This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this family history of the Medici Family. Includes images and brief biographies of the following people: Cosimo I, Ferdinand I.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this family history of the Medici Family. Includes images and brief biographies of the following people: Cosimo I, Ferdinand I.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this family history of the Medici Family. Includes images and brief biographies of the following people: Cosimo I, Ferdinand I.

A rich collection of information on the last years of Imperial Russia, mainly of its last tzar, Nicholas Romanov, and his family. It offers virtual tours of the palace, open letters and diaries of the family, a Romanov photo album, and...

A feature on NPR probes the roots of country music beginning with the Carter Family. You can click on the titles and actually listen to them sing their famous songs. Also provides great links to further information.

A feature on NPR probes the roots of country music beginning with the Carter Family. You can click on the titles and actually listen to them sing their famous songs. Also provides great links to further information.

"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection categories...

Learn about the writer of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and her early life -- how she heard family stories as a child, and how she developed the character Paul Edward for "The Land." There is an extensive bibliography of her works and...

Dual-language site containing images and documents that show the role Mexican Americans have played in the history and development of Arizona.

Early biographical information about his family, images of his self-portraits, his travels, his influences, and his career as an artist. Many links to photos and other sites.

This article from friesian.com is a reference to Severus's military rule and how he was able to maintain it. Includes a family tree and links.

" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...

Gives a brief history of the life of Anna Akhmatova and how it was changed by the Russian Revolution. Discusses her family (husband and son). Also lists other sites for more information and includes her most famous poem, Requiem.

Gives a brief history of the life of Anna Akhmatova and how it was changed by the Russian Revolution. Discusses her family (husband and son). Also lists other sites for more information and includes her most famous poem, Requiem.

Khufu-iam and his wife are shown seated on a backless seat. They wear the fashionable garments of their period. Khufu-iam's wife rests her right arm on his right shoulder, a common pose in Ancient Egyptian statuary that shows strong...

A French Jacobin, born in Province, in 1755, of an ancient family; served as second lieutenant in the regiment of Languedoc until 1775. He made, about this time, a voyage to the Isle-de-France, the governor of which was one of his...

Sir Walter Raleigh, navigator, warrior, statesman, and writer in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., was the second son of a gentleman of ancient family in Devonshire, and was born in 1552.