World history

World history

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World history

Indian seaport on the Bay of Bengal. England built a base there in 1639–40, from which the East India Company extended its control of the region (1688–1749). From the beginning of the 19th century it ...

Puritan revolution

History; World history

Political and religious revolution in England between 1640-1660. The monarchy was abolished in favor of the Republic led by Oliver Cromwell. , I ended up with the seat of Charles II to the throne. ...

Japanese feudalism

History; World history

Broadly, feudalism was a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour. Japanese feudalism differs from European feudalism in ...

Tokugawa Ieyasu

History; World history

Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in ...

Natural history

History; World history

The scientific study of living things and objects that are found in nature and of how they change over time.

Kiev

History; World history

Capital of Kievan Rus (c.882-1240). Kiev was already a flourishing town when captured by the Varangian (Viking) Askold in about 860. Askold was expelled in 882 by Oleg of the Ryurik dynasty, who ...

Kievan Rus

History; World history

Rus state, founded by Oleg of the Ryurik dynasty when he moved his capital from Novgorod to Kiev in about 882. Under Igor (913-45) and Svyatoslav I (r.945-72) Kievan control extended from the Gulf of ...