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Aug 19, 2015 · The map below shows the decolonization of Africa. Nowadays, of the 857 diverse ethnic groups in Africa, 28% are divided by borders of two or more countries. This colonial heritage still periodically leads to violence and instability. In 1870, only 10 percent of Africa was under European control. By 1914 it had risen to almost 90 percent of the ...
The Conquest of the Desert ( Spanish: Conquista del desierto) was an Argentine military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca during the 1870s and 1880s with the intention of establishing dominance over Patagonia, inhabited primarily by indigenous peoples. The Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine territories into ...
May 23, 2018 · POMERANIA. POMERANIA, former duchy, subsequently Prussian territory; divided between Poland and Germany since 1945.The earliest references to Jewish settlement in Pomerania date from the 13 th century, when (in 1261) Duke Barnim I decreed that the clauses of the Magdeburg *Law concerning the Jews would apply to Stettin and the rest of Pomerania.
Between 1874 and 1879 emigration declined somewhat, but after 1880 economic fluctuations fuelled the next and largest wave of emigration, which only began to subside in the mid-1890s. This report by a British royal commission analyzes the causes and effects of German emigration. It highlights low wages, a lack of employment opportunities, and ...
The Conquest of California was an important military campaign of the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California, then a part of Mexico. The conquest lasted from 1846 into 1847, until military leaders from both the Californios and Americans signed the Treaty of Cahuenga, which ended the conflict in California ...
The Duchy of Eastern Pomerania, [a] was a duchy centred on Pomerelia, with Gdańsk as its capital. The duchy was formed after gaining independence from the Kingdom of Poland in the 11th century, following the death of Bolesław I the Brave in 1025. The duchy was then integrated back into Poland in 1046 or 1048 by Casimir I the Restorer, and its ...
Dec 15, 2009 · The westward expansion of the United States is one of the defining themes of 19th-century American history, but it is not just the story of Jefferson’s expanding “empire of liberty.”. On the ...
