Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (r. 141-87 BCE) expanded his empire in all directions. He started attacking the nomadic Xiongnu coalition to his north...
In the first decade of the 11th century, several Nordic adventurers were said to have led expeditions to North America. Leif Eiriksson was reportedly...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"Just as the end of mirth is heaviness, so sorrows are dispersed by the advent of joy."
The Decameron (First Day, Introduction) by...
Although William the Conqueror defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson and seized the throne of England in 1066, the surviving Anglo-Saxon royals and their...
William the Conqueror, king of England from 1066 to 1087, successfully arranged for Walchere of Lorraine to become the bishop of Durham around 1072....
In 585, the forces of King Guntram of the Franks (r. 561-593) chased down and defeated a pretender (illegal/unrecognized claimant) to the throne named...
Sir Winston Churchill (c. 1874-1965)
"We desire to see the return of a liberal age where Parliaments will guard freedom, where science will open the...
The Buddha (c. 6th-5th century BCE)
"With energy, diligence,
restraint, and control,
the wise person should make an island
which no flood can overflow."
The Dhammapada (Verses on the...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"Just as the end of mirth is heaviness, so sorrows are dispersed by the advent of joy."
The Decameron (First Day, Introduction) by...
In 585, the forces of King Guntram of the Franks (r. 561-593) chased down and defeated a pretender (illegal/unrecognized claimant) to the throne named...
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645)
"Strategy is the craft of the warrior. Commanders must enact the craft, and troopers should know this Way. There is no...
Although William “the Conqueror” of Normandy defeated King Harold Godwinson and seized the throne of England in 1066, pockets of resistance continued to fight...
In 585, the forces of King Guntram of the Franks (r. 561-593) chased down and defeated a pretender (illegal/unrecognized claimant) to the throne named...
Freydis Eiriksdottir came from a family of adventurers and explorers. Her father was Eirik the Red, the man who spearheaded the Nordic settlement of...
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Anna Komnene was born to Emperor Alexios and Empress Eirene in 1083, just two years after Alexios wrested...
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Thucydides (c. 460-400 BCE) was an Athenian general and historian who lived through the Peloponnesian War (c. 431-404 BCE) between Athens and Sparta....
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Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 to David and Elizabeth Poe, two actors who lived in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Unfortunately,...
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Over the course of his life, Benjamin Franklin (1706- 1790) underwent a tremendous transformation, from a poorly educated boy who ran away from...
Hesiod (flourished c. 8th century BCE)
"Right gets the upper hand over violence in the end."
From Hesiod's Works and Days (approximately line 215), translated by M. L....
Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)
"The real difference between man and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust,...
Although William the Conqueror defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson and seized the throne of England in 1066, the surviving Anglo-Saxon royals and their...
William the Conqueror, king of England from 1066 to 1087, successfully arranged for Walchere of Lorraine to become the bishop of Durham around 1072....
Sir Winston Churchill (c. 1874-1965)
"We desire to see the return of a liberal age where Parliaments will guard freedom, where science will open the...
War and conquest is expensive work. William the Conqueror, after leading the Norman subjugation of England in 1066, quickly put into effect laws and...
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (r. 141-87 BCE) expanded his empire in all directions. He started attacking the nomadic Xiongnu coalition to his north...
In the first decade of the 11th century, several Nordic adventurers were said to have led expeditions to North America. Leif Eiriksson was reportedly...
The Buddha (c. 6th-5th century BCE)
"With energy, diligence,
restraint, and control,
the wise person should make an island
which no flood can overflow."
The Dhammapada (Verses on the...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"Just as the end of mirth is heaviness, so sorrows are dispersed by the advent of joy."
The Decameron (First Day, Introduction) by...
Although William the Conqueror defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson and seized the throne of England in 1066, the surviving Anglo-Saxon royals and their...
Hesiod (flourished c. 8th century BCE)
"Right gets the upper hand over violence in the end."
From Hesiod's Works and Days (approximately line 215), translated by M. L....
Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)
"The way begets one; one begets two; two begets three;
three begets the myriad creatures."
From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two,...
Pericles (c. 495-429 BCE)
"A general ought not only to have clean hands, but also clean eyes."
Quote attributed to Pericles by Plutarch in Parallel Lives (Life of...
