The British government waged the Opium War against China and forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. By the end of the 19th century, the British Empire included a quarter of the global population and nearly a quarter of the world's landmass. It became the largest...
Learn how the Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world into two halves for Spain and Portugal. Understand the agreement that set the stage for European expansion. Updated: 11/21/2023 Table of Contents What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? Spanish and Portuguese Exploration What did the Treaty of...
historic：指重要的历史事件，表示“有历史意义的;历史上著名的”，比如历史性的公告a historic announcement。有时同一个名词，用两者修饰都可以，但含义不同：我们说历史上某一次战斗是 a historic event，那是说这次战斗在历史上有名或有影响；同时也可以说它是 a historical event，那是说它在历史上...
as the world's largest economy, the economic development of the United States has a significant impact on China. Chinese investors are also paying close attention to changes in the U.S. stock market, the dollar and commodity prices. Generally speaking, it can be divided into the following asp...
Despite this display of good faith and the treaty’s popularity with the people, Imperator Messer XI refused to sign it. For years after the agreement, UEE military ships still patrolled Perry Line systems more uncertain than ever about what they were doing there. It wasn’t until 2792...
China had resisted Western initiatives to establish trade, but this changed as a direct result of theTreaty of Nanking. This defeat forced China to accept the establishment of Shanghai as atreaty port, which included granting concessions or settlements to the leading Western powers of that time,...
This is a brief comment of the recent events related to the adoption of the European Constitutional Treaty. The conditions for treaty adopting the Treaty made from itself a defeat. But this is the premise for a new start: people around Europe can start talking about the Euro...
Woodrow Wilson wanted a treaty based on his 14-point plan which he believed would bring peace to Europe. Georges Clemenceau wanted revenge. He wanted to be sure that Germany could never start another war again. Lloyd George personally agreed with Wilson but knew that the British public agreed ...
7 The Fading, the Comeback 衰退和复兴 During the 1960s and 1970s, work in re-entry went from strength to strength. The same was certainly not true of scramjets, which reached a peak of activity in t…
Within hours of the start of the search, every red haired Co Leitrim man had missing from his head, both scalp and a hand full of hair. They never were able to prove who killed Lord Leitrim. Talk about joining ranks when the pressure was on. My grandmother, Anne McTiernan, nee Mc...