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Macchu Picchu
History; World history

Inca city, situated high above the Urabamba valley, Peru. It was probably a border outpost or religious center. The city was unknown to the Spanish conquistadors and lay ...

Ice Ages
History; World history

The cold phases of the Pleistocene epoch, a period of extreme oscillation in global temperatures with corresponding extensions and contractions of the polar ice sheets. The ...

Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
History; World history

Nationalist ssociation founded in 1873, descended from the Fenian Brotherhood. It intended to wage war against Britain, but lack of unity prevented a clear policy developing and ...

diarchy
History; World history

A form of government where power is shared between two joint authorities.

communism
History; World history

Political theory promoting common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange. The theory was first articulated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th ...

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 ...

iron curtain
History; World history

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

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