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May 9, 2024 · triangular trade. slave trade. Middle Passage, the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World. It was one leg of the triangular trade route that took goods (such as knives, guns, ammunition, cotton cloth, tools, and brass dishes) from Europe to Africa, Africans to work as slaves in the Americas and West Indies ...
May 17, 2024 · Korean Workers’ Party, North Korean political party that from its foundation in 1946 was the state’s primary agency of political power. Until his death in July 1994, Kim Il-Sung held all key KWP party positions; leadership subsequently passed to his son, Kim Jong Il, and his grandson Kim Jong-Un.
3 days ago · The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt , lit. ' Việt people ' or ' Việt humans ') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh , lit. 'Metropolitan people'), also recognized as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.
May 8, 2024 · Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theater in World War II, administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation that followed, and led United Nations forces during the first nine months of the Korean War. Learn more about MacArthur’s life and career in this article.
3 days ago · Progressivism in South Korea. Feminism in South Korea is the origin and history of feminism or women's rights in South Korea. As of 2023, South Korea ranked 105th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum 's Gender Gap Index which evaluates gender-based gaps in education, welfare, employment, and political power.
May 24, 2024 · mercantilism, economic theory and practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century that promoted governmental regulation of a nation’s economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. It was the economic counterpart of political absolutism. Its.
4 days ago · SEOUL, South Korea — A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong ...
