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In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood ...

The region remains a global leader in gold production. As of 2024, west Africa contributed approximately ... subjective judgement to create reliable maps and the need to spend money prospecting ...

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The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

Sometime during 1497, the Portuguese armada, led by Vasco de Gama, while searching for a sea route from Europe to India, ...

Fun fact: The British guinea coin, first minted in 1663, was named after the region of Guinea in West Africa because the gold used to produce it came from there. On opposite sides of the Congo ...

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ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe ...