(Encyclopedia) Alba LongaAlba Longaălˈbə lôngˈgə [key], city of ancient Latium, in the Alban Hills near Lake Albano, c.12 mi (19 km) SE of Rome. It was a city before 1100 b.c. and apparently the most…
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MYCENAEAN KINGS? WHO DID THE ANCIENT GREEKS WORSHIP? WHAT WERE ANCIENT GREEK PLAYS ABOUT? WHY DID THE GREEKS VALUE SPORTS? BIOGRAPHY: ALEXANDER THE GREAT 356–323 BC CITY-…
(Encyclopedia) TiberTibertīˈbər [key], Ital. Tevere, Latin Tiberis, river, 251 mi (404 km) long, rising in the Etruscan Apennines, central Italy. It flows generally S across Tuscany, Umbria, and N…
Canadian folk-rock group Steven Page and Ed Robertson established the band in 1998. They claim the band's name is meant to suggest youthful naivete and is not at all sexist. Tyler Steward and Jim…
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1866Party: RepublicanLANE, James Henry, (son of Amos Lane), a Representative from Indiana and a Senator from Kansas; born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 22, 1814;…
(Encyclopedia) Lanciani, Rodolfo AmadeoLanciani, Rodolfo Amadeorōdôlˈfō ämädĕˈō länchäˈnē [key], 1847?–1929, Italian archaeologist. He was an authority on the ancient topography of Ostia and Rome and…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Institutions Foreign Relations U.S.-Holy See Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYAlmost all of Vatican City's citizens…
FASCIST DICTATOR WERE THERE FASCISTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES? WHO WERE THE NAZIS? BIOGRAPHY: ADOLF HITLER 1889–1945 SPANISH CIVIL WARFIND OUT MOREIn 1922 a political movement called fascism grew up in…
WHERE DID THE RENAISSANCE TAKE PLACE? WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE VIEW OF THE WORLD? BIOGRAPHY: LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452–1519 WHAT CAN WE SEE OF THE RENAISSANCE TODAY? PATRONAGEFIND OUT MOREOne of the…
