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Hace 4 días · European colonizationof the Americas. During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century. The Norse had explored and colonized areas of Europe and the North Atlantic, colonizing Greenland and creating a ...
Hace 23 horas · Rome was annexed by Napoleon and was part of the First French Empire from 1798 to 1814. Modern history, the period from the 19th century to the present. Rome came under siege again after the Allied invasion of Italy and was bombed several times. It was declared an open city on 14 August 1943.
Hace 5 días · Machu Picchu, site of ancient Inca ruins located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Cuzco, Peru, in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba of the Andes Mountains. It is perched above the Urubamba River valley in a narrow saddle between two sharp peaks—Machu Picchu (“Old Peak”) and Huayna Picchu (“New Peak”)—at an elevation of 7,710 feet ...
Hace 2 días · The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries and ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across eight modern-day countries, ranging from Estonia in the north and east, to the ...
Hace 5 días · Sir Henry Percy (born May 20, 1364—died July 21, 1403, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England) was an English rebel who led the most serious of the uprisings against King Henry IV (reigned 1399–1413). His fame rests to a large extent on his inclusion as a major character in William Shakespeare ’s Henry IV.
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Hace 3 días · Annual temperatures must average around 27°C (80°F), there must be at least two meters (6.5 feet) of rainfall per year, and cacao grows best in a shaded environment. In other words, cacao grows only in hot, humid, tropical forested environments. Pic 3: Forest environment where cacao grows (Click on image to enlarge)
Hace 5 días · Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, ISBN: 9780754657897; 210pp.; Price: £55.00. Glenn Richardson’s latest contribution to early modern Anglo-French relations comes in the form of this edited volume covering nearly three centuries of contact between England and France from 1420 to 1700. The Contending Kingdoms is essentially the proceedings of a ...
