The period is beloved for its attention to high morals, modesty and proper decorum, as inspired by the Queen and her husband, Prince Albert. ... For more information on the Victorian era, we offer the following features: Politics and World Events Religion and Faith Science and Technology The Arts Victorian Fashions Victorian Hairstyles Cooking and Dining in the Victorian Era Recipes From the Victorian Era Movies Set During the Victorian Era Special Events for the Victorian Enthusiast The Victorian Art of Letter Writing A Review of Victorian Architecture Creating a...

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Prince Henry the Navigator Prince Henry the Navigator seldom left Portugal, but he helped make it possible for the first Europeans to explore Africa. ... Prince Henry helped unlock the secrets of Africa. ...

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V P Menon was the Constitutional Adviser to the last three Viceroys during British rule in India. He was the only Indian in Mountbatten's inner team. Menon's plan for the partition of India into two Dominions was the one which was eventually adopted. It was Menon who realised the need to get the Princely States to accede to India before the date of independence and that Mountbatten was the ideal person to facilitate this. When the communal violence began following independence, Menon asked Mountbatten to take charge. ...

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The Early Life of Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah was born on 21 September 1909 in the village of Nkroful in Nzima in the Gold Coast, what was then a British West African Colony. Starting at a young age, Nkrumah began to show signs of a great interest in reading and the quest for knowledge. He attend...

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On television reruns, the divided rulers of Paul Scott's Jewel in the Crown sip their tea in scented hill stations and swap idle gossip in the palaces of local princes. ... As assets and responsibilities mounted, the merchants, who had come out as supplicants bearing gifts to local princes for an inside track on trade, gradually became soldiers, and then became local rulers themselves. ... The India that these British traders came to do business in was a thoroughly bewildering place, a vast expanse of land filled with millions of peasants ruled by a small number of princes--mostly Musl...

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During the 1850's, many European countries started to make colonies in other lands and continents. Among them was Britain, which held most of its colonies in Asia and Africa. The British rule over the colonized lands was harsh and violent, hence a revolt was inevitable. Colonies which got their ind...

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Challenging established traditions and authorities are characteristics of strong revolutionary leaders. Their efforts have inspired or influenced change and have met with varying degrees of success. Two individuals that have challenged established authorities in their societies are Mohandas Gandhi a...

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India's modern history begins in the 14th century when European nations began to flex their imperialistic muscles in the Middle East and Asia. The Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English were all competing for their own part of India. Everything began with the East India Company, which was establishe...

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During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of rights of the colonists will slowly be changed as the constriction of the parliament becomes more and more intolerable. During the Revolutionary War, England was not only ...

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Assignment "The work of the white, middle-class campaigners was the main reason the slave trade was abolished." Do you agree? Explain your opinion in detail. The Slave Trade refers to the trading pattern in which people (mostly Europeans) forcibly removed black people from the West coast of Africa; they paid for these people with weapons and materials. They were then brought to Jamaica to be sold to plantation owners and individual households. ...

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