The Postcolonial World

wikipedia 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. wikipedia 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.

Annex B parties with binding targets in the second period (2012-2020) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1997) wikipedia 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

wikipedia Percentage of population living on less than $1.25 per day, per UN data from 2000-2006.

wikipedia 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 Map 27.3 Decolonization in Asia

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), Prime Minister 1966-1977, 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 1984-1989. Wikipedia Nehru & Gandhi: Photograph by Max Desfor for the Associated Press. Cleanup after the Bhopal disaster, 2-3 December 1984.

The last Afrikaners and the end of apartheid in South Africa. P W Botha (1916-2006), Prime Minister 1978-1984, President 1984-1989. F W de Klerk (1936-), President 1989-1994. Shown with Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) at the World Economic Forum, 1992. Imprisoned 1962-1990, Mandela served as president 1994-1999. wikipedia Map 27.5 Decolonization of Africa Western Civilizations, Brief Third Edition Copyright © 2012 W.W. Norton & Company

Map 27.4 Decolonization in the Middle East Western Civilizations, Brief Third Edition Copyright © 2012 W.W. Norton & Company Map 27.4 Decolonization in the Middle East

Map 29.1 The Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and 1973 Western Civilizations, Brief Third Edition Copyright © 2012 W.W. Norton & Company Map 29.1 The Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and 1973

Ariel Sharon at the Haram al-Shareef (photo al-Jazeera). A Palestinian boy confronts an Israeli tank in Dheisheh Refugee Camp, 2 July 2002 (photo Musa Al-Shaer). First Intifada, 1987-1991. A Palestinian boy throwing rocks at an Israeli tank during the First Intifada. Second Intifada (2000-2005) Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, 28 September 2000. http://muftah.org/fact-sheet-the-first-intifada-2/#.Vx54xyYrLRY http://www.palestineadvocacyproject.org/blog/9/28/after-fifteen-years-of-unrest-at-al-aqsa-its-time-for-some-peace http://www.worldpress.org/mideast/1665.cfm: Photo: Saif Dahlah/AFP-Getty Images https://electronicintifada.net/content/four-years-intifada-statistical-overview/395 Palestinians clashing with Israeli police forces (photo Saif Dahlah/AFP-Getty). Ariel Sharon at the Haram al-Shareef (photo al-Jazeera).

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Intensity map for the 2010 Haiti earthquake

François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803); engraving 1802. Citadelle Laferrière (constr 1805-1820) from an Army UH-60 Blackhawk during operation Unified Response Wikipedia Operation Unified Response was the United States military's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The Citadel was built by Henri Christophe, a key leader during the Haitian slave rebellion (1791–1804 François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803); engraving 1802. The Marine base at Cap-Haïtien during the American occupation (1914-1934). Photo postcard ca 1920s.

Rigoberta Menchú in 2009, on the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Identity and Rights of Indigenous Peoples (31 March 1995) wikipedia