WHO RULED THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE? CONSTANTINOPLEFIND OUT MOREIn AD 324 the emperor Constantine reunited the Roman Empire. By then Rome was too difficult to defend against barbarian attacks, so he…
WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE IN MUSLIM LANDS? HOW DID ISLAM SPREAD SO QUICKLY? WHERE DID MUSLIMS TRAVEL TO? WHY WERE TEXTILES SO IMPORTANT? CALIPHSAL ANDALUSFIND OUT MOREIn AD 610, an Arab merchant called…
by Liz Olson The Nobel Prize for Science has been awarded since 1901 to people who have made outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology, or medicine. Marie Curie was the…
(Encyclopedia) Rumor, Mariano, 1915–90, Italian politician. A Christian Democrat, he was premier (1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74) and foreign minister (1974–76). He was mentioned (1976) in the Lockheed…
(Encyclopedia) resurrectionresurrectionrĕzˌərĕkˈshən [key] [Lat.,=rising again], arising again from death to life. The emergence of Jesus from the tomb to live on earth again for 40 days as told in…
HOW MANY TYPES OF JUDAISM ARE THERE? HOW DO YOUNG BOYS COME OF AGE? TORAHHOLY DAYSFIND OUT MOREJudaism is the world’s oldest religion based on belief in one God. Jews believe that God made them…
