… system of values and ideals of conduct held by knights in medieval Europe. In its institutional form, chivalry was an informal, international order to which many, but not all, of the ruling class (nobility) belonged. The word is derived from the Latin…

… and the West Even though countless numbers of people died during the Christian Crusades, there were many positive effects for both the East and the West. After the Crusades halted, various trade routes opened up between Eastern and Western cities.…

… the Middle Ages played an all encompassing role over the lives of the people and the government. As the Dark Ages came to a close the ideas of the Renaissance started to take hold, and the church’s power gradually began to wain. The monarchies…

… the Atlantic ocean in search of a rout to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall, instead, in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was born in Geneva, Italy. His father was a weaver, and believed that Christopher entered his trade as a young man. Information…

… of the Millennium is a very intelligent human being that has accomplished more than the average person, and some how did something for the rest of society, and by doing this, he or she has become famous. There are many great figures of the Millennium,…

… in the 16th century cannot be generally attributed to the secular spirit of the Italian Renaissance. Although the peasants saw bishops and abbots as part of a wealthy and oppressive ruling class and rebelled against the Roman Catholic Church for reasons…

… early 1960s in the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for African American civil rights. Many strides were made for racial equality in the United States. However, while changes were made, they did take a considerable amount…

… on March 9, 1862, between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack, officially the CSS Virginia, is one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history. Up until that point, all battles had been waged between wooden ships. This was the first…

… in the dark woods when they thought to secure food from the dead. Frisz suddenly touched a body and was preparing to cut away the knapsack when the wounded soldier asked him to please not take it as he might need it before aid came. Frisz…

… the beginning of the Civil War in 1961. The biggest issue of the war was slavery. The feeling of this issue was big enough to sectionalize the United States into two groups called the North and the South. What exactly caused the state to separate…