Independence movements in Kenya: led by Jomo Kenyatta, violent Mau Mau rebellion led to independence
Independence movement in Ghana: led by Kwame Nkrumah
Both: were former British colonies and became independent after 1945. Ghana became independent in 1957 and Kenya in 1963. There was peaceful transition of power
Before the USS Maine exploded, the United States was trying to expand as a world power. Thus, many Americans blamed Spain for the explosion of the USS Maine because it gave them a reason to declare war on Spain and take control of Spanish territory in the Pacific and Caribbean.
The event that set off World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo.
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During the period 1450-1750, the natural world replaced the religious doctrine where the renaissance cultural promoted the secular values over religion. It is then that the humanists questioned and exposed many assumptions as false and this weakened the theorical underpinnings. Renaissance encouraged people to querry, get knowledge and change which would have not been the case in the middle age. This eventually led to the end of christendom's old idea and the the rise of protestant
Justinian was one of the most important rulers from the over 1000 years of rule of the Byzantine Empire. He created many codes, or laws, to unify the empire. He spread religion throughout the Byzantines. Expanding the empire was also a big achievement made by him. The most important architectural monument of the Byzantines, the Hagia Sophia, was also created at this time.
(Sorry, I'm a World History geek, I took AP World History freshman year ;))
