Criss-Cross (1475)
Criss-Cross (1475) originated from the Middle English Christ's-Cross, and earlier, 1390, from Cros-Kryst, was the mark + or X written before the alphabet. This originated from the Greek spelling of…
Criss-Cross (1475) originated from the Middle English Christ's-Cross, and earlier, 1390, from Cros-Kryst, was the mark + or X written before the alphabet. This originated from the Greek spelling of…
Bartolome' de Las Casas (August 1474-July 17, 1566) was called "the Apostle of the Indies," as he was one of the first Christian missionaries to minister to the Indians of…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Theodore Roosevelt stated October 24, 1903: "In no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Armenia's last Arsacid king was deposed in 428 AD, ending an independent Armenia until the rise of Bagratid Armenia in the 9th…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... The oath of military enlistment states: "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... "Society ... must repose on principles that do not change" -- wrote Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, Book 24. …
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... The founder of the YMCA was George Williams was born in 1821 on an English farm in Dulverton, Someset.…
I have to confess, I am not a reader of the Slate online publication, so when I received an email from staff writer Molly Olmstead, I had to do a…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... The most common form of government in world history is power concentrated into the hands of one person. This person…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Camelot and King Arthur's Court, Knights of the Round Table, Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, and the search for the Holy Grail…