Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geographical subregion of Europe, consisting primarily of the Balkans.Sovereign states and territories that are included in the region are, in alphabetical order: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia (alternatively placed in Central Europe or Southern Europe), Cyprus (alternatively placed in West Asia), Greece, Kosovo, …

Buddhism, particularly in Indochina began to affect the political structure beginning in the 8th to 9th centuries. Islamic ideas arrived in insular Southeast Asia as early as the 8th century, where the first Muslim societies emerged by the 13th century. The era of European colonialism, early Modernity and the Cold War era revealed the reality of limited political significance for the …

The pressures from European Americans and the U.S government to assimilate as well as the economic shift of furs and deerskins led to them adopting an economy based on agriculture. Katz thought that enslaving humans for profit contributed to divisiveness among tribes of the Southeast and promoted a class hierarchy based on "white blood."

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 …

History Establishing Diplomatic Relations. Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the European Community were initiated in 1953 when the first U.S. observers were sent to the European Coal and Steel Community.The U.S. Mission to the ECSC formally opened in Luxembourg in 1956. The Delegation of the European Commission to the United States in …

This timeline of European exploration lists major geographic discoveries and other firsts credited to or involving Europeans during the ... The Spanish ship Rosario discovers Rosario Island, later renamed Nishinoshima in 1904, around 940 km (584 mi) south-southeast of Tokyo. 1706 – Mikhail Nasedkin reaches Cape Lopatka and sights Shumshu ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was "shocked by the catastrophe that so many people in the flood areas have to endure" and that her "sympathy goes out to the families of the dead and missing." Malu Dreyer, the minister-president of the Rhineland-Palatinate state, told the regional parliament: "There are people dead, there are people missing, there are many who are still in …

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity.It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic), and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic).The concept has been mostly applied to Europe and the Ancient Near East, but also, by analogy, to other parts of the Old World.. The duration of the Iron Age varies depending on …

The economy of East Asia comprises 1.6 billion people (20.5% of the world population) living in 6 different countries and regions.It is home to some of the most economically dynamic places in the world, being the site of some of the world's longest modern economic booms, including the Japanese economic miracle (1950–1990), Miracle on the Han River (1961–1996) in South …

Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California.It is located within the South Los Angeles region, bordering the cities of Lynwood and South Gate to the east and southeast, respectively, and the unincorporated community of Willowbrook to the south.. Founded in the late nineteenth century as a ranching community, the arrival of the railroads and the construction of …