Other Countries. There is little uniformity in the legal drinking age across the rest of the world. Some countries have no law regarding the age one can purchase or consume alcohol; others allow use as early as 16. Few other countries have a legal drinking age of 21.Many countries have laws but little/no enforcement of the law.ome countries have no law regarding the age one can purchase or consume alcohol; others allow use as early as 16. Few other countries have a legal drinking age of 21. Many countries have laws but little/no enforcement of the law.
The Irish Potato Famine is, just as its name suggests, a famine caused by the sudden decimation of the potato crop in Ireland which began in 1845 and lasted until about 1860. To gain a better perspective, however, it s necessary to begin by considering the history of the potato in Ireland. The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) has its origins in South America. Incans grew, ate, and even buried them with potatoes with their dead.
The largest famine of the 20th century, and almost certainly of all time, was the 1958â61 Great Leap Forward famine in China. The immediate causes of this famine lay in Mao Zedong's ill-fated attempt to transform China from an agricultural nation to an industrial power in one huge leap. few of the great famines of the late 20th century were: the Biafran famine in the 1960s, the Khmer Rouge-caused famine in Cambodia in the 1970s, the North Korean famine of the 1990s and the Ethiopian famine of 1984â85.