International Organizations, Defence, Books & Authors, World History

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When the May Fourth Movement started in China, Dr. Sun Yat Sen assumed control of China. He started the Kuomintang Party. With the Russian help he wanted to introduce reforms in China.

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Mao Tse Tung introduced the economic reform known as the Great Leap Forward. In 1966, Mao launched the Cultural Revolution. During the Cultural Revolution those who were against Mao were removed from the Communist Party and imprisoned.

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The Portuguese were the first Europeans in the slave trade, completing their initial transatlantic voyage to Brazil in 1526. They primarily sourced slaves for labor on plantations in Atlantic Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean, with a smaller number sent to Europe. The transatlantic slave trade, active from the 16th to 19th centuries, involved trading slaves among Europe, Africa, and the Americas, forming a triangular trade system.

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Araneology is a branch of zoology that deals with the study of spiders. It is a branch of Arachnology, the scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudo-scorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids.

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Arboriculture is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, vegetables and other perennial woody plants. It is primarily focused on individual woody plants and trees maintained for permanent landscape and amenity purposes, usually in gardens, parks or other populated settings, by arborists, for the enjoyment, protection, and benefit of human beings. It falls under the general umbrella of horticulture.

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Seismology is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth. The field also includes studies of earthquake environmental effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic, atmospheric, and artificial processes.

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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route to India in 1497-1498. After sailing down the western coast of Africa and rounding the Cape of Good Hope, his expedition made numerous stops in Africa before reaching the trading post of Calicut, India, in May 1498. He was the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast.

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Metamorphoses by Ovid is a collection of mythological tales. Odysseus, primarily known from Homer’s works, is not a prominent figure in this narrative, which features many other mythological characters.

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Homer’s “The Iliad” is set during the Trojan War, specifically focusing on a brief period of this ancient conflict, and is renowned for its epic narrative and character depth.

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Poland is a member of several international organizations, including the European Union, NATO, and the United Nations, which play significant roles in its foreign policy and international relations. However, Poland is not a member of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), as it is a regional organization focusing on Southeast Asian countries.