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111Cuba — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cuba <p></p> Background: <p></p> The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492… …
112tyrannize — v rule despotically, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand; dominate, domineer, have the upper or whip hand, wield the power or scepter; boss or boss around, dictate to, order around, tell [s.o.] what to do, lay down the law, call the… …
113History of Haiti — The recorded history of Haiti began on December 5, 1492 when the European navigator Christopher Columbus happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean Sea. It was inhabited… …
114Ngo Dinh Can — In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Ngo. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Can. Ngô Đình Cẩn (1911 – May 9, 1964) was a younger brother and confidant of South Vietnam’s first… …
115Ngô Đình Cẩn — (1911 ndash; May 9, 1964) was a younger brother and confidant of South Vietnam s first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and an important member of the Diệm government. Diệm put Cẩn in charge of central Vietnam, stretching from Phan Thiết in the south to …
116repress — verb 1) the rebellion was repressed Syn: suppress, quell, quash, subdue, put down, crush, extinguish, stamp out, defeat, conquer, rout, overwhelm, contain 2) the peasants were repressed Syn …
117Timothy Shay Arthur — Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (6 June, 1809 ndash; 6 March, 1885) was a popular nineteenth century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the …
118Zhang Juzheng — or Chang Chü cheng born 1525, Jiangling, Hubei province, China died 1582, Beijing Powerful Chinese minister of the Ming dynasty under the Longqing and Wanli emperors. His benevolent rule and strong foreign and economic policies are considered to… …
119Ismāʿīl — ▪ ʿAlawī ruler of Morocco in full Ismāʿīl ibn Sharīf born 1645/46 died March 1727, Meknès, Mor. second ruler of the ʿAlawī dynasty of Morocco; his long reign (1672–1727) saw the consolidation of ʿAlawī power, the development of an… …
120totalitarianism — n authoritarianism, autocracy, monocracy, dictatorship, absolutism; tyranny, despotism, oppression, iron hand, iron fist, iron rule, absolute control or power; fascism, Nazism, Hitlerism …
