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Hace 1 día · In the 18th century, a tremendous number of official academies and societies were founded in Europe, and by 1789 there were over 70 official scientific societies. In reference to this growth, Bernard de Fontenelle coined the term "the Age of Academies" to describe the 18th century.
Hace 4 días · Mr Steve Cushion, review of Empire of Cotton: A Global History, (review no. 1873) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1873 Date accessed: 28 May, 2024
Hace 4 días · In the early 19th century, three major political currents took shape in Cuba: reformism, annexation and independence. Spontaneous and isolated actions added a current of abolitionism . The 1776 Declaration of Independence by the Thirteen Colonies and the successes of the French Revolution of 1789 influenced early Cuban liberation movements, as did the successful revolt of black slaves in Haiti ...
Hace 1 día · In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Locke's Two Treatises were rarely cited. Historian Julian Hoppit said of the book "except among some Whigs, even as a contribution to the intense debate of the 1690s it made little impression and was generally ignored until 1703 (though in Oxford in 1695 it was reported to have made 'a great noise')."
Hace 2 días · One early movement headed south to the upper Zambezi valley in the 2nd century BC. The Bantu then pushed westward to the savannahs of present-day Angola and eastward into Malawi , Zambia , and Zimbabwe in the 1st century AD, forming the Gokomere culture in the 5th century AD, the predecessor to Leopard's Kopje , which would later evolve into the kingdoms of Mapungubwe and Zimbabwe . [119]
Hace 4 días · Contains primary source documents that relate to the governance of, and activities in, the American, Canadian and West Indian colonies of England. [1570-1759] Early American Imprints, Series I (1639 - 1800) This link opens in a new window. Digitized collection of primary documents and images of American life from 1639-1800.
Hace 2 días · The recorded history of Haiti began in 1492, when the European captain and explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people, who ...
