History of  Moses   The Jews, or Hebrews, as they were also called, under the leadership of their patriarch Abraham, emigrated first from Mesopotamia to Canaan in Plaestine about 2000 BC. Much of our information about early Jewish history comes from the Old Testament and according to the biblical story they suffered terrible hardships from famine in their new country. Therefore, the grandson of Abraham, known as Jacob or Israel, decided...

Why was Bertrand Russell famous?   Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher who lived from 1872 to 1970. In the first half of his long life, he developed ways of using logic to build knowledge and he provided a logical basis for the principles of mathematics. But Russell was also a man who dearly loved people as well as ideas. He spoke out against war and defended the right of people...