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- Western BlocOn the 5th of March 1946, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stood in Fulton, Missouri to declare that an iron curtain had descended across the…
- Three-world modelThe year 1947 marked the beginning of a global struggle between two superpowers. The United States and the Soviet Union stood as opposing forces after World…
- Latin AmericaIn June 1856, a Chilean politician named Francisco Bilbao stood before an audience in Paris and spoke words that would eventually define a vast region of the…
- Arab worldThe term Arab world refers to a geocultural region spanning West Asia and North Africa. It comprises 22 member states of the Arab League, though some…
- Hispanic AmericaIn 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on Caribbean islands with a Spanish crew searching for Asia. The desire to acquire wealth quickly transformed…
- Western worldIn 395 AD, the Roman Empire formally split into a Western and an Eastern one, each with their own emperors, capitals, and governments.
- New WorldThe Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci wrote a letter in the spring of 1503 that changed how Europeans understood their place on Earth.