Black Monday (by its name in English, Black Monday) was a drastic fall that the US Stock Market experienced. This owes its name to what … Read more

The Vietcong or National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam was a communist political and military organization that fought against the South Vietnamese regime and … Read more

The Mexican Revolution (1910) began as an uprising against General Porfirio Díaz. However, the insurrection ended up leading to a prolonged civil war in Mexico … Read more

Framed in the late Middle Ages, the Hundred Years War was fought between France and England. Despite its name, the war combined periods of truce … Read more

The Spanish War of Independence took place between 1808 and 1814. Under the pretext of invading Portugal, Napoleon’s French troops entered Spain. Thus, Napoleon appointed … Read more

The British Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) was a prominent economist considered to be the founder of the neoclassical school. A versatile man, he developed his career … Read more

The Great Recession is the name given to the period of economic crisis that originated in the 2008 mortgage bubble. This had repercussions on the … Read more

Black Tuesday was October 29, 1929, the day there was a 12% drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This index measures the performance of … Read more

The history of technology consists of the set of relevant facts and events that are collected in the technological field. In other words, it is … Read more

The economy of the Roman Empire was characterized by agriculture and commerce as the main activities. In exchange for owning and exploiting the land, the … Read more

Karl Polanyi was an Austrian social scientist, known for the relationship he made between economic history and anthropological-sociological theory, for the explanation of changes in … Read more

The Neolithic economy (last stage of prehistory) is characterized by a sedentary population, by the development of the first agricultural techniques, the domestication of the … Read more