Greco-Persian Wars
Greece won against enormous odds. Here is more:

   Battle of Marathon

   Battle of Thermopylae

   Battle of Salamis

   Battle of Plataea

Attila the Hun
More about the greatest of all Barbarian rulers:

Attila short biography

Map of Attila's empire

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

Who were the Huns?

Historic Castles
and Palaces
 

Ivan the Terrible
Was the man really
all that dreadful?

More about Ivan IV,
aka The Terrible
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Rulers of Rome

John Quincy Adams
What 80 years in politics
do to your brain.

More about JQA,
aka Old Man Eloquent

Famous Speeches
in History

Speeches by Topic

Speeches by Speaker

Speeches by Date

Given by Women

Given by African-Americans

Given by U.S. Presidents

HISTORY

Russian Revolution

Two revolutions in 1917 changed Russia for good.

More on how the Russians switched from Empire to the Bolshevik Peace, Land, and Bread government:

Russian Revolution of 1917
About the Bolshevik Revolution
Russian Revolution Timeline
About Grigory Y. Rasputin
About World War One
What is Communism?
About Leon Trotsky
About Vladimir I. Lenin
About Joseph Stalin
About Nicholas II
About the Romanov Dynasty
Russian Revolution of 1905
Russian Civil War Summary

The History of West Florida
From His Royal Majesty King George III to Mister Skipwith, Head of State.

All that excites from the Mississippi to the Apalachicola: West Florida

The War of 1812 set Toronto and Washington ablaze.

Fight Recap: USA vs. UK II

Timeline of the War of 1812: Year 1812

Timeline of the War of 1812: Year 1813

Timeline of the War of 1812: Year 1814

Timeline of the War of 1812: Year 1815
 

HISTORY

Mexican Revolution

Check out the Timelines of the Mexican Revolution

Mexico's transition from dictatorship to constitutional republic translated into ten messy years of skirmishing in Mexican history.

More from the Mexican Revolution:

Pancho Villa

Emiliano Zapata

Francisco I. Madero

Causes of the Mexican Revolution

Women in the Mexican Revolution

Summary of the Mexican Revolution