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The Big Men
After independence, many African nations fell under dictators known as “Big Men.” Learn how Mobutu, Idi Amin, Bokassa, and Mugabe seized power, how Cold War rivalry kept them there, and why their era began to end after 1991. Source
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges Ahead
Nairobi, Kenya, has 83 skyscrapers and is one of 204 African cities with at least one tall building. Business is thriving in many African cities as growing populations create new markets for shops, banks, restaurants, technology, construction, and other industries. Africa south…
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The Partition of India and Pakistan
In 1947, British India was divided into India and Pakistan. Millions crossed the new borders, violence erupted, and the strange geography of Pakistan eventually led to the birth of Bangladesh. Source
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Subcontinent
The Himalayas form a wall of ice and rock along the northern edge of the Indian subcontinent. The mountains separate the region from much of the rest of Asia. This enormous natural barrier helps explain why geographers consider the region a subcontinent rather than simply…
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Western Roman Empire steadily lost territory to Germanic-speaking peoples. By 476 CE, the Western imperial government was gone, but the people who lived there did not suddenly stop being Roman. Roman political power disappeared from the West, but much of Roman civilization…