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23 hours ago · The region today: Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.
23 hours ago · A. N. Sherwin-White records that serious discussion of the reasons for Roman persecution of Christians began in 1890 when it produced "20 years of controversy" and three main opinions: first, there was the theory held by most French and Belgian scholars that "there was a general enactment, precisely formulated and valid for the whole empire, which forbade the practice of the Christian religion.
23 hours ago · The Thirty Years' War, [ j] from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from the effects of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [ 19]
23 hours ago · This is a list of proxy wars.Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".
23 hours ago · 2,000,000–4,500,000 displaced, [ 13] 500,000 of whom fled abroad [ 14] The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967.
- Southeastern Nigeria
- Dissolution of the Republic of Biafra
- Nigerian victory
23 hours ago · This course provides you with an introduction to issues in intercultural communication. You will leave this course with an understanding of the ways in which our linguistic and cultural backgrounds may influence how we realize social functions using language, or – in other words – how speakers and listeners make meaning, and how they “do things with words.”
23 hours ago · 299 JFK in late '63, the press and the usual suspects kneecap Barry Goldwater, barely five years later LBJ drops out in March, April MLK killed, and then RFK. Going into 69 by July the Astronauts had landed on the Moon, and Mr. Kennedy and the unfortunate incident with Mary Jo was relegated to the back pages.
