1787 BC King Hammurabi captured Uruk and Isin. 1784 BC King Hammurabi campaigned against Rapigum and Malgium. 1772 BC Code of Hammurabi was created. 1763 BC With the aid of Mari and Eshnunna King Hammurabi conquered Larsa, putting an end to the long reign of Rim-Sin I. 1755 BC Captured Eshnunna which was the last of his Mesopotamian rivals.
The Australian Capital Territory was declared on the first of January 1911 and became a self governing territory in 1989. It was Sir Walter Gurley Griffin who designed Canberra. In 1901, through the federation of the 6 states under a single constitution, the commonwealth of Australia was formed. Edmond Barton became Prime Minister and Lord Hopetoun became governor-general. One of the first acts of the new Commonwealth Parliament was to pass the immigration restriction act, which restricted migration to people of primarily European
The Portuguese were determined to control the East-West trade; so Malacca still retained its importance as a trade center until 1641 when the Portuguese surrendered Malacca to the Dutch. The Dutch who had a stronger foothold over the Indonesia archipelago swung the trade center over to Sumatra. In the meantime, Malacca's trade also declined due to the silting of its port. In 1795 Melaka (Malacca) was given to the British to prevent it form falling to the hands of the French, where the Netherlands was captured during the French Revolution. By the time British took over in 1824, the focus of the trade has shifted from Malacca to Singapore and Penang.
According to the most common version, the King of Tula, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, or Kukulkan as the Maya translated the name, reportedly took the city between 967 A.D. and 987 A.D.Following the conquest of Yucatán a new style blending the Maya and Toltec traditions developed, symbolizing the phenomenon of acculturation. Chichen-Itza is a clear illustration of this fusion. Specific examples are, in the group of buildings to the south, the Caracol, a circular stellar observatory whose spiral staircase accounts
He was the first non-Habsburg emperor since 1438. 1745 Charles VII died and son-in-law of Charles VI, Francis I, was elected as Holy Roman Emperor. Even though Francis I was the Emperor his wife Maria Theresa ran the Holy Roman Empire. 1756 Prussia invades Saxony to Start the Seven Years’ War. The war ends in 1763 with the treaty of Hubertusburg.
Imperial Russia Peter the Great, the first Emperor of Russia Under Peter the Great, Russia was proclaimed an Empire in 1721 and became recognized as a world power. Ruling from 1682 to 1725, Peter defeated Sweden in the Great Northern War, forcing it to cede West Karelia and Ingria (two regions lost by Russia in the Time of Troubles),[60] as well as Estland and Livland, securing Russia's access to the sea and sea trade. [61] On the Baltic Sea Peter founded a new capital called Saint Petersburg, later known as Russia's Window to Europe. Peter the Great's reforms brought considerable Western European cultural influences to Russia. The reign of Peter I's daughter Elizabeth in 1741–62 saw Russia's participation in the Seven Years' War (1756–63).
During the same years that Britain had lost its colonies in North America, it had established itself as the ruler of India. Initially the British achieved their domination of India through the East India Company, a private company of merchants chartered in 1600. In the late 18th-century the Company expanded its authority across India by warfare and negotiation. In response, the Hindus founded the Indian National Congress in 1885 with the goals of modernizing Indian life and liberalizing British Policy. After World War I, the Indian nationalist movement got
Duke Charles was less successful, gradually losing the allegiance of almost all important cities north of the Loire Rivier. His court was held in Bourges-en-Berru, hemmed by hostile forces. In 1428, when the English prepared to attack Orleans and gain control of
6. Indian Mutiny 1857-58,was a revolt that began with the Bengal army of the British East India Company due to British rule in
The two passages were taken out of the Declaration, which was the immoderate reference to the English people and the denunciation of the slave trade. The Congress deleted 480 words. Among the deletions was an arraignment of the King and the British for fostering the slave trade. The explanation of the act of Independence was also added to the document. The modified version of the Declaration was approved on July 4, 1776.