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...World War. Finding the answer to this question has exercised historians for 100 years. In July 1914, everyone in Europe was convinced they were fighting a defensive war. Governments had worked hard to ensure that they did not appear to be the aggressor in July and August 1914. This was crucial because the vast armies of soldiers that would be needed could not be summoned...

...world's first novel, twice as long as War and Peace. Discover what is known about her life in this article... Murasaki Shikibu c.978 - c.1013? Japan Literature [Murasaki Shikibu image] Potrait of Murasaki Shikibu by Kano Takanobu According to the rules of Japanese court manners one thousand years ago, it was not considered polite to address people by their personal names....

...world of higher education, like many others, was closed to women. Many people opposed the idea of women’s education on a range of economic, religious and social grounds. Some even believed that women’s bodies were so physically ill-suited to studying that it posed a risk to their mental and physical well-being. Excessive mental activity in women, especially during...

...world. Very well, I said, if he could see it plainly in his mind he could give some rough idea of the wing-spread—how much would it measure from tip to tip? He said it was perhaps fifty yards—perhaps a good deal more! A similar trick was played by my mind about Stonehenge. As a child I had stood in imagination before it, gazing up awestruck on those stupendous stones...

Hildegard of Bingen spent many years wiriting her prophetic visions down, helping the sick and preaching in a time of male hierarchy. Read up on her religious life... Hildegard of Bingen 1098 - 1179 Germany Religious Life [Hildegard von Bingen image] Illumination from the Liber Scivias showing Hildegard receiving a vision and dictating to her scribe. In medieval...

The Trung Sisters, to this day, are well-celebrated in Vietnam thanks to their succesful resistance against the Chinese army. Learn more about their history here... The Trung Sisters Vietnam ? - c. 40AD Armed Resistance [A Statue of the Trung sisters is Ho Chi Minh City] A statue of the Trung Sisters in Ho Chi Minh City In 111 BC the Han Dynasty of China conquered what...