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Milestone Documents in World History

Table of Contents

Reform Edict of Urukagina: Document Analysis




Reform Edict of Urukagina: The Full Text




Code of Hammurabi: Document Analysis




Code of Hammurabi: The Full Text




Hittite Laws: Document Analysis




Hittite Laws:The Full Text




Divine Birth and Coronation Inscriptions of Hatshepsut: Document Analysis




Divine Birth and Coronation Inscriptions of Hatshepsut:The Full Text




Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treaty: Document Analysis




Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treaty:The Full Text




Middle Assyrian Laws: Document Analysis




Middle Assyrian Laws: The Full Text




Victory Stela of Piankhi: Document Analysis




Victory Stela of Piankhi: The Full Text




“Mandate of Heaven: The Numerous Officers”: Document Analysis




“Mandate of Heaven: The Numerous Officers”:The Full Text




Twelve Tables of Roman Law: Document Analysis




Twelve Tables of Roman Law:The Full Text




Funeral Oration of Pericles: Document Analysis




Funeral Oration of Pericles: The Full Text




Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”: Document Analysis




Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”:The Full Text




Constitution of Sparta: Document Analysis




Constitution of Sparta: The Full Text




Constitution of Carthage: Document Analysis




Constitution of Carthage: The Full Text




Athenian Constitution: Document Analysis




Athenian Constitution:The Full Text




Canon of Filial Piety: Document Analysis




Canon of Filial Piety: The Full Text




Rock and Pillar Edicts of Aśoka: Document Analysis




Rock and Pillar Edicts of Aśoka:The Full Text




Discourses on Salt and Iron: Document Analysis




Discourses on Salt and Iron:The Full Text




Law of Caesar on Municipalities: Document Analysis




Law of Caesar on Municipalities:The Full Text




Deeds of the Divine Augustus: Document Analysis




Deeds of the Divine Augustus:The Full Text




Popol Vuh: Document Analysis




Popol Vuh:The Full Text




Laws Ending Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire: Document Analysis




Laws Ending Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire:The Full Text




Theodosian Code: Document Analysis




Theodosian Code: The Full Text




Code of Justinian: Document Analysis




Code of Justinian: The Full Text




Prince Shōtoku’s Seventeen-Article Constitution: Document Analysis




Prince Shōtoku’s Seventeen-Article Constitution:The Full Text




New Year’s Day Taika Reform Edict: Document Analysis




New Year’s Day Taika Reform Edict:The Full Text




Capitulary of Charlemagne: Document Analysis




Capitulary of Charlemagne: The Full Text




Han Yu’s “Memorial on the Buddha’s Bones”: Document Analysis




Han Yu’s “Memorial on the Buddha’s Bones”:The Full Text




II Aethelstan, or the Grately Code: Document Analysis




II Aethelstan, or the Grately Code:The Full Text




Wang Kŏn’s Ten Injunctions: Document Analysis




Wang Kŏn’s Ten Injunctions:The Full Text




Russkaia Pravda, or Justice of the Rus: Document Analysis




Al-Māwardī’s “On Qāḍīs”: Document Analysis




Al-Māwardī’s “On Qāḍīs”:The Full Text




Kai Kaus on the Purchase of Slaves: Document Analysis




Kai Kaus on the Purchase of Slaves:The Full Text




Domesday Book: Document Analysis




Domesday Book:The Full Text




Niẓām al-Mulk’s Book of Government; or, Rules for Kings: Document Analysis




Niẓām al-Mulk’s Book of Government; or, Rules for Kings:The Full Text




Urban II’s Call to Crusade: Document Analysis




Urban II’s Call to Crusade:The Full Text




Constitutions of Clarendon: Document Analysis




Constitutions of Clarendon: The Full Text




Usama ibn Munqidh’s “A Muslim View of the Crusaders”: Document Analysis




Usama ibn Munqidh’s “A Muslim View of the Crusaders”:The Full Text




Great Yasa of Chinggis Khan: Document Analysis




Magna Carta: Document Analysis




Magna Carta:The Full Text




Boniface VIII’s Clericis Laicos and Unam Sanctam: Document Analysis




Boniface VIII’s Clericis Laicos and Unam Sanctam:The Full Text




Marco Polo’s Description of Hangzhou: Document Analysis




Marco Polo’s Description of Hangzhou:The Full Text




Ibn Khaldūn’s “Social Solidarity”: Document Analysis




Ibn Khaldūn’s “Social Solidarity”:The Full Text




Christopher Columbus’s Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America: Document Analysis




Christopher Columbus’s Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America:The Full Text




Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince: Document Analysis




Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince:The Full Text




Requerimiento: Document Analysis




Requerimiento:The Full Text




Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses: Document Analysis




Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses:The Full Text




Dutch Declaration of Independence: Document Analysis




Dutch Declaration of Independence:The Full Text




Laws Governing Military Households: Document Analysis




Laws Governing Military Households:The Full Text




Japan’s Closed Country Edict: Document Analysis




Japan’s Closed Country Edict:The Full Text




Treaty of Westphalia: Document Analysis




Treaty of Westphalia: The Full Text




Ulozhenie, or Great Muscovite Law Code: Document Analysis




Ulozhenie, or Great Muscovite Law Code:The Full Text




Habeas Corpus Act of the Restoration: Document Analysis




Habeas Corpus Act of the Restoration:The Full Text




English Bill of Rights: Document Analysis




English Bill of Rights: The Full Text




John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government: Document Analysis




John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government:The Full Text




British Regulating Act: Document Analysis




British Regulating Act: The Full Text




Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen: Document Analysis




Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen:The Full Text




Qianlong’s Letter to George III: Document Analysis




Qianlong’s Letter to George III:The Full Text




Constitution of Haiti: Document Analysis




Constitution of Haiti: The Full Text




Diplomatic Correspondence between Muhammad al-Kānamī and Muhammad Bello: Document Analysis




Diplomatic Correspondence between Muhammad al-Kānamī and Muhammad Bello:The Full Text




Simón Bolívar’s Cartagena Manifesto: Document Analysis




Simón Bolívar’s Cartagena Manifesto:The Full Text




Carlsbad Decrees: Document Analysis




Carlsbad Decrees: The Full Text




Treaty of Córdoba: Document Analysis




Treaty of Córdoba: The Full Text




Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies: Document Analysis




Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies:The Full Text




Lin Zexu’s “Moral Advice to Queen Victoria”: Document Analysis




Lin Zexu’s “Moral Advice to Queen Victoria”:The Full Text




Treaty of Nanjing: Document Analysis




Treaty of Nanjing: The Full Text




Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Document Analysis




Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:The Full Text




Communist Manifesto: Document Analysis




Communist Manifesto:The Full Text




Queen Victoria’s Proclamation concerning India: Document Analysis




Queen Victoria’s Proclamation concerning India:The Full Text




Constitution Act of Canada: Document Analysis




Constitution Act of Canada: The Full Text




Constitution of the Fante Confederacy: Document Analysis




Constitution of the Fante Confederacy:The Full Text




Treaty of Limits between Mexico and Guatemala: Document Analysis




Treaty of Limits between Mexico and Guatemala:The Full Text




Meiji Constitution of Japan: Document Analysis




Meiji Constitution of Japan: The Full Text




Theodor Herzl’s “A Solution to the Jewish Question”: Document Analysis




Theodor Herzl’s “A Solution to the Jewish Question”:The Full Text




Bernhard von Bülow on Germany’s “Place in the Sun”: Document Analysis




Bernhard von Bülow on Germany’s “Place in the Sun”:The Full Text




Emperor Guangxu’s Abolition of the Examination System: Document Analysis




Emperor Guangxu’s Abolition of the Examination System:The Full Text




D’Arcy Concession: Document Analysis




D’Arcy Concession:The Full Text




Vladimir Lenin’s What Is to Be Done?: Document Analysis




Vladimir Lenin’s What Is to Be Done?:The Full Text




Emiliano Zapata’s Plan of Ayala: Document Text




Emiliano Zapata’s Plan of Ayala: Document Text




Articles Providing for the Favorable Treatment of the Great Ching Emperor after His Abdication:The Full Text




Proclamation of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic: Document Analysis




Proclamation of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic:The Full Text




Balfour Declaration: Document Analysis




Balfour Declaration: The Full Text




Korean Declaration of Independence: Document Analysis




Korean Declaration of Independence:The Full Text




Covenant of the League of Nations: Document Analysis




Covenant of the League of Nations:The Full Text




Treaty of Versailles: Document Analysis




Treaty of Versailles: The Full Text




Resolution of the General Syrian Congress: Document Analysis




Resolution of the General Syrian Congress:The Full Text




Government of India Act: Document Analysis




Government of India Act: The Full Text




Resolutions of the National Congress of British West Africa: Document Analysis




Resolutions of the National Congress of British West Africa:The Full Text




Sun Yat-sen’s “The Three Principles of the People”: Document Analysis




Sun Yat-sen’s “The Three Principles of the People”:The Full Text




Treaty of Lausanne: Document Analysis




Treaty of Lausanne: The Full Text




Mao Zedong’s “Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan”: Document Analysis




Mao Zedong’s “Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan”:The Full Text




A. B. Xuma’s “Bridging the Gap between White and Black in South Africa”: Document Analysis




A. B. Xuma’s “Bridging the Gap between White and Black in South Africa”:The Full Text




Benito Mussolini’s “The Doctrine of Fascism”: Document Analysis




Benito Mussolini’s “The Doctrine of Fascism”:The Full Text




Adolf Hitler’s Proclamation to the German People: Document Analysis




Nuremberg Laws: Document Analysis




Nuremberg Laws: The Full Text




Lahore Resolution: Document Analysis




Lahore Resolution: The Full Text




Japan’s Fourteen-part Message: Document Analysis




Japan’s Fourteen-part Message:The Full Text




Mahatma Gandhi’s Speech to the All India Congress Committee: Document Analysis




Mahatma Gandhi’s Speech to the All India Congress Committee:The Full Text




Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam: Document Analysis




Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam:The Full Text




Winston Churchill’s “The Sinews of Peace”: Document Analysis




Winston Churchill’s “The Sinews of Peace”:The Full Text




Japanese Constitution: Document Analysis




Japanese Constitution: The Full Text




Jawaharlal Nehru’s Speeches on the Granting of Indian Independence: Document Analysis




Jawaharlal Nehru’s Speeches on the Granting of Indian Independence:The Full Text




Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel: Document Analysis




Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Document Analysis




Universal Declaration of Human Rights:The Full Text




Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War: Document Analysis




Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War:The Full Text




Constitution of India: Document Analysis




Constitution of India: The Full Text




Juan Perón’s “Twenty Fundamental Truths of Justicialism”: Document Analysis




Juan Perón’s “Twenty Fundamental Truths of Justicialism”:The Full Text




Fidel Castro’s History Will Absolve Me: Document Analysis




Fidel Castro’s History Will Absolve Me:The Full Text




Proclamation of the Algerian National Liberation Front: Document Analysis




Proclamation of the Algerian National Liberation Front:The Full Text




Freedom Charter of South Africa: Document Analysis




Freedom Charter of South Africa:The Full Text




Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal: Document Analysis




Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal:The Full Text




Patrice Lumumba’s Speech at the Proclamation of Congolese Independence: Document Analysis




Patrice Lumumba’s Speech at the Proclamation of Congolese Independence:The Full Text




“Mao Tse-tung’s Thought Is the Telescope and Microscope of Our Revolutionary Cause”: Document Analysis




“Mao Tse-tung’s Thought Is the Telescope and Microscope of Our Revolutionary Cause”:The Full Text




Arusha Declaration: Document Analysis




Arusha Declaration: The Full Text




UN Security Council Resolution 242: Document Analysis




UN Security Council Resolution 242:The Full Text




Palestinian National Charter: Document Analysis




Palestinian National Charter:The Full Text




Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist: Document Analysis




Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist:The Full Text




Biological Weapons Convention: Document Analysis




Biological Weapons Convention:The Full Text




Helsinki Final Act: Document Analysis




Helsinki Final Act: The Full Text




Constitution of the People’s Republic of China: Document Analysis




Constitution of the People’s Republic of China:The Full Text




Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation between South and North Korea: Document Analysis




Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation between South and North Korea:The Full Text




Treaty on European Union: Document Analysis




Treaty on European Union: The Full Text




Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural Address:The Full Text




Osama bin Laden’s Declaration of Jihad against Americans: Document Analysis




Osama bin Laden’s Declaration of Jihad against Americans:The Full Text




Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: Document Analysis




Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:The Full Text




Constitutive Act of the African Union: Document Analysis




Constitutive Act of the African Union:The Full Text