Battle of Stones River

The battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle thus far of the Civil War. Beginning on April 6, 1862 in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee and lasting just two days, more than twenty thousand confederate and union soldiers lost their lives. The violent battle was critical for General Ulysses S. Grant and the union because it secured the Mississippi waterway. It also demonstrated just how much grit it was going to take to win the war. America had never seen so much bloodshed in a single battle. It…

Battle Overview: Fought on December 11-15, 1862, in Fredericksburg Virginia, the Battle of Fredericksburg was the Civil War’s first battle that involved urban combat. It had nearly 200,000 soldiers present between both sides, meaning this is the highest concentrated battle in the civil war. Leader of the Federal (Union) side was Ambrose E. Burnside, and the leader of the confederates was Robert E. Lee. The Union's plan was to use 60,000 men to take the southern flank of Prospect Hill,…

Sacred Pillar of Mount Bu Zhou, the pillar that held up the sky. This caused the heavens to tilt to the northwestern side and the earth to the southwestern side. This explains why the moon, stars and sun move towards the northwestern side and the rivers of China flow towards the southeastern…

Iliad “But now this is a dismal death I am doomed to be caught in, / trapped in a big river as if I were a boy and a swineherd / swept away by a torrent when he tries to cross in a rainstorm.” (Iliad, 21.281-83). Achilleus’ concern with drowning in the river is not death, for he is prepared to die the minute he decides to fight Hektor and choose his second destiny. He is worried, instead, about how he dies—in the river like a herdsman, or on the battlefield like a hero. Homer characterizes war…

Knights began the battle for reign. Country was in the serhed of destruction and finally the archibishob of London asked for help from Merlin. Using his magic power Merlin decided to united the country. They asked all the great men, dukes, and knight of England came to the Websmister to choose the right king of England. Behind the church there were big stone with beautiful sword stuck in it. There were writing on the stone: “Whoever draws this sword from the stone is the rightful king of England…

The Battle of Antietam began on September 17th, 1862 and ended on the same day. The commander of the Union army was George B. McClellan and the commander of the Confederate army was Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee, the general of the confederacy, attempted to make a final stand in an attempt to save his Maryland Campaign. Many Federal Forces were closing in from the east. Lee at that time selected the strategic ground near Antietam Creek and demanded his army to unite there. About a mile east of…

originated back in the Paleolithic era. Weapons and tools such as harpoons, cleavers, chisels, spears, and hand axes are used even today for fishing and the cutting of trees or animals. Over the years these tools have advanced from being made of stones and sticks to being made of strong metals smelted together. On page 3 it states "following the end of the Ice Age, however, communities in some parts of the world began to domesticate plants and animals; hunters and gathers gradually…

“Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt” (Wikipedia). Although, the Egyptian culture has been called "the gift of the Nile", Egypt is known for its geography , architecture ,and culture; but without the Nile river Egypt may have never existed. Geography is the defining feature of the thriving success of the ancient Egypt empire. The Nile created two very different…

Do you know who the Vikings were? If your thinking of a bearded man wearing a horned helmet and rusty battle axe, then your wrong. The Vikings were a much more complex society then you may have thought; they had their own religion, were excellent farmers, and a single man could build an entire ship in just a couple weeks. But if you were a Viking, you had to be ready for anything. In the norse religion, there are many gods, but the most powerful was Odin (all father). Odin is the king of all…

would be complete without a look at the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Nevertheless, there remain varying opinions as to his actual “greatness”. Through a study of the scholarly book The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, the Oliver Stone production Alexander, and my own research, I hope to determine for myself if Alexander is genuinely worthy of the title bestowed upon him. During my high school world civilization class Alexander became a topic of interest to me. What makes a…