coastal mountain ranges made it difficult for any community in Greece to dominate more than a few square miles of land. Therefore, in the Greek world (which byc.600bcestretched from the coasts ofAsia Minorto what is now southern France) there were dozens of centres of government. The termci...
Southern Rhodesia and responsible government The granting of Responsible Government to Southern Rhodesia in 1923 was perhaps one of the most extraordinary acts of the Imperial Government in the twentieth century. Winston Churchill, who had been Secretary of State for the Colonies a... JM Mackenzie ...
andthe"Improvement"ofthe World. By Richard Drayton (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2000) 346 pp. $40.00 Nature's Government spans the biblical Garden of Eden and William Thistelton-Dyer's accession to the post of botanical advisor to the British Secretary of State for the Colonies in ...
A country of southeast Europe on the southern Balkan Peninsula and including numerous islands in the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian Seas. Settled by Achaeans, Aeolians, Ionians, Minoans, and Dorians by 1000 bc, the region grew as an amalgam of independent city-states, many of which establ...
Australia is a country in theSouthern Hemisphere, south of Asia, nearIndonesia,New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. It is an island nation that comprises the Australiancontinentas well as the island of Tasmania and some other small islands. Australia is considered a developed nation, and it has...
How did slavery influence the society and economy of the southern colonies? Explore our homework questions and answers library Search Browse Browse by subject Ask a Homework Question Tutors available By submitting, I am agreeing to theTerms of UseandHonor Code.Already a member?Log in her...
while southerners held that slavery was a matter for each state to decide on its own. When a group of southern states attempted to secede from the Union, war broke out and was fought on the principle of the preservation of the republic. With the defeat of the southern states and their ...
This chapter considers the emergence of public libraries in the southern colonies, looking at how access to knowledge, education, and book provision were understood. It focuses primarily on the various meanings attaching to the word 'public' in the nineteenth century and on the development of '...
The result was a bloody Civil War, which【C11】___ in a crushing defeat for the Southern States and left【C12】___ in ruins. The constitution of a State Government is similar to【C13】___ of the Federal Government. At the top is a Governor【C14】___ role resembles that of ...
A number of factors affected this apparent reversal of intent, including fears for the security of Britain's remaining colonies in southern Africa and the need to retain the use of the Simonstown naval base, though the most important influence was the desire to safeguard export earnings.doi:...