China’s Great Leap Forward was one of the most ambitious socio-economic campaigns in history, but it came with a staggering death toll. In just a few years, tens of millions of people died as a result of famine, forced labor, and political violence. This article examines the harrowing death toll and sheds light on the …
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The Trail of Tears is one of the most shameful legacies of US history. In the 1830’s nearly 60,000-100,000 Native Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and made to walk thousands of miles to a new territory in modern day Oklahoma. While the exact number of Native Americans is debated among historians, it is …
Have you ever wondered what was the Native American population in the western hemisphere in 1492, before the arrival of Europeans? Just how did so few Europeans ultimately conquer and control such a vast amount of land already populated with people? Estimates from historians, anthropologists, and scholars vary wildly, further shrouding the question in mystery. …
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The African slave trade during the Age of Exploration was one of the darkest periods in human history. Millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homes and transported across the Atlantic along the transatlantic slave routes to be sold into slavery in the Americas. But how did this system work and what routes did …
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For the vast majority of human history, the world had a population of less than 1 billion. If you look at the world population by century during this time, you will notice that while the population trend steadily increases, there are noticeable reversals. This is due to the fact that significant events had a huge …
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