Opium has been actively collected since approximately 3400 BC. The upper Asian belt of Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and Myanmar still account for the world's largest supply of opium. At least 17 finds of Papaver somniferum from Neolithic settlements have been reported throughout Switzerland, Germany, and Spain, including the placement of large numbers of …

Vasa or Wasa (Swedish pronunciation: ()) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannon were salvaged in the 17th century, until she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping area in Stockholm harbour.

The genealogies of Genesis provide the framework around which the Book of Genesis is structured. Beginning with Adam, genealogical material in Genesis 4, 5, 10, 11, 22, 25, 29–30, 35–36, and 46 moves the narrative forward from the creation to the beginnings of the Israelites' existence as a people.. Adam's lineage in Genesis contains two branches: Chapter 4 giving the …

1660s – Louis XIV, with the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, begins to enlarge the Palace of Versailles ... 6th millennium BC – (6000–2000 BC) Emergence of wooden frames in Chinese architecture including the use of mortise and tenon joinery to build wood beamed houses.

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→ Albania (from 28 November, 1912). Independent Albania (from 12 November, 1912 to 21 February, 1914) Capital: Vlorë Principality of Albania (from 21 February, 1914) Capital: Durrës Limited sovereignty for occupatio bellica by the Balkan League states. Recognized independent state de jure from 29 July, 1913. De facto Italian protectorate from 23 June, 1917.

Belize, on the east coast of Central America, southeast of Mexico, was inhabited by the indigenous peoples who fought belize off the Spaniards in an attempt to preserve their heritage and to avoid the fate of their neighbors who were conquered and under Spanish rule.While this was going on, British pirates would rob Spanish merchant ships and navigate through the …

The 1911 census was a detailed enumeration of the population showing a count of 7,206,643 individuals. This was an increase of 34% over the 1901 census of 5,371,315. The year with the most population growth was during the peak of the Post-World War II baby boom in 1956–1957, when the population grew by over 529,000, in a single twelve-month period. The Canadian baby …

This is a list of sovereign states in the 2020s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 2020 and the present day.It contains 208 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty.It includes 195 widely recognized sovereign states, two associated states, and 11 entities which claim an …

The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC. In the Ancient Near East, it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age.The Ancient Near Eastern cultures are well within the historical era: The first half of the millennium is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia.The alphabet develops. At the center of the millennium, a new order …