World history

World history

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World history

The first patriarch in the Bible. Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and was rewarded for being prepared to do so. He is considered by Jewish people as the father of the Israelites ...

Stock Market Crash

History; World history

(1929)The steep fall in the prices of stocks due to widespread financial panic. It was caused by stock brokers who called in the loans they had made to stock investors. This caused stock prices to ...

Inca

History; World history

A Mesoamerican civilization of South America, centred in Peru. The Inca ruled a large empire and had many cultural and scientific achievements including an elaborate road system, architecture, and ...

Industrial Revolution

History; World history

In the second half of the 19th century, it was the fundamental change in the way goods were produced through the use of machines, capital, and the centralization of work forces in factories. It ...

Natural resources

History; World history

Resources that are supplied by nature. Nations often use these to increase their economic output, usually with little regard to environmental factors. A growing environmentalist movement is beginning ...

World Bank Group

History; World history

A vast financial resource owned and controlled by its membership of over 180 countries. The purpose of the bank, established in 1944, is to provide loans and economic advice to its member countries. ...

Self-determination

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Refers to a number of distinct human rights. These include the right to equality under the law, the right to a nationality, the right to freely leave and return to a person's country of origin, the ...