Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
Twenty-three centuries after Qin Shi Hung-Di's death, his army of Terra Cotta warriors is found, reminding the world of his power.
The convention that nominates Greeley for president, and Susan's participation in it, are widely criticized.
Most do not want Greeley to win, and although he receives women's support, they cannot yet vote.
Douglass travels to speak and write against slavery, and becomes friends with other famous abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown.
The public deal is that Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba in exchange for a U.S. agreement never to invade Cuba.
Upset, Castro believes the Soviets leave Cuba no real protection against the US once the missiles are withdrawn from Cuba.
Native Americans inhabit the great "wilderness," nearly the entire western part of the US.
Does the United States know about the assassination of South Korea's President Diem before it happens?
With Mary in England, Elizabeth's advisors worry about Catholic conspiracies; they dupe Mary into plotting with Anthony Babington to escape and perhap...
Civil war is coming to Ireland as violence divides the country. On May 3, 1921, the country is partitioned in two.
The Supreme Court gets its own kind of veto power after Chief Justice Marshall's opinion in Marbury v Madison..
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