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The Mississippian culture was a mound-building native American culture that flourished in what is now the Midwestern eastern, and South-eastern United States from approximately 800 CE to 1500 CE, varying regionally. The economic history of the United States has its roots in European colonisation in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Marginal colonial economies grew into thirteen small, independent farming economies, which joined together in 1776 to form the ...
Traditional Chinese culture covers large geographical territories with each region is usually divided into distinct sub-cultures. Until 1700 China's material culture had been unrivalled, its standard of living was among the best in the world, and inventions flowed more commonly from east to west than vice versa. The song dynasty was a culturally rich period for philosophy and the arts. Various dynasties also expanded into peripheral territories like inner ...
Europe has undergone transformation on cultural economic and political front during last few centuries. The foundation of European culture was laid by the Greeks, strengthened by the Romans, stabilized by Christianity, reformed by the 15th century renaissance and reformation, modernized by the 18th century age of enlightenment and globalized by successive European empires between the 16th and 20th centuries.
In the Western World Capitalism has been ...
The British Empire comprised the dominions colonies protectorates mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height it was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. British Raj primarily refers to the British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent ...