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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Balfour Declaration 1917
Fardham University gives the text of the Balfour Declaration, which later was adopted and included in a UN Resolution.
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Fordham University: Indian History Sourcebook: England, India, and the East Indies 1617
At this site from the Indian History Sourcebook of Fordham University, you can read two accounts dating back to 1617 of the British presence in India through the East India Company. Accounts written by an anonymous Frenchman and by...
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Second Industrial Revolution
This site from the Fordham University and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook offers an outline of primary source materials covering the Second Industrial Revolution and advanced capitalism as well as new technologies associated with...
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: General View of Comte's Postivism
A general survey of the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798-1857) who developed a secular religion known as positivism and founded modern sociology.
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Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Timeline of Akkadia
Timeline of Akkadia
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Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt
A reference guide for Egypt is shared on this resource compiled by Fordham University.
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Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World
References regarding the Hellenistic world.
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Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome
References regarding Rome.
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Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Christian Origins
A comprehensive timeline of Christianity.
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Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus
Excerpt from a commentary by Herodotus on the customs of the Persians.
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Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Juvenal: Satire I (English)
The text of Juvenal's Satire in English.
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Fordham University: Byzantine Studies: Constantinople, Queen of Cities
Click here for a list of maps & photos depicting the Theodosian walls, the Hippodrome, Hagia Sophia, and modern Istanbul. Site by Fordham University.
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Fordham University: Jewish History Sourcebook: Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
A reference guide to Jewish history sourcebooks.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: John Cabot: Voyage to North America, 1497
Letters from Cabot to different people in his life that explain his exploration and his discoveries.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage 1580
Fordham University provides this primary source document that was written by Sir Francis Drake's Gentlemen at Arms, Francis Pretty. It is his personal records of the voyage Drake took around the world in 1577, which began in the South...
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Full text of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Adam Smith
An article regarding America's mercantile system beginning in 1776.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The People's Petition
Fordham University provides the text of a British petition given to the Parliament asking that radical reforms be made.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Chartism
Chartism was an English working class radical movement centered on a 'People's Charter" (1837) of six points. In 1838 a national Petition was collected and submitted to Parliament.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Documents of Italian Unification
This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, contains excerpts from some of the original documents formalizing Italian Unification.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Joseph Lister Antiseptic Principle
Mostly told in first person, this site from the Fordham University gives an account of Joseph Lister's work on the principle of the practice of antiseptic surgery and a brief overview of his contributions to science and medicine. A very...
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Leon Gambetta: The Belleville Manifesto
This is the manifesto that gives Gambetta's reply to the electors demands and his opposition to the Second Empire.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Albert Beveridge
This site from the Fordham University provides the text of 1898 campaign speech of Senator Albert Breveridge expressing his support of U.S. imperialism.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: An Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest
Fordham University provides an excerpt of an Aztec account of the initial encounter of Montezuma and the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes, as published by noted anthropologist Miguel Leon-Portilla. The meeting-turned-massacre,...