His landing in America on 12 October 1492 marks a seminal event in world history, opening up a New World for Europeans.
Mr Lang, until last year a head of history in a sixth form college, also wants a greater awareness of world history, looking beyond the United Kingdom and Europe.
This progresses upwards with increasing complexity to the end of secondary level education - where a study of world history requires an analysis of the role of specified Russian leaders in the break-up of the Soviet Union.
As a student of world history in general and Jewish history in particular and as one who knows and abhors anti-Semitism, I think it cheapens the lives and the memories of my people when the label is attached and used on someone who may not share the same policy views as those opposing his nomination.
Obama will close a long and glorious chapter in world history, not with a bang but a whimper.
One of the most popular museums in the world, the Louvre has a long history of collecting art from the Islamic world, from putting on the first exhibition in Paris dedicated to Islamic art in 1893 to creating a dedicated Islamic art department in 2003.
My only regret is that I would like to see a more African diaspora world history.
April 18, 2011, is the 60th anniversary of a day that changed world history.
Check most of the third world and a medieval history textbook for reference.
With the passing of time postcards have also become a part of our history, windows on a bygone world.
The tale of the browser wars between Microsoft (MSFT) and Netscape Communications nscp ( nscp) reads a lot like a history of the Western Front in World War I.
S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization, 3 vols. (1974).
The Rise of the Western World: a New Economic History, by Douglas North and Robert Paul Thomas.
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Semi-employed between finishing his studies and moving to England, he turned his hand to writing a history of the world for children.
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The 311 individual panels from the window reveal a Christian history of the world, as told in the Bible, from Creation to the Last Judgement.
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They had discovered that a bygone era of world political history had made it possible to date unidentified human remains more precisely than other forensic methods.
Even greater use of 3D mapping for these tasks and others is "inevitable" in the future, according Prof Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps.
In a letter to poet-activist Javier Sicilia and political analyst Sergio Aguayo, Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood, argued that the school has a history of welcoming world leaders of varying backgrounds.
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Although "apartheid" is now a familiar term in much of the world, a few brief details of its history seem necessary to explain its grotesque impact on the life of Ruth Khumalo as well as on her children and their children, including the boy.
Well listen, it's been great talking to you Marc and getting a overview at Mobile World Congress with Jolla and a bit of a history as well, so thanks for your time.
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"People of the world -- look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one, " he said.
Ireland is a first-world country, but one whose history of conflict and sectarian violence is only a few years in the past.
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If we accept Mr. Taleb's premise about power-law ascendancy, we are left with a troubling question: How do you function in a world where accurate prediction is rarely possible, where history isn't a reliable guide to the future and where the most important events cannot be anticipated?
At Manor, a history teacher might get together with a math teacher and develop a project about the impact of castles on world history and the engineering behind building castles.
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He is frankly partisan, a multilateralist who sees the unilateralism of Mr Bush's presidency as a sorry interruption in history's inexorable progress towards a more consensual world in which going it alone can no longer answer pressing problems such as nuclear proliferation and climate change.
In his introduction he explains how his research sheds a useful new light on world social history.
Inferno will see Langdon drawn into "a harrowing world centred on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces".
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