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.
By the 1840s, Ireland was so dependent on the potato that the proximate cause of the Great Famine was a potato disease. Maize and manioc, introduced by the Portuguese from South America in the 16th century, have replaced sorghum and millet as Africa's most important food crops.offee (introduced in the Americas circa 1720) from South America and sugar cane (introduced from South Asia) from the Spanish West Indies became the main export commodity crops of extensive Latin American plantations.