The early atmosphere on Earth was "mostly carbon dioxide" since the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during this time were roughly 200 times the levels in the current atmosphere.
A communist government took power at the end of World War Two. ... East Germany was part of the Soviet zone of occupation agreed at the Yalta Conference and in 1945 the Soviets set up a communist regime.
After 36 years in existence, the Warsaw Pact—the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites—comes to an end. The action was yet another sign that the Soviet Union was losing control over its former allies and that the Cold War was falling apart.
Daimyo were powerful landowners and feudal lords who ruled until their decline in the Meiji period. Their rule was based on hereditary titles and aristocracy.