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Siege of the Alamo
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Siege of the Alamo - The "small affair" That Won Texas Independence

The Siege of the Alamo (23 February to 6 March 1836) was an engagement of Texian forces with the Mexican Army, leading up to the Battle of the Alamo...
Schlieffen Plan
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Schlieffen Plan - Germany's WWI Plan to Invade France

The Schlieffen Plan, prepared by German Chief of Staff General Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913) in 1905, was a secret plan of attack by German armed...
Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson - The Populist President

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was an American military officer and politician who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837...
La Malinche
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La Malinche - A Complicated Woman in Context

La Malinche, or Malintzin, was the primary interpreter in the retinue of Hernán Cortés during his conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century and has...
January Uprising of 1863
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January Uprising of 1863 - Polish Rebellion Against Russian Rule in Poland

The January Uprising of 1863 was a conflict between Tsarist Russia and Polish insurgents striving for independence. The uprising continued until October...
Mercenary War
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Mercenary War - The Bloody Uprising Against Carthage

The Mercenary War, or Truceless War, was a brutal conflict fought between Carthage and its mutinous soldiers from 241 to 237 BCE, during a lull in the...
Russian Civil War
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Russian Civil War - The Failed Fightback Against Bolshevism

The Russian Civil War (1917-22) began shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917. The Bolsheviks (the Reds) immediately found themselves...
The Pre-WWI Alliance System
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The Pre-WWI Alliance System - Triple Entente v. Triple Alliance

The alliance system in Europe was one of the causes of the First World War (1914-18), although it did not make war inevitable. In the first decade of...
Graf Zeppelin's Round the World Trip of 1929
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Graf Zeppelin's Round the World Trip of 1929

The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful of all Zeppelin airships, making several hundred trips across the Atlantic between Europe and the Americas...
Pisistratus
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Pisistratus - Tyrant of Ancient Athens

Pisistratus (circa 600-527 BCE), or Peisistratus, was an ancient Greek tyrant who ruled the city-state of Athens. Initially a student of the lawgiver...
10 Myths of the Alamo
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10 Myths of the Alamo - How Did Davy Die?

The 13-day siege and Battle of the Alamo, 23 February to 6 March 1836, is among the most famous in American history, but, like any such event, it has...
The History Of Chess
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The History Of Chess - A 1500-year-old Strategy Game

The game of chess has a particularly long and fascinating history of more than 1500 years. Over the centuries, there have also been hundreds of different...
Battles of the Texas Revolution
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Battles of the Texas Revolution - The Road to Independence

The Battle of Gonzales in October 1835 is recognized as the official beginning of the Texas Revolution, even though armed conflict between Texians and...
Xolotl
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Xolotl - The Dog God of the Aztecs

Xolotl was the dog god of the Mexica people, commonly known as the Aztecs. He is represented in codices, statuary, and other extant examples of Aztec...
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points - A Plan for World Peace

The Fourteen Point Peace Programme of US President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was presented to Congress on 8 January 1918 and outlined a new world order...
The Constantinian Excerpts
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The Constantinian Excerpts - The 10th Century Byzantine Encyclopedia

The Constantinian Excerpts, or Excerpta Constantiniana is the conventional name given to the mid-10th Century Byzantine palace encyclopedia commissioned...
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