1838-42 - British forces invade, install King Shah Shujah. He is assassinated in 1842. British and Indian troops are massacred during retreat from Kabul.
1878-80 - Second Anglo-Afghan War. A treaty gives Britain control of Afghan foreign affairs.
1919 - Emir Amanullah Khan declares independence from British influence.
1926-29 - Amanullah tries to introduce social reforms, which however stir civil unrest. He flees.
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1933 - Zahir Shah becomes king and Afghanistan remains a monarchy for next four decades.
1953 - General Mohammed Daud becomes prime minister. Turns to Soviet Union for economic and military assistance. Introduces social reforms, such as abolition of purdah (practice of secluding women from public view).
1963 - Mohammed Daud forced to resign as prime minister.
1964 - Constitutional monarchy introduced - but leads to political polarisation and power struggles.
1973 - Mohammed Daud seizes power in a coup and declares a republic. Tries to play off USSR against Western powers.
1978 - General Daud is overthrown and killed in a pro-Soviet coup. The People's Democratic Party comes to power but is paralysed by violent infighting and faces opposition by US-backed mujahideen groups.
B. Recent scientific breakthroughs inspire Frankenstein to study the
nature of life.
Explanation:
Much like the Romantics who were pushed by the recent developments in Science to look for their source of life in nature and spirituality, Frankenstein takes a scientific route to understand life.
T<u>he story is indeed a response to Industrial individualism and Man's will to overpower nature and the pow</u>ers <u>that nature wields over humans. </u>It is a parable to show what happens when humans try to take up the most elemental of the jobs of nature: to give life.
Answer:
A) when the lead merchant begins singing for the dance
