Africa and Middle East
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Africa and Middle East
The Importance of the Suez Canal in WWII
The Suez Canal is known to be one of the most important pathways in the world among others. It’s also…
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Africa and Middle East
The Berlin Conference and Scramble for Africa
The Berlin Conference was organized to set basic standards about the colonization of Africa. Between 1885 and 1885, leaders from…
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Africa and Middle East
Dollar Diplomacy in Africa and Latin America
The United States’ foreign policy in the Latin America and East Asia through foreign loans was a legacy with reverberating…
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Africa and Middle East
A Deadly Dose of Reality on North Sentinel Island
Missionary John Chau spent his last weeks bribing fisherman off of the coast of India to take him to North…
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Africa and Middle East
Boundaries: The Fight over Cyprus
Humans have settled in Cyprus for thousands of years. The first settlers were the ancient Greeks, and in the centuries…
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Africa and Middle East
The History of Honor Killings in Asia and the Middle East
Women are sometimes targeted for familial killings in various countries across Asia and the Middle East. Often, the victim has…
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Africa and Middle East
Jihad of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman empire was suffering greatly by the time of the outbreak of the Great War. Having suffered immense land…
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Africa and Middle East
The Iran Hostage Crisis
The western media described the Iranian Hostage Crisis and an “entanglement of vengeance and mutual incomprehension.” After the overthrow of…
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Africa and Middle East
The Iran-Contra Affair
The Reagan Doctrine The political climate in 1980’s America was a key factor in the Iran-Contra Affair. After winning the…
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Africa and Middle East
Boundaries: The Western Sahara Conflict
Both Morocco and The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claim the rights to the land after The Madrid Accords, when Spain…
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