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Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials Salem, Mass. The Salem witchcraft trials started in January 1692, a time when the strange behavior of young girls was cause enough for a trial and hanging. Your cow died?…Amelia Earhart Birthplace
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Atchison, Kansas Amelia Earhart was actually born in her maternal grandparents' home in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia's family lived in several towns during her childhood…Justice Overdue: Civil Rights Cases Reopened
Unpunished crimes revisited after decades of neglect FBI photographs of slain civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner Related Links Black History Month…The Murder of Emmett Till
A "grotesque miscarriage of justice" Related Links Black History Month Black History Time Timeline Encyclopedia: Civil Rights For Kids: Civil Rights Heroes Martin Luther…Bruegel
(Encyclopedia) Bruegel,&sp;Brueghel, or BreughelBreughelall: broiˈgəl, Du. bröˈgəl [key], outstanding family of Flemish genre and landscape painters. The foremost, Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, c.…African literature
(Encyclopedia) African literature, literary works of the African continent. African literature consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to…1000–1099 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
Mesa VerdeCliff Dwellings(c. 1000–1300)Pete MaioCathedral and Tower at PisaTasha Vincentc. 1000–1300Classic Pueblo period of Anasazi culture; cliff dwellings.c. 1000Hungary and Scandinavia…1100–1199 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
Chartres CathedralTasha Vincent1100–1300Construction of Cathedral at Chartres, France.1144Second Crusade begins.c. 1150Angkor Wat is completed.1150–1167Universities of Paris and Oxford…1200–1299 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
The CrusadesKing John(1167–1216)Thomas Aquinas(1225–1274)1200–1204Fourth Crusade.1211Genghis Khan invades China, captures Peking (1214), conquers Persia (1218), invades Russia (1223), dies (…1300–1399 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
1312–1337 Mali Empire reaches its height in Africa under King Mansa Musa. c. 1325 The beginning of the Renaissance in Italy: writers Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio; painter Giotto. Development…