South American environment
The Andes mountains run down the Pacific side of South America South America is a long, narrow continent running from the equator down nearly to the South Pole. So the north [...]
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09, 2017
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09, 2017
History of Brazil – Brazil and colonization
History of Brazil: The Tapuia people, ca. 1650 (by Albert Eckhout) Tupi war with Tapuia In the late 1400s AD, the Tupi people had just won a big war with the Tapuia people. [...]
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06, 2017
Food in Qing Dynasty China
Qing Dynasty Chinese food: Chinese sweet potato noodles New traders come to China In 1506 AD, the first Portuguese sailing ships - led by Columbus' cousin - reached China, and [...]
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05, 2017
African Economy – Early Modern
Early modern African economy: Guinea Cloth (Cotton) Early Modern African economy In the late 1400s AD, Portuguese traders figured out how to sail to West Africa instead of getting there [...]
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05, 2017
History of Angola – African History
Kingdom of Ndongo In 1500 AD, some of the people who lived in what is now Angola were Bantu and some were San. A Bantu man from Congo, Kiluanje, probably started the [...]
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05, 2017
History of Botswana – African History
History of Botswana: Where is Botswana? Tswana people in the 1500s In 1500 AD, the Tswana people lived in what is now Botswana. That's in the middle of the southern part of [...]
