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Showing posts with label World History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World History. Show all posts
Sunday, December 31, 2017

General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations

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General Knowledge (GK) makes Integral Part of many competitive examinations in India. The GK Test examine your awareness and abilities fr...
Friday, December 1, 2017

World History General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations

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World History is a very broad term. No book is enough to include everything from whole world. Its really really huge. Consuming all History...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

25. Second World War: September 3, 1939 to August 14, 1945

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•    Second World War also abbreviated as WWII or World War II •    The Axis Powers or Central Powers in World War II were – Germany, Italy...

24. Militarism in Japan

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•    During the 20 years after Mussolini’s March on Rome 1922, many other countries faced with severe economic problems, followed the exa...

23. Nazism in Germany

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"The driving force of the most important changes in this world have been found less in scientific knowledge animating the masses but r...

22. Fascism in Italy

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The term fascism comes from the word fasces; an ax tightly wound with sticks.  Fascism can be defined as a political attitude and mass move...

21. Economic Development of the World: 1929 - 34

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•    The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. •    The timing of the Great Dep...

20. Turkish Revolution: 1923

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•    Turkey was called ‘Sickman of Europe’. •    The disintegration of Ottoman Empire started in 19th Century and completed after Turkey’s ...

19. Chinese Revolution 1911 and 1949

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•    The Chinese Revolution of 1911 is known as Republic Revolution. •    The Chinese Revolution of 1949 in known as Communist Revolution. ...

18. Russian Revolution

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•    The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy an...

17. First World War: August 4, 1914 to November 11, 1918

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Causes: The events of July and early August 1914 are a classic case of "one thing led to another" - otherwise known as the treaty...

16. Unification of Germany

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The unification of Germany into a politically integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace'...

15. Unification of Italy: 1848-70

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The Italian Unification or Italian Risorgimento is known as the chain of political and military events that produced a united Italian penin...

14. French Revolution

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The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens ...

13. American Revolution 1775 – 83 in Chronology

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The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from...

12. The Glorious Revolution in England: 1688 - 1689

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Between 1688 and 1689, Parliament engineered the ouster of the legitimate male line of Stuart kings and imported a new Protestant king and ...

11. Modern World – 1500 AD Onwards

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•    The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the L...

10. Medieval Japan

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Japan consists of four islands – Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. The entire country was a single state till around 7th century AD. ...

9. Medieval China

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•    To prevent drain on the country’s wealth Sung ruler started the use of paper money. •    The invention of gun powder happened in China...

8. Arab Civilization

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•    In the 7th Century, Islam, a new religion arose in Arabia, this led to the establishment of big empire. •    Muhammad, the prophet of ...