The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1994 - 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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... European needs . In addition , the fact that most colonies received substantial capital investment , primarily from the parent state , suggested that they were being exploited by European cap- italists . To some extent these criticisms ...
... European needs . In addition , the fact that most colonies received substantial capital investment , primarily from the parent state , suggested that they were being exploited by European cap- italists . To some extent these criticisms ...
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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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