The left tried to delegitimize the treaty and simultaneously tip the scales of the domestic politics in favour of the minorities. This shifted the levers of implicit assumptions about the political community and effectively blocked the political efficacy of the treaty on the domestic level. Such ...
Though the United States doesn't have as long of a history as some Old World countries, it still has plenty of historical charm. Stacker brings you a list of the 50 oldest cities in America.
Following theTreaty of Tianjin, the port of Tamsui at the mouth of the Tamsui River was open to trade with foreigners, with Taipei as the main place of trade. Theinflux of trade led to rapid development in Bangka. However, the muddy shore at Bangka made it difficult for boats to dock, ...
World War IVictorious French troops marced through Strasbourg on 22 November 1918. The town was annexed by the Germans during the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71)but returned to France after the treaty of Versailles. Germany occupied the city again in the Second World War. ...
Gardening has a long history. It is one of the oldest pastimes in the world. Roses are known to be on the earth before there are human beings, and now there are 300 kinds of roses grown in gardens. Gardening is so big a subject that you can spend your wh
pacifist William Penn received the charter for the Pennsylvania colony in 1681, he signed a peace treaty with Lenape leader Tamanend. A few years later, in 1688, Philadelphians signed the Germantown Petition Against Slavery, which in the New World marked the first organized protest against slavery...
out of World War I, then later joining the Allies and trying to negotiate a peace treaty visibly aged him while in office, and he had a tendency to overwork himself. In 1919, Wilson suffered a severe stroke after months of ill health while trying to win support for his treaty, leaving ...
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Researchers thought the bottle probably arrived on western Australian shores within a year after being dropped and has been well preserved within a layer of damp sand ever since. The discovery broke the Guinness world record of the oldest-known message in a bottle....
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