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Wars Of History: PUNIC wars of history, in ancient history, the general name applied to three great wars of history between the Romans and the Carthaginians. The first (264—241 B.C.) was for the possession of Sicily, and ended by the Carthaginians having to withdraw from the island. The second (218-201 B.C.), the war in which Hannibal gained his great victories in Italy, was a death struggle between the two rival powers; it ended with decisive victory to the Romans. The third (149-146 B.C.) was a wanton one for the destruction of Carthage, which was effected in the last-named year. See also CARTHAGE; ITALY—3. History (Roman Italy) ; ROME—History of Rome, City and State.
In order to explain the climactic and preponderant part of his history, the Greco-Persian wars of history of the early 5th century, he assumes a European-Asiatic feud going back to the mythical abductions of lo and Europa. From this point, with digressions into the history, ethnology, and folklore of such peoples as the Egyptians, Lydians, Scythians, Persians, and Creeks, he proceeds to narrate the impious enterprise of the Persian king Xerxes, his immense expedition to crush the Athenians, leading to the punishment of his pride in the great defeats that he suffered at Salamis and Plataea.
Home Fruit Planting.—Until the 20th century the history of fruit growing was the history of the home orchard, a local product raised for local consumption. The phenomenal growth of the fruit industry tends now to overshadow this past, and the fact that home planting, which for years was on the decline, is once again arousing interest and effort. The trend toward the decentralization of industry, the suburban movement, garden club activity as well as the interest in gardening stimulated during World wars of history I and II have contributed to this end. |
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