Primary Resources (A Selective List)

Among the primary sources included are iconic legal and constitutional documents such as the Code of Hammurabi, Magna Carta, and African Union Constitutive Act; famous treatises such as the Communist Manifesto, and Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad against America; important international agreements from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to the Treaty of Versailles; and cultural and political declarations such as Gandhi's Quit India Speech and Nelson Mandela's Inaugural Address.

Milestone Documents of World Religions examines the key sacred texts and foundational documents of the world's primary religions, from ancient times to the present, providing researchers with a fresh perspective on how critical religious texts have influenced both the past and the present.

"Composed first in Spanish by Bartholomew de las Casas, a Bishop there, and eye-witness of most of these barbarous cruelties; afterward translated French and now taught to speak modern English."--verso
Reprint. Originally published in 1552.