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Effect of the Railroad in Panay on the General Economic Life of the People by Ismael Colez

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The Panay Railway started operation in 1911 connecting Roxas City of Capiz to the port city of Iloilo. Along its route laid vast farm and su...

Doc Recap: Lyon in the 1850s by Joel Edson Rockwell

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A Vermont Presbyterian Minister, Joel Edson Rockwell visited Europe in the 1850s. Part of his tour included France, in particular Lyon. He l...

Doc Recap: Viscount Torrington's Account of Cromford

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Coming from a family of illustrious soldiers, John Byng, the later 5th Viscount of Torrington, decided to add a sideline to his resume, that...

Herodotus' Words: Cambyses' Maddness

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The Histories by Herodotus painted the most fascinating, colorful and BS stories considering his work meant to be non-fiction. Herodotus dia...

Herodotus' Words: Cambyses II in Egypt

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The Histories by Herodotus painted the most fascinating, colorful and BS stories considering his work meant to be non-fiction. Herodotus’ ac...

Herodotus' Words: Cambyses II and His Conquest of Egypt

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The Histories by Herodotus painted the most fascinating, colorful and BS stories considering his work meant to be non-fiction. Nevertheless,...

Doc Recap: Reply to the 1852 Letter of President Fillmore

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In 1854, Perry returned to Edo Bay to take the reply of the Japanese government from the letter that he delivered last year. A translation o...

Doc Recap: 1854 Anglo-Japanese Treaty

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Great Britain and Japan signed a treaty of friendship in Nagasaki just months after Perry left the Islands. It established the relation betw...

Doc Recap: Treaty of Shimoda

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In 1855, Putiatin returned to Japan to conclude a treaty delayed for over a year. The Treaty of Shimoda established formal relations between...

11 Rulers of the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan

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The Florentine Codex in its Book 8 titled Kings and Lords listed the names and a summary of events of the 11 rulers of the Aztecs. Below are...

Doc Recap: Minister of Interior of France to Nicolas Appert

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In 1810, the Minister of Interior of the Napoleonic regime, Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet wrote a letter to Nicolas Appert, a famous conf...

Doc Recap: 1854 Additional Regulations on the Treaty of Kanagawa

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In June 17, 1854, after few months visiting ports opened to Americans, Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commander of the US Squadron assigned to ...

Doc Recap: Treaty of Kanagawa

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On March 31, 1854, in the village of Yokohama under the domain of Kanagawa, Commodore Perry and the Japanese commissioners led by Lord Hayas...

Doc Recap: 1852 Letter of President Fillmore to the Emperor of Japan

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In 1852, President Millard Fillmore approved  an expedition led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry to Japan . Among the objectives that Washingto...

Doc Recap: Letter of President Franklin Pierce to the Emperor of Japan

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United States Consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, met with the Shogun or Tycoon of Japan in December 1857 and handed over a letter from Presid...

Doc Recap: 1851 Letter of President Fillmore to the Emperor of Japan

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In 1851, Secretary of State and President Fillmore approved an expedition to be led by Commodore John Aulick. He was furnished with a letter...

5 Sources on Sargon the Great of Akkad

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Sargon the Great, one history earliest recorded Empire-builder, a Rockstar of the ancient world, had a mysterious and legendary life. Much o...

Byzantine Covert Operations - Leo III in the Caucasus

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Covert operations and proxy wars filed the history of the Cold War – a battle between 2 superpowers of the 20th century. Covert operations a...
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Accounts: Yung Wing Describing Zeng Guofan

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In 1863, Yung Wing or Rong Hong, the earliest known Chinese graduate of Yale College received an invitation for a meeting with Zeng Guofan ,...

Accounts: Gustavus Adolphus' Articles of War

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Gustavus Adolphus made a name for himself as a tough disciplinarian.