One note per place — history, economy, quirks, and whatever else stuck after reading or visiting.
One note per place — history, economy, quirks, and whatever else stuck after reading or visiting.
11 items under this folder.
Taino / Hispaniola From initial contact in 1492… “By 1519, a third of the aboriginal population had died because of Smallpox” (source) In addition to forced labor… “Once the Indians entered the mines, they were often wiped out by hunger and difficult conditions.
Easter Islands A common hypothesis is held that the apparent decline of Rapa Nui culture and society before European arrival in 1722 was caused by the over-exploitation of the island’s environment, most notably through deforestation of almost all the island’s trees.
Francisco Macias, President of Equatorial Guinea 1968-1979, remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in history, overthrown in a coup by his nephew and executed, killed 50-400k people… kids were looked after in N.
1508-1519 Max I, Holy Roman Emperor “the last knight” (der letzte Ritter)… The historian Thomas A. Brady Jr.
France’s modern empire.
2012 McKinsey analysis predicting Indonesia might overtake Germany and Britain as 7th largest economy by 2030, report, article By 2030, Indonesia will have added 90 million people to its consuming class—more than any other country except China and India.
1300-1500 Tenochtitlan , Aztec Mexico City The city was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico.
Land reform By 1986, 2% controlled 30% of land, and 60% of farmers had no land, YT , haciendas related to encomienda without real land reform, giving land to farmers, farmers won’t work productively and built export-quality goods e.g.
1905 Revolution The 1905 revolution was primarily spurred by the international humiliation as a result of the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, which ended in the same year.Many historians contend that the 1905 revolution set the stage for the 1917 Russian Revolutions which saw the monarchy ...
Bolivar and San Martin was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.
1823, Monroe Doctrine no European colonialism in the Americas, would be perceived as a hostile act to the US 1845, “Manifest destiny” coined by journalist in 1845 regarding annexing Texas and claiming Oregon (from the British) Texas “[it is] our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted ...