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The Histories was written between 110 and 100 B.C. It covered the Year of Four Emperors following the downfall of Nero, the rise of Vespasian, and the rule of the Flavian Dynasty up to the death of Domitian. Only the first four books and 26 chapters of the fifth book have survived, covering the year 69 and the first part of 70. The work is believed to have continued up to the death of Domitian on September 18, 96. As a prelude to the account of Titus's suppression of the Great Jewish Revolt, Book 5 features a short ethnographic survey of the ancient Jews as seen from the Roman point of view. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia.)...

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The Annals was Tacitus' final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year 14. He wrote at least 16 books, but books 7-10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 are missing. Book 6 ends with the death of Tiberius and books 7-12 presumably covered the reigns of Caligula and Claudius. The remaining books cover the reign of Nero, perhaps until his death in June 68 or until the end of that year, to connect with the Histories. The second half of book 16 is missing, ending with the events of the year 66. We do not know whether Tacitus completed the work or whether he finished the other works that he had planned to write; he died before he could complete his planned histories of Nerva and Trajan, and no record survives of the work on Augustus Caesar and the beginnings of the Empire with which he had planned to complete his work as an historian. (Summary from Wikipedia.)...

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This chapter begins with the flight of James II and then moves on to the downfall of Judge Jeffreys and the arrival of Dutch troops in London. James flees again and we see the establishment of the Jacobean court in France at Saint Germains. The chapter ends with the crowning of William and Mary....

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Piracy embodies the romance of the sea at its highest expression. It is a sad but inevitable commentary on our civilization, that, so far as the sea is concerned, it has developed from its infancy down to a century or so ago, under one phase or another of piracy. If men were savages on land they were doubly so at sea, and all the years of maritime adventure--years that added to the map of the world till there was little left to discover--could not wholly eradicate the piratical germ. It went out gradually with the settlement and ordering of the far-flung British colonies. Great Britain, foremost of sea powers, must be credited with doing more both directly and indirectly for the abolition of crime and disorder on the high seas than any other force. But the conquest was not complete till the advent of steam which chased the sea-rover into the farthest corners of his domain. It is said that he survives even today in certain spots in the Chinese waters,--but he is certainly an innocuous relic. A pirate of any sort would be as great a curiosity today if he could be caught and exhibited as a fabulous monster. (Summary from text)...

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Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and eventually married Mary Ritter Beard, one of the founders of the first greek-letter society for women, Kappa Alpha Theta. Many of his books were written in collaboration with his wife, whose own interests lay in feminism and the labor union movement. In 1921, Charles and Mary Beard published their textbook: History of the United States. A contemporaneous review stated: The authors… assume enough maturity in…students to justify a topical rather than a chronological treatment. They have dealt with movements, have sketched large backgrounds, have traced causes, and have discussed the interrelation of social and economic forces and politics. All this has been directed to the large purpose of helping the student to understand American today in all its national characteristics and as part of world civilization as well...The literary style is exceptionally clear and crisp, and the whole...

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Robert Surcouf (* 12. Dezember 1773 in Saint-Malo, Frankreich; † 8. Juli 1827 in Saint-Malo) war während der Revolutionskriege französischer Kaper gegen Großbritannien. Er fügte dem englischen Handel bei seinen Kaperfahrten in insgesamt 50 Monaten auf See beträchtliche Verluste zu, 47 feindliche Schiffe wurden erobert oder versenkt. Karl May verfasste unter dem Pseudonym Ernst von Linden das Seemannsbild von Robert Surcouf als semihistorische Erzählung für die Publikation: Deutscher Hausschatz in Wort und Bild. 8. Jg. 1881/82. Heft 18. Regensburg, New York, Cincinnati (1882). Nr. 50, S. 795. (Summary by Wikipedia, Zeno & Wassermann)....

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An inscription dating to around 1020 A.D. about the Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127).

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În mai 1997 treceam prima data Nistrul, mergând în vizita la Odesa. Eram curios Õi atent la vorbirea basarabenilor, în trenul care ma purta de la ChiÕinau, iar în jurnal îmi notam expresii tipice, din partea locului. Lilia îmi traducea din rusa - când era cazul. Mai târziu, în vara anului 2000, aveam sa cunosc Tighina Õi câteva localitaÛi din jurul Corotnei. Domnul Pavel m-a plimbat cu maÕina prin Nezavertailovka, Krasnoe, oraÕelul Dnestrovsk, Õi centrul raional Slobozia. Am târguit în Tiraspol, unde Andreica - fratele Liliei - era student la Facultatea de Geografie, în grupa moldoveneasca. Corotna este un sat moldovenesc, înconjurat de aÕezari ucraineÕti Õi ruseÕti, iar Turunciucul, un braÛ al Nistrului, trece pe la marginea satului. Oamenii locului pastreaza dulcea limba româneasca Õi aici, în Transnistria. Am selectat Õi prelucrat o parte dintre aceste poezii melancolice, de jale, de parasire, bucolice de la Svetlana Garabaji, profesoara - Õi ea - de matematica (!) la Ôcoala Româneasca din Corotna. M-am gândit atunci sa public aceste giuvaieruri de versuri idilice, folclorice: fabule moralizatoare, imnuri, cântece, poezii pentru ...

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(Peisaj de iama un drum inzapezit intr-un sat; ninge Pe toata durata acestui tablou ca ~i in tabloul III se vor impra$tia de sus (dilllr-IIII loe lIevi=ihil pllhhclIllli) confetti albe sau vata (lIatlirald. artificiald) etc. pentru a da copiilor senzalia de fulgi de nea. care Ie plac alaI de mult')...

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No ka hoike ana i ko kakou manao ma o ka palapala, aole ana paha e nele ke kE mai o kekahi kanaka me ke koikoi ana mai e malama ia kekahi kulekele kEmau ma ka pela ana i na huaolelo Hawaii me ka okina a me ke kahako. E olelo mai paha kela e o ia ka mea e akaka ai ka manao o ia mau huaolelo ke heluhelu aku. A he manao maikai no paha kela. Eia nae, e kEe mai paha auanei ka manao o kekahi kanaka e he mea kela e paa ai kela manao a ike ole ia ai hoi kona naauao ma ke ano laula a hohonu paha. A no laila, ma kahi o ka hookaawale ana i keia mau manao e like me ko kakou manao he pololei a he hewa, e huli hou aku kakou i ka olelo a ko kakou poe kEpuna i hooili maila ma luna o kakou, a no ka mea, o ia ana ko kakou ike a mahalo hoi i ka naauao o ua mau halau la a elua....

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From the moment I was born. kuualoha: Genealogically, we're all at least 2,000 years old. Kaimipono: How many ancestors does it take to make you Hawaiian One. But we forget. We think, You're Hawaiian because you do this and this. kuualoha: Or because you look a certain way. Kaimipono: What do we do to our people when we make those kinds of judgments We disin- herit them. And then we give it to people who don't have the blood at all....

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The Hawaiian Language Reprint Series was established by the Hawaiian Historical Society to make available to students and scholars books that were printed in the Hawaiian language during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most have long been out of print, and access to surviving editions is generally limited to libraries and private collections. We hope that making these texts accessible will foster the use and appreciation of the Hawaiian language, encourage the building of personal libraries, and raise awareness of the authors and the times in which they wrote. The title of this series, Ke Kupu Hou, offers a sense of renewed growth. The phrase could be translated many ways, including: a new genesis, a reemergence, or a fresh, new leaf. The texts chosen for reprinting embody each of these images. The objective of the Hawaiian Historical Society, founded in 1892, is to advance our knowledge and understanding of the history of Hawai'i and the Pacific Islands. To this end, the Society maintains a research library of historical documents and publications; prormotes the discovery, collection, and preservation of historical materials; pu...

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I haku 'ia maila i makana ho'ohanohano no ka Mo'i David Kalakaua, 'o keia ka puke mele ho'okahi o kona 'ano i pa'i 'ia i ke au o ke Aupuni Mo'i Hawa'i. Ho'okino ihola ia, ma ke 'ano hou, i ka hana kuluma o ka haku mele 'ana no na ali'i. He 'oihana loea ka haku mele 'ana, a he hana ia. i apo nui 'ia e ka lehulehu a ma waena o ka po'e ali'i no ho'i. He loina kahiko ka hanana mele, oli a hula no ka hanohano o ke ali'i nui, a ho'omau 'ia aku ia loina i ke alo ali'i o ke Aupuni Mo'i, i loko no o ke ku'e 'ana mai a ka po'e haipule Kalikiano me ka mana'o e ho'ohiwahiwa ana na mele i na hana hewa o ke au kahiko. He hana kope keia o ka puke i pa'i 'ia i makana ho'omana'o no ka mo'i a me kekahi po'e 'aialo ma loko o 'elua pule o na hana ho'ohiwahiwa i malama 'ia no ka pihana makahiki kanalima o ka mo'i i ka makahiki 1886. He 'ehiku wale no puke kumu koe ma na waihona puke o ke ao nei....

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Es ésta una nueva obra que se suma a la vasta bibliografía sobre aquel denodado argentino que pasó su vida en permanente lucha, que se llamó Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Pero no es una obra más, sino un especial trabajo sobre la Patagonia, que tiene por objeto desmitificar una acusación injusta que pretendió deteriorar el nombre del civilizador por antonomasia....

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With strong focus in history, this books presents my travels to Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia.

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"Time is of the essence. And on a timeline of this journey, specific dates have been drawn. As great distances have been covered, it has taken a long time for this book to be written. Snapshots started as a diary, but evolved over time into a book. Dynamic in its own right, at the end of each traverse, another begins anew and is recorded in the travelogue. "...

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Introduction Chapter 1 Europe Musings of the Muses: Italy Rome Florence Venice La Ville-Lumiere: France Paris Chateau De Versailles Divonne-les-Bains Chiming clocks: Geneva To be or not to be: England London Brighton Moors’ Last Sigh: Spain Granada Wien on Vespa: Austria Vienna Medieval Magyars: Hungary Budapest Chapter 2 North America Maple Crunch: Canada Bolton, Ontario Niagara, Ontario Montreal Quebec City Calgary Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Chapter 3 Flying kangaroo: Australia Sydney Brisbane Cairns Chapter 4 Asia Rainbow nation: Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Where east meets the west: Singapore The land of entwined rivers: Bangladesh Dhaka city Azimpura Dayera Sharif Bogra Chittagong Patenga sea beach Cox’s Bazaar Rangamati Byzid Bostami Sylhet Khulna Jessore Luminous Lumbini: India Kolkata Conclusion...

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Πρόκειται για μία νουβέλα της Ιταλίδας συγγραφέως Ματίλντε Σεράο (1856-1927). It's a novel by the Italian author Matilde Serao (1856-1927), with the title "Giovannino or Death"....

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Introducing the Behind the Book Video Series. The Behind the Book Series is an online, video series intended to promote classic literature. In telling the stories behind classic literature-the dramatic struggles the authors endured to bring their inner life and art to the world- we will inspire young readers to explore history’s finest (and at times most controversial) writings....

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Во введении к книге рассмативаются общие положения относительно распада многонациональных государств, отношений между народами, их территории и возможной этнической и религиозной близости. В главе 1 рассматривается схожесть и корреляция между словами. Корреляция – это отношение числа общих букв к числу букв более короткого из двух слов. Например, корреляция между словами «Осло» и «Стокгольм» равна 1 (т.е. 100%), поскольку все четыре буквы более короткого слова «Осло» содержатся в слове «Стокгольм». Схожесть между словами учитывает не только корреляцию, но и возможное совпадение первых букв и/или первых гласных, занимают ли общие буквы те же самые позиции и т. д. Например для имён «Бородино» и «Березина» двух мест, где произошли крупнейшие битвы Отечественной Войны 1812-13 года, их корреляция равна всего ½, но общие буквы (в том числе первые) находятся на одних и тех же местах, а чередование гласных с согласными в обоих словах повышает их схожесть. Приводятся примеры того как: 1) похожие имена подталкивают исследователей заниматься изучением похожих проблем; 2) имена диктуют их интересы (кино созд...

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Provide a wide ranges information regarding Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia.