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  • 1Mitigation of peak oil — The standard Hubbert curve, plotting crude oil production of an oil well or oil field over time …

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  • 2History of the Caribbean — The history of the Caribbean reveals the significant role the region played in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the fifteenth century. In the twentieth century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the… …

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  • 3Legal history of marijuana in the United States — The legal history of marijuana in the United States mainly involves the 20th and 21st centuries. In the 1800s, marijuana (also referred to as cannabis) was legal in most states, as hemp to make items such as rope, sails, and clothes, and was used …

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  • 4THE EVENTS — introduction European Jewry in the Early 1930s Germany in the Early 1930s the expansion of the reich …

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  • 5Involvement of the People's Republic of China in Africa — This article is primarily about economic relations between the PRC and Africa. For a more general overview, see Sino African relations. The People s Republic of China and Africa Chinese involvement in Africa, which began centuries ago, continues… …

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  • 6Economic history of the People's Republic of China — Throughout most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as during much of earlier Chinese history, the economy was barely able to meet the basic needs of the country s huge population the largest in the world. In normal years the economy… …

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  • 7Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …

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  • 8National Oil Corporation — المؤسسة الوطنية للنفط‎ National Oil Corporation Type State owned Industry Hydrocarbons Founded 1970 Headquarters Tripoli, Libya …

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  • 9Industrial history of the People's Republic of China — Main articles: Economy and economic history of the People s Republic of China. China s industrial sector has shown great progress since 1949, but in the late 1980s it remained undeveloped in many respects. Although the country manufactured… …

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  • 101973 oil crisis — Further information: 1973 world oil market chronology 1973 Oil Crisis Other names Arab Oil Embargo The 1973 oil crisis started in October 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC (consisting of the …

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