General and world history

In spite of Singapore's small size, it has long had a major impact on the world because of its geographical location and its wealth.

Social media has facilitated the sharing of once isolated testimonies to an extent and with an ease never before possible.

Tibet is a land bounded by the world's highest mountains, and it is the repository of an ancient culture.

For Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War altered forever the history, topography, people, economy, and politics of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), Cambodia, and Laos.

For nearly four decades the conflict in Ireland has embittered relations between the communities living there and spoiled relations between the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.

Eurocentrism influences virtually all established historical writing.

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On March 21, 1990, Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first president of independent Namibia.

Kazakhstan is in some ways a very old nation dating back to the Kazakh Khanate of 1458, but it dramatically transformed within the Russian Empire and even more so during the period when it was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The 1930s were dominated by economic collapse, stagnation, and mass unemployment.

The War of 1812 was an extremely complicated war motivated by British seizures of American vessels and goods, American desire to expand into Canada, and impressment of American sailors into the British Navy.

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Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures.

The Enlightenment Movement changed society forever, driving it forward through new and fresh ways of thinking about science, religion, history, politics, and culture.

In the history of the United States, few periods could more justly be regarded as the best and worst of times than the Kennedy-Johnson era.

Human beings have been concerned about nature and their place in it for millennia.

The "e;holy poor"e; have long maintained an elite status within Christianity.

Croatia, a former republic of Yugoslavia, has been a self-declared independent state since July 25, 1991.

In 1898, documentary footage of a yacht race was shot by Robert A.

The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo provides a comprehensive set of references on the country's history, politics, economics, and culture.

Originating in India, the Gypsies arrived in Europe around the 14th century, spreading not only across the entirety of the continent but also immigrating to the Americas.

The Republic of Moldova claims a European lineage reaching back in time long before its 14th century accession to statehood.

This inspiring memoir begins in 1983, on the day John Charles Thomas was sworn in as the first Black-and, at thirty-two years of age, the youngest-justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia in the commonwealth's history.

Members of the Church of England until the mid-16th century, the Puritans thought the Church had become too political and needed to be "e;purified.

During the Vietnam War, the U.

The Key to the Door frames and highlights the stories of some of the first black students at the University of Virginia.

Bangladesh (literally, the land of the Bengalis) is the most recent addition (in 1971) to the independent nations of South Asia.

Mesoamerica is one of six major areas of the world where humans independently changed their culture from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle into settled communities, cities, and civilization.

This engaging reference examines the history of, the search for, and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by the Ancient Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese seamen.

Both traditions recognize and draw theological and historical lessons from some of the same narrative sources, but this is the first comparative resource to provide interdisciplinary coverage of the history and textual sources associated with prophets and prophecy.

Ever since the end of World War II, and even more so since 1960, when 17 African colonies became independent of colonial rule, the African continent has been ravaged by a series of wars.

The relationship between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China is traced in this dictionary containing hundreds of cross-referenced entries on the presidents and prime ministers, the secretaries of state and foreign ministers, other key players, and the more significant institutions and events.

Aesthetics is not a "e;factual"e; discipline; there are no aesthetic facts.

The period from 1913 to 1933 is not often seen as a coherent entity in the history of the United States.

Cote d'Ivoire remains one of the most intriguing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

For some in our society, diversity is a threat.

The period from the outset of World War I to the end of World War II was among the most significant in the history of the United States.

William Jefferson Clinton's legacy remains a matter of significant contention among historians, political scientists, and pundits even after a decade of time to reflect.

British Intelligence is the oldest, most experienced organization of its kind in the world, the unseen hand behind so many world events, and glamorized by James Bond.

Human beings have been concerned about nature and their place in it for millennia.

Benin is now perceived of as a model of democracy in Africa because it has successfully established a democratic political system based on consensus and regular and fair elections, and it continues to improve its electoral and parliamentary systems.

The Historical Dictionary of the Vikings traces Viking activity in Europe, North America, and Asia for over three centuries.

The 1930s were dominated by economic collapse, stagnation, and mass unemployment.

This dictionary covers the complex and costly conflict that began when Germany, ruled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, invaded neighboring Poland on 1 September 1939; and concluded when Germany surrendered on 7-9 May 1945, leaving much of the European continent in ruins and its population devastated.

Scholarship on lynching has typically been confined to the extralegal execution of African Americans in the American South.

The lively and engaging emblems within The Soul, Lover of God unite the 17th century poetry and art of two famous European authors, Madame Jeanne de la Mothe Guyon and Jesuit priest Herman Hugo.

In 1965, Gene Basset, a well-known political cartoonist, was sent to Vietnam by his newspaper publishing syndicate.

The Spirit of Creativity is a systemic study of human creativity.

Many are aware that gerrymandering exists and suspect it plays a role in our elections, but its history goes far deeper, and its impacts are far greater, than most realize.

Here, for the first time in English, is an illuminating German perspective on the decisive blitzkrieg campaign.