37 Terms
Contributors in World history
World history
hijacking
History; World history
The taking control of a public transport vehicle, such as an airliner or train to use the people aboard as hostages.
Louis XVI
History; World history
(1754-1793) King of France between 1774 and 1792. He was overthrown during the French Revolution and later beheaded.
Nagasaki
History; World history
Japanese city devastated during World War II when the United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Aug 8th, 1945.
Pax Romana
History; World history
A 200 hundred year period of relative peace throughout the Roman Empire. Occurs during the first two centuries C.E..
river valley
History; World history
A valley that is carved out by the river. Often have fertile land, and are the sites for the earliest civilizations.
Carbon-14 Dating
History; World history
A chemical analysis used to resolve the age of organic material based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14.
Commonwealth of Independent States
History; World history
Nation created after the breakup of the Soviet Union. It includes Russia and several smaller former Soviet republics.
