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Dust Bowl
History; World history

The mid-western states of the USA during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when they were seriously affected by drought, causing poverty and migration.

Dutch East Indies
History; World history

Modern Indonesia, exploited by the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. It was occupied by Britain in 1798 and restored to the Netherlands in 1816. Under Japanese control ...

Dutch Revolt
History; World history

Rebellion, also called the Eighty Years War (1568- 1648), by which the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands won their independence from Spanish rule. Initial disturbances ...

Dvaravati
History; World history

Mon kingdom of southern Thailand (c.550-1050). Though never a great power, Dvaravati played an important role in the transmission of Indian cultural influence to the Khmers, Thais ...

Dyukhtai tradition
History; World history

Upper Paleolithic stone-tool industry (c.20,000-12,000 ya) that represents the first human colonization of far northeast Asia (eastern Siberia). It is characterized by bifacial ...

Dzungaria
History; World history

Asian territory, now part of China. An Oirat Mongol khanate established there in the 1630s strongly resisted Manchu expansion. Internal division led to its extremely bloody ...

Joseph Francois Dupleix
History; World history

French administrator (1697-1763). While the governor-general of French possessions in India (1742-54) he attempted to drive out the English and establish a French empire in India. ...

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