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Why Were the Jews Persecuted? - History Today
Biblical Times. Much of the history of the Jewish people can be found in the Old Testament, in which we learn that the Jews are the 'chosen people'. By making a covenant with God, they would, in return for being chosen, obey his laws. After their exile in Egypt the Jewish people were led back by Moses into Israel, where, by force of arms, they ...
The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece - History Today
Nov 11, 2009 · The women of Athens are fed up with the mess men have made of the city and its affairs. They infiltrate the political assembly and persuade it to hand over all power to the women. Now in control, women set about reforming Athens. Their specific target is the growing disjuncture between the haves and the have-nots.
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire? - History Today
Dec 12, 2023 · The fusion of Christian faith and Roman political identity would only really culminate in Constantinople in the sixth and seventh centuries, between the accession of the emperor Justinian (527) and the death of Heraclius (641). Christianity brought into the religious life of the Roman Empire much greater intolerance of what was deemed to be ...
Native Americans and the Federal Government | History Today
White Americans, headed by the federal government, were the ‘bad guys’, cheating Indians out of their land and resources. Native Americans were the ‘good guys’, attempting to maintain a traditional way of life much more in harmony with nature and the environment than the rampant capitalism of white America, but powerless to defend their ...
The Death of Mahatma Gandhi - History Today
T he 20th century’s most famous apostle of non-violence himself met a violent end. Mohandas Mahatma (‘the great soul’) Gandhi, who had taken a leading role in spearheading the campaign for independence from Britain, hailed the partition of the sub-continent into the separate independent states of India and Pakistan in August 1947 as ‘the noblest act of the British nation’.
The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
May 5, 2015 · The First Crusade was called in November 1095 by Pope Urban II at the town of Clermont in central France. The pope made a proposal: 'Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penance.'.
The Language of the Roman Empire | History Today
Nov 11, 2017 · Latin may be the language that we associate with the Roman Empire, but the question of whether the Romans spoke Latin does not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached from Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power spread, Romans interacted with speakers of ...
The Real Macbeth: King of Scots, 1040-1054 - History Today
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, king of scots, was a real person; and the historical facts concerning him, as they are given by writers at all close to his lifetime, may be quickly told. He was the dux (or general) of King Duncan, whom he killed—probably somewhere in Moray—in 1040. He succeeded to the throne, ruled for fourteen years, resisted at ...
The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever | History Today
Mar 3, 2005 · In the autumn of 1346, plague broke out among the besiegers and from them penetrated into the town. When spring arrived, the Italians fled on their ships. And the Black Death slipped unnoticed on board and sailed with them. ***. The extent of the contagious power of the Black Death has been almost mystifying.