Collection of facts about the Indus Valley Civilization

This post is a collection of facts about the Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300 - 1300 BC). There are 7 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in northwestern South Asia
• Modern-day Pakistan, northwestern India, northeastern Afghanistan
• Alluvial plains of the Indus River
• Associated Harappa site and Harappan culture
• Elaborate urban planning, water supply systems, metallurgy
• Indus script is undeciphered today
• Possible relation to Dravidian or Elamo-Dravidian language family

Collection of facts about the Gupta Empire

This post is a collection of facts about the Gupta Empire (c. 240 - 579 AD). There are 12 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in northern India
• Founded by Gupta (king)
• Coincided with Pax Gupta
• Canonization of Mahabharata and Ramayana
• Puranas written in texts
• Samudragupta reigned c. 335 - 375 AD
• Gupta-Saka Wars (c. 375 - 385 AD)
• Chandragupta II reigned c. 380 - 415 AD
• Gupta-Kidarite Conflicts (c. 390 - 450 AD)
• Kumaragupta I reigned c. 415 - 455 AD
• Gupta-Hunnic Wars (c. 460 - 500AD)
• Invaded by Alchon Huns late 490's AD

Collection of facts about the Great Famine

This post is a collection of facts about the Great Famine (1845-1852). There are 6 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Caused by inflection of potato crops and single-crop dependence
• Estimated 1 million deaths in Ireland
• Over 2.1 million people fled Ireland
• Estimated 100,000 deaths outside of Ireland
• British Whig government ended famine relief to Ireland
• Food exported out of Ireland and Britain refused to ban exports

Collection of facts about the Sino-Burmese War

This post is a collection of facts about the Sino-Burmese War (1765-1769). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• China (Qing dynasty) vs. Burma (Konbaung dynasty)
• China invaded Burma four times
• First two invasions defeated at the border
• Third invasion almost reached the capital Ava and was defeated
• Fourth invasion defeated at the border
• Truce established in 1769
• Burma retained independence
• Diplomatic relationship resumed in 1790

Collection of facts about the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

This post is a collection of facts about the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1937). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Italy attacked Ethiopia simultaneously from Eritrea and Somalia in 1935
• Aksum was invaded and an obelisk was stolen
• Italian air force dropped 330 tons of mustard gas
• Nazi Germany sent arms to Ethiopia due to Italy's objection to Germany annexing Austria
• Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie fled in 1936
• Italy annexed Ethiopia in 1936
• Eritrea, Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia merged into Italian East Africa
• Yekatit 12 massacre in 1937
• Estimated 120,000 to 200,000 civilian deaths

Collection of facts about the Second Congo War

This post is a collection of facts about the Second Congo War (1998-2003). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Democratic Republic Congo, Angola, Chad, Namibia, Zimbabwe vs. Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
• Preceded by the First Congo War (1996-1997)
• Operation Kitona (1998) aimed to remove Laurent-Désiré Kabila from power
• Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement in 1999
• Six Day War (2000)
• Laurent-Désiré Kabila assassinated in 2001 and replaced by son Joseph Kaliba
• Pygmy genocide (2002-2003)
• Rwanda withdraws troops in the Pretoria Accord (2002)
• Ended with establishment of the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2003
• Estimated 5.4 million deaths
• Followed by the Kivu conflict and ongoing Ituri conflict

Collection of facts about the Angolan Civil War

This post is a collection of facts about the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) vs. National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)
• Preceded by gaining independence from Portugal in 1975
• Soviet Union supported the MPLA while the United States supported UNITA
• MPLA ousted the FNLA government in 1975
• Battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987-1988)
• UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002
• MPLA and UNITA agree to a cease-fire in 2002
• Estimated 500,000 to 800,000 deaths
• Over 4 million people displaced