Search results
1 day ago · The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of South Asia and Hong Kong.
1 day ago · The Indian subcontinent, due to its large population, had one of the largest economy of any region in the world for most of the interval between the 1st and 18th centuries. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ failed verification ] [ 5 ] [ better source needed ] Angus Maddison estimates that from 1-1000 AD India constituted roughly 30% of the world's Population and GDP.
6 hours ago · The Malayan Emergency(1948–1960) was a guerrilla war fought in the Federation of Malaya between communist fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya, British Empire and Commonwealth. The communists fought to win independence for Malaya from the British Empire and to establish a ...
6 hours ago · In 1951, the Festeeval o Britain wis held on the Sooth Bank. The Great Smog o 1952 led tae the Clean Air Act 1956 , that endit the " pea soup fogs " for whilk Lunnon haed been notorious. Frae the 1940s onwart, Lunnon became hame tae numerous immigrants , lairgely frae Commonweel countries lik Jamaica , Indie, Bangladesh an Pakistan , makkin Lunnon ane o the maist diverse ceeties in Europe.
1 day ago · With its smaller population, Portugal found itself unable to effectively defend its overstretched network of trading posts, and the empire began a long and gradual decline. Eventually, Brazil became the most valuable colony of the second era of empire (1663–1825), until, as part of the wave of independence movements that swept the Americas during the early 19th century, it broke away in 1822.
1 day ago · Based on 2015 estimates of the population of Sierra Leone, 77% of the population are Muslims, 22% are Christians, and 1% practise African traditional religion. According to 2020 estimates by the Pew Research Center [ 180 ] 78.5% of Sierra Leone's population are Muslims (mostly Sunni ), 20.4% are Christians (mostly Protestants ) and 1.1% belong to a traditional African religion or other beliefs.
1 day ago · Schleswig-Holstein ([/ˈʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪ̯n/] ; amtlich Land Schleswig-Holstein; niederdeutsch Sleswig-Holsteen, dänisch Slesvig-Holsten, nordfriesisch Slaswik-Holstiinj, Abkürzung SH) ist eine parlamentarische Republik und ein teilsouveräner Gliedstaat (Land) der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
