idealistic programs won the…

… situated in the central section of the Valley of Teotihuacan. The valley is in the northeastern part of the Basin of Mexico, a plateau over 2,000 meters high with a temperate semiarid climate. The later Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, grew up about 700…

… of the United States (1789-97), commander in chief of the Continental army in the American Revolution, called the Father of His Country. He was born on Feb. 22, 1732 (Feb. 11, 1731, O.S.), the first son of Augustine Washington and his second wife,…

… economic, and political status for women as for men. Women’s rights guarantee that women will not face discrimination on the basis of their sex.” Women’s rights is taken for granted in the world today, but when one studies the struggle of women…

… as seen in Western society, is the result of a rationalistic view of the world. After the development of factories during the Industrial Revolution, the nineteenth-century factory remained essentially a job shop, with various machines placed randomly…

… beginning to make a means to an end and could see for themselves a better life. However, it was Stalin’s attempt to make Russia a super power, which ultimately came at a very high price for the Russian people. A common misconception of Lenin is…

… lived a piece up the road from the James family, and he tells us Jesse was born in 1847, the son of a Baptist minister and a mother who found it necessary to marry three times. Her last husband being a kindly man was Dr. Reuben Samuel. He also…

… the Articles of Confederation. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the articles? Under the Articles of Confederation the Congress had the authority to negotiate foreign treaties but no economic or military power to enforce terms. Not able to…