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  2. Historical inheritance systems - Wikipedia

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    Patrilineal primogeniture with regards to both livestock and land was practiced by the Tswana people, whose main source of wealth was livestock, although they also practiced agriculture. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] This practice was also seen in other southern Bantu peoples, [ 16 ] such as the Tsonga , [ 17 ] or the Venda . [ 18 ]

  3. Primogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Agnatic primogeniture or patrilineal primogeniture is inheritance according to seniority of birth among the sons of a monarch or head of family, with sons inheriting before brothers, and male-line male descendants inheriting before collateral male relatives in the male line, and to the total exclusion of females and descendants through females ...

  4. Patrilineality - Wikipedia

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    The prevalent forms of dynastic succession in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa were male-preference primogeniture, agnatic primogeniture, or agnatic seniority until after World War II. The agnatic succession model, also known as Salic law , meant the total exclusion of women as hereditary monarchs and restricted succession to thrones and ...

  5. Genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    The North American fur trade during the 16th century brought many European men, from France, Ireland, and Great Britain, who married Indigenous North American women. [118] In the areas where these peoples formed communities, and developed a unique, syncretic culture, their children became known as " Métis " or " Bois-Brûlés " by the French ...

  6. Ultimogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Official surveys conducted during the early years of the Meiji era showed that the most common family form throughout the country during the Edo period was characterized by stem structure, patrilineal descent, patrivirilocal [clarification needed] residence and patrilineal primogeniture, but in some southwestern areas, that combination of ...

  7. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rico and Guam remain territories, and the Philippines became independent in 1946, after being a major theater of World War II. Following the war, many islands were entrusted to the U.S. by the United Nations , [ 7 ] and while the Northern Mariana Islands became a U.S. territory, the Marshall Islands , Federated States of Micronesia , and ...

  8. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    At the end of World War II, "regular" immigration almost immediately increased under the official national origins quota system, as refugees from war-torn Europe began immigrating to the U.S. After the war, there were jobs for nearly everyone who wanted one, but most women who had been employed during the war went back into the home.

  9. History of the United States (1917–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II to fight against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, known as the "Axis Powers". Italy surrendered in 1943, and Germany and Japan in 1945, after massive devastation and loss of life, while the US emerged far richer and with few casualties.