World history

World history

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World history

Norodom Sihanouk (31 October 1922 – 15 October 2012) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until 2004. He was the effective ruler of Cambodia from 1953 until 1970. After his ...

Imperialism

History; World history

Nineteenth-century international system by which wealthy countries acquired and exploited underdeveloped countries for financial and military advantages. A colonial empire was desired as a mark of ...

Jacobins

History; World history

The most violent and extreme political group of the French Revolution, formed in 1789 as the Society of Friends of the Constitution. Led by Maximilien de Robespierre, they implemented the Reign of ...

Iron curtain

History; World history

An imaginary line dividing communist eastern Europe from western Europe in the Cold War. The term was popularised after use by Winston Churchill in 1946.

Ashoka

History; World history

Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BC to 232 BC. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day ...

Babur

History; World history

First Mughal emperor (r.1501-30). Driven from Ferghana by the Uzbegs in 1501, he launched a series of attempts to invade India, culminating with his victory over Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat ...

Jizya

History; World history

Under Islamic law, jizya is a per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens. From the point of view of the Muslim rulers, jizya was a material proof of the non-Muslims' ...