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  Blast Furnaces in England and Wales c. 1600

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  Blast Furnaces in England and Wales c. 1600

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  Proximity to London, the channel ports and the naval dockyards it furnished with armaments ensured the Weald’s position as epicentre of the British blast furnace industry into the 17th century. But other areas of the country matched the Weald for the availability of the necessary raw materials: ore, coal/wood, running... More
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  Countries With Oil Reserves c. 2006

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  Countries With Oil Reserves c. 2006

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  World oil production has been steadily increasing since the reduction in demand and OPEC output during the 1980s oil glut. In 2006, Saudi Arabia held the world’s largest known oil reserve, whilst the Middle East in general possessed the lion’s share of the world’s known oil reserves. In a series... More
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  Economy and Population 1200–1400

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  Economy and Population 1200–1400

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  Throughout the High Middle Ages, the British population was overwhelmingly agricultural. At the outset, that population was organized within the feudal manorial system, with villeins (freeholders) and cottars (tenants) contributing a proportion of their produce to both the feudal magnate and the clergy. Over the period, the number of freemen... More
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  Oilfields and Pipelines in the Middle East and Inner Asia 1990

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  Oilfields and Pipelines in the Middle East and Inner Asia 1990

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  As the Soviet Union began to show signs of imminent collapse, the oil industry in Central Asia was jeopardized as the existing pipelines from the oil producing regions around the Caspian Sea were controlled mostly by Russia. The Central Asian Republics would be left with very little oil transportation infrastructure... More
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  The Blast Furnaces of Southeast England c. 1574

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  The Blast Furnaces of Southeast England c. 1574

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  Julius Caesar noted the smelting of iron on the Weald by native Britons at the time of his invasion. The Romans continued the industry, but it was discontinued after the Saxon invasions and not revived until the Medieval period. The blast furnace was pioneered in Belgium, with its first recorded... More
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  The Oligarchs’ Inheritance – Natural Resources of the CIS

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  The Oligarchs’ Inheritance – Natural Resources of the CIS

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  Although aspects of capitalist policy were introduced under Gorbachev’s perestroika reforms in the late 1980s, large-scale privatization of Russia’s state-owned businesses did not take off until 1992. Russia initially pursued a process of voucher privatization, whereby all citizens received vouchers that could be used to obtain shares. Russia and much... More