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In political science, the waves of democracy or waves of democratization are major surges of democracy that have occurred in history. Although the term appears at least as early as 1887, [1] it was popularized by Samuel P. Huntington, a political scientist at Harvard University, in his article published in the Journal of Democracy and further expounded in his 1991 book, The Third Wave ...
Millennia (video game) 2024: 10.000 BC – 2100s AD: Millennia is a 4X turn-based strategy video game in which players lead their nation through 10 different ages, from Age of Stone to Age of Transcendence. Empire Earth III: 2007: 1200s BC – 2100s AD: A sequel in the same vein as the original Empire Earth, covering ancient to modern times ...
The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided is a 2006 historical first-person shooter video game developed by Cauldron HQ, released on November 7, 2006, by Activision Value and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360. It garnered mostly mixed reviews.
1970 – Initial development begins on the first commercial video game, Computer Space. The first North American Computer Chess Championship is held. 1971 – Computer Space and Galaxy Game are released. The Oregon Trail is first demonstrated. [1] [2] 1972 – The Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console, is released, [3] along with ...
The History Channel's original logo used from January 1, 1995, to February 15, 2008. In the station's early years, the red background was not there, and later it sometimes appeared blue (in documentaries), light green (in biographies), purple (in sitcoms), yellow (in reality shows), or orange (in short form content) instead of red.
A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution, organization, or state, in which members have a share of power. [2] Modern democracies are characterized by two capabilities of their citizens that differentiate them fundamentally from earlier forms of government: to intervene in society and have their sovereign (e.g., their representatives) held ...
The Political Machine is a government simulation game from Stardock and the first game in the Political Machine series, in which the player leads a campaign to elect the President of the United States. The player accomplishes this goal by traveling from state to state and engaging in a variety of activities to either raise money or raise poll ...
The history of video games spans a period of time between the invention of the first electronic games and today, covering a long period of invention and changes. Video gaming would not reach mainstream popularity until the 1970s and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public.