following two opium wars (in 1839–42 and 1856–60), reaching 105 507 chests in 1880. The “world's first drug cartel”, as Ghosh describes it, not only solved the trade imbalance, but created a major ...
Harold White Fellows from 2011 to 2014. The Harold White Fellowship program was suspended in 2014 with a new Fellowships and Scholarships program launched from 2016. 2014 Dr Penelope Allison, Reader ...
Today in History for Nov. 12: In 1774, British citizens in Quebec protested the Quebec Act which restored French civil law. In 1856, the Grand Trunk Railway was opened from Quebec to Toronto. In 1884, ...
Whether you explore the galleries or the new Silk Roads exhibition, start your weekend at the British Museum with late opening this Friday. From the Rosetta Stone to Japanese netsuke, discover a ...
The virus particles are in various stages of maturity, which accounts for differences in shape. (NIAID via AP, File) LONDON (AP) — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the ...
Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne ...
This table shows the full range and dimensions of adult mattresses available to buy in the UK. Mattress name Size in centimetres Size in feet and inches Small single mattress 75 x 190cm 2ft 6in x 6ft ...
A British law chief at the Hague who is accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague is to give a talk at Oxford University this week titled 'No One Above the Law.' Karim Khan KC - the chief ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Auditor-General has been empowered to conduct audits on the accounts of 1,856 other companies, including government-linked companies (GLC). The National Audit Department ...
A Hong Kong court has remanded a British man in custody after he was charged with the murder of an Indonesian woman at a waterfall park in Southern district. Jamie Tzewee Chapman, a 34-year-old ...
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