The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... European Colonial Empires . Modern European expansion can be dated from the Portuguese con- quest of Ceuta ( in Morocco ) in 1415 to the Ital- ian occupation of Abyssinia ( Ethiopia ) in 1936 . Within this period there were two ...
... European Colonial Empires . Modern European expansion can be dated from the Portuguese con- quest of Ceuta ( in Morocco ) in 1415 to the Ital- ian occupation of Abyssinia ( Ethiopia ) in 1936 . Within this period there were two ...
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... Europe , produced partly by international rivalries and partly by racist theories . All these explanations focus in Europe , but while there were elements of truth in each , the evidence suggests that the dynamics of European expansion ...
... Europe , produced partly by international rivalries and partly by racist theories . All these explanations focus in Europe , but while there were elements of truth in each , the evidence suggests that the dynamics of European expansion ...
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... European civilization , but no other substantial European possessions were more affected by colonialism . The same general tendency occurred in most other European dependencies as government be- came more complex and European education ...
... European civilization , but no other substantial European possessions were more affected by colonialism . The same general tendency occurred in most other European dependencies as government be- came more complex and European education ...
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