For the longest time, immigration was not understood as a concept the same way that it is today. People would migrate without much concern about borders, mainly because borders used to be fluid in Europe. In the United States, people who initially colonized the country were not considering ...
History and leadership The Philippines was colonized by Spain for almost 400 years and then by the United States of America for the next 50 years. It proclaimed its independence from Spain on 12 June 1898. As an American ally, it was occupied for four years by the Japanese Imperial Army ...
Some cultures went straight from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, bypassing the Copper and Bronze Ages, when their culture was infiltrated by immigrants who brought Iron Age tools with them; such as when the British colonized Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Focusing on Ancient Near East, the...
And that was a tough struggle, and we were of the opinion that colonialism was an international problem. So to fight off colonialism, we should also fight on an international level. That means that the Asian-African countries, who were at that time still colonized, should be mobilized. Third...
Over the 19th century the interior of Africa was gradually discovered and colonized by Europeans. Britain led the way in the race. Apart from the colonies in the South and West, Britain was also involved in the North East in Egypt and the Sudan. 3. Aggression against China In 1840, the ...
though Canada was controlled by Britain after the Seven Years’ War, French were the founders of the colony, and thus were able to maintain their language and culture. There was also a large English-speaking population already and the German population was extremely diverse and divided. German ...
Reports of the massacre were devastating to Britain’s global reputation, and global sentiment turned toward Gandhi and his movement. Gandhi was beginning to show the world that there was more than one kind of power, especially in a world that was growing increasingly connected by a vast communi...
perhaps the first wild camellia sinensis plant, was blown by the wind, into the bowl. He drank the water that had been infused with the leaves. Noticing it had a pleasant taste and effect on his mind and body, he spread knowledge of tea to the people. He also used it as an antidote...
“It’s very interesting to see how these early sonic experiments that were created in Jamaica have had this lasting legacy,” Letts says. “It’s a testament to the power of Jamaican music. This tiny little island that spent so many years under colonization has culturally colonized the ...
234 -- true enough, though the distinction seems kinda immaterial in this context -- white people in Britain 1818 thinking curry was cool was a result of about 50 years of hardcore imperialism and maybe about 125 years of somewhat less hardcore imperialism (i.e., armed trading posts). So ...