'Within living memory' - ie a witness to the event, grandparent, etc
'Written / photographic account' - ie the event has been recorded either on paper or on film
'Other evidence' - eg archeological dig and interpretation of the results.
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The Mitsubishi and Kawasaki families are examples of zaibatsu. Zaibatus means any of the large capitalist enterprises of Japan before World War II.
The reason as to why it is surprising the those Central African nations have not been more economically boosting is that these regions has an abundance of both renewable and non-renewable natural resources, making it possible for them to have a successful economy. Hope this helps.
Explanation:
Everywhere in the American colonies, a crushing demand for labor existed to grow New World cash crops, especially sugar and tobacco. This need led Europeans to rely increasingly on Africans, and after 1600, the movement of Africans across the Atlantic accelerated. The movement of Africans is what was known as slavery.