- The Growth of Moslem Power in 25 Years
The Growth of Moslem Power in 25 Years - The Known World, about 250 B.C
The Known World, about 250 B.C - The Land of the Hebrews
- The Moslem Empire
The Moslem Empire 750 AD - The Natural Political Map of Europe
It is worth while for the reader to compare the treaty maps we give with what we have called the natural political map of Europe. The new arrangements do approach this latter more closely than any previous system of boundaries. It may be a necessary preliminary to any satisfactory league of peoples, that each people should first be in something like complete possession of its own household. - The Original German Plan, 1914
The Battle of the Marne shattered the original German plan. For a time France was saved. But the German was not defeated; he had still a great offensive superiority in men and equipment. His fear of the Russian in the east had been relieved by a tremendous victory at Tannenberg. His next phase was a headlong, less elaborately planned campaign to outflank the left of the allied armies and to seize the Channel ports and cut off supplies coming from Britain to France. Both armies extended to the west in a sort of race to the coast. Then the Germans, with a great superiority of guns and equipment, struck at the British round and about Ypres. They came very near to a break through, but the British held them. - The Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland - The Rise of Buddhism
The Rise of Buddhism - The Spread of Buddhism
The Spread of Buddhism - The Sub-Man Pithecanthropus
Possible Appearance of the Sub-man Pithecanthropus. The face, jaws, and teeth are mere guess work. The creature may have been much less human looking than this. - The Trail of Napoleon
Showing the chief places of importance in his life - The Turkish Treaty, 1920
The Turkish Treaty, 1920 - The United States in 1790
The United States in 1790 - The United States Showing Dates of the Chief Territorial Extensions
The Central Government of the United States was at first a very feeble body, a congress of representatives of the thirteen governments, held together by certain Articles of Confederation. This Congress was little more than a conference of sovereign representatives; it had no control, for instance, over the foreign trade of each state, it could not coin money nor levy taxes by its own authority. When John Adams, the first minister from the United States to England, went to discuss a commercial treaty with the British foreign secretary, he was met by a request for thirteen representatives, one from each of the states concerned. He had to confess his inadequacy to make binding arrangements. - The Western Front, 1915-18
The Western Front, 1915-18 For a year and a half, until July, 1916, the Western front remained in a state of indecisive tension. There were heavy attacks on either side that ended in bloody repulses. The French made costly{v2-517} but glorious thrusts at Arras and in Champagne in 1915, the British at Loos. - The Western Mediterranean, 800-600 B.C.
The Western Mediterranean, 800-600 B.C. - The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C.
The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C. - The World According to Herodotus
The World According to Herodotus - Time-chart 1000 B.C.-300 B.C.
Time-chart 1000 B.C.-300 B.C. - Time-chart 400 B.C.-A.D. 300
Time-chart 400 B.C.-A.D. 300 - Time-chart 6000 B.C. to A.D.
Time-chart 6000 B.C. to A.D. - Time-chart A.D. 1220-A.D. 1920
Time-chart A.D. 1220-A.D. 1920 - Time-chart A.D. 200-A.D. 900
Time-chart A.D. 200-A.D. 900 - Time-chart A.D. 800-A.D. 1500
Time-chart A.D. 800-A.D. 1500 - Tracks of Migrating and Raiding Peoples, 1-700 A.D.
Tracks of Migrating and Raiding Peoples, 1-700 A.D - Travels of Marco Polo
Travels of Marco Polo - Tribal Gods of the 19th Century
Throughout the nineteenth century, and particularly throughout its latter half, there has been a great working up of this nationalism in the world. All men are by nature partisans and patriots, but the natural tribalism of men in the nineteenth century was unnaturally exaggerated, it was fretted and over-stimulated and inflamed and forced into the nationalist mould. Nationalism was taught in schools, emphasized by newspapers, preached and mocked and sung into men. Men were brought to feel that they were as improper without a nationality as without their clothes in a crowded assembly. - Tsar Alexander I
In the Tsar Alexander I, who was never direct, this direct new imperialism met the old. Hitherto the kings and potentates of the world had taken themselves in good faith, had had the support of religion in their consciences, had believed they were serving God in their kingship, and that they were necessary to mankind and beneficial to mankind. In many cases they were no doubt swayed by very mixed motives, his majesty had “weaknesses,” his majesty almost always had a sensitive personal vanity. Sometimes, indeed, a born rascal like Charles II of England would have the grace or the gracelessness to laugh at himself, but the generality of kings and tyrants had the profoundest faith in themselves, and were sustained by the sincere faith of their loyal supporters. The emperor Charles V and his son Philip II, Charles I of England, Louis XIV, and the Tsar Alexander were all inspired by a complete assurance of their own righteousness, were convinced that opposition to them was sheer wickedness, wickedness to be overcome in any way and punished with the utmost severity. - Wars of the Greeks and Persians (Map)
Wars of the Greeks and Persians (Map) - Yuan Chwang’s Route from China to India
Yuan Chwang’s Route from China to India - Ægean Civilization (Map)
Ægean Civilization - “We have the payne and traveyle, rayne and wynd in the feldes”
Farmers sowing and plowing their fields