… of America between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy) starting from 1861 and ending in 1865. This war was one of the most destructive events in American history, costing more than 600,000 lives. It was thought to be one that helped shape…

… notorious slave states of the South. For the next ten years, the reconstruction of the southern states took place. Reconstruction could have been a great era of American History, with strong bold presidents that secured everyone's freedom and all, despit…

… and upper Manhattan, which are sections of New York City, this African American movement was first know as "The New Negro Movement" and later identified as the Harlem Renaissance. The movement began toward the end of World War I in 1918, blossomed…

… in France. A time in which a newly crowned king of just ten years old at the time. A young king named Louis XIV was chased by the upper middle class and the nobility and treated as prisoners. These two social groups required some change in their…

… in the history of western science. The division of time into regular, predictable units is fundamental to the operation of society. Even in ancient times, humanity recognized the necessity of an orderly system of chronology. Hesiod, writing in the…

… of medieval times attempted to transmute the baser metals into gold or silver. There is considerable divergence of opinion as to the etymology of the word, but it would seem to be derived from the Arabic al=the, and kimya=chemistry, which in turn…

… to look at these factors: daily life, religion, people, society, government and economy so we can determine the development of the civilization and how it is similar to the way we live today. The Babylonian Empire is unique because their government…

… to Germanicus, adopted son end nephew of Tiberius . Suetonius tells us that two of these children died in infancy and one died in early childhood . Of the six remaining children, three were girls and three were boys. These were Nero, Drusus and Gaius…

… nothing to do with it. The national government agreed with the people and proclaimed our neutrality. As the war went on, the United States found it harder to remain neutral. Their attachment to Mother England made them more sympathetic to the Allies,…

… intellectual and cultural tradition. Many of these changes were centered on the idea of humanism. Humanism is philosophy largely focusing on human interests. During this time period people started to become less "God centered" and more "human centere…