The Postcolonial World Gamal Nasser President of Egypt
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The Postcolonial World
Gamal Nasser, President of Egypt 1956 -1970, raising the Egyptian flag over the Suez Canal city of Port Said, June 1956 (click on the photo to view a Movietone newsreel reporting Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal) Map 27. 4 Decolonization in the Middle East Western Civilizations, Brief Third Edition Copyright © 2012 W. W. Norton & Company
The "three worlds" of the Cold War era. First World: United States, United Kingdom and their allies. Second World: Soviet Union, China, and their allies. Third World: neutral and non-aligned countries.
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1997) Annex B parties with binding targets in the second period (2012 -2020) Annex B parties with binding targets in the first period (2008 -2012) but not the second Non-Annex B parties without binding targets Annex B parties with binding targets in the first period but which withdrew from the Protocol Signatories to the Protocol that have not ratified Other UN member states and observers that are not party to the Protocol
Percentage of population living on less than $1. 25 per day, per UN data from 2000 -2006.
Global variations in fertility rate per woman, CIA World Factbook's 2013 data.
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Map 27. 3 Decolonization in Asia Western Civilizations, Brief Third Edition Copyright © 2012 W. W. Norton & Company
Indira Gandhi (1917 -1984), Prime Minister 19661977, 1980 -1984. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 -1964) and Mahatma Gandhi (1869 -1948), during a meeting of the All India Congress, Mumbai, 6 July 1946. Rajiv Gandhi (1944 -1991) in 1987, Prime Minister 19841989. Cleanup after the Bhopal disaster, 2 -3 December 1984.
Map 27. 4 Decolonization in the Middle East Western Civilizations, Brief Third Edition Copyright © 2012 W. W. Norton & Company
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the imperial family during the coronation ceremony as Shāhanshāh (King of Kings) of Iran in 1967 Khomeini returns from exile, 1 February 1979. Iranian students seize the US embassy in Tehran, 4 November 1979. Click on the image for a news report.
Intensity map for the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Citadelle Laferrière (constr 1805 -1820) from an Army UH-60 Blackhawk during operation Unified Response François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743 -1803); engraving 1802. The Marine base at Cap-Haïtien during the American occupation (1914 -1934). Photo postcard ca 1920 s.
