Due to some unresolved issues, the United States declared war against Great Britain in 1812. The US did taste some success, but the overall consequences of the war were disastrous for the already weak economy. […]
Joseph Hooker was so confident of his abilities at war efforts that he was sure his smartly-developed campaign would crush the Confederate Army. However, Robert Lee managed to upset his plans and his troops defeated the Potomac Army. […]
The North was so disappointed after the defeat in the Battle of Fredericksburg that Abraham Lincoln had to remove Ambrose Burnside. He appointed Joseph Hooker to lead the Potomac Army and launch a campaign against Robert Lee. […]
In the fall of 1862, while William S. Rosecrans and Ulysses S. Grant were campaigning in Tennessee, Abraham Lincoln decided to remove the commander of the Army of the Potomac to get ahead on the eastern front. He replaced George B. McClellan with Ambrose E. Burnside, but the Potomac Army suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Confederates in the Battle of Fredericksburg. […]
After introducing a new monotheistic religion, Akhenaten had to move to a city that he had to build in the desert. He turned from the pharaoh to a religious leader who relinquished control of his kingdom, leading to the low status of Egypt in the world. […]
Akhenaten, previously known as Amenhotep IV, shook up the pillars of Egyptian society when he came to power. He made revolutionary changes in everything that Egyptians considered unchangeable, including arts and political structure. His next target was religion. […]
Amenhotep IV was the unlikely king that rose to power because his older brother died. He was a revolutionary pharaoh that shattered the foundations of the highly conservative society of Egypt in many aspects. […]
The Celtic identity of Scotland had been taken from them by such rules as the Dress Act. The repeal of the Act and some famous literary works led to the revival of Scottish identity and traditions. […]
In the late 16th century, a scholarly tradition began to study the Celtic past. Those investigations led to renewed fascinations with the Celtic culture. It is the origin of the modern notions of Celtic nationalism that re-appropriates the Celtic heritage. […]
The scholarly research on the Celtic heritage conducted by George Buchanan in the late 16th century mostly regarded linguistic connections between the Celtic languages. The linguistic investigations led to findings of the relationships between the Celtic peoples. But not all of them were based on reliable evidence. […]
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