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See also: Architecture of Houston, Houmont Park Main article: 1950s Texas drought, 3.1 2013 referendum and aftermath East Texas is a distinct cultural geographic and ecological area in the U.S state of Texas. . ; 11.2 Dallas growth Throughout the 15th century Portuguese explorers sailed the coast of Africa establishing trading posts for tradable commodities such as firearms spices silver gold and slaves crossing Africa and India in 1434 the first consignment of slaves was brought to Lisbon; slave trading was the most profitable branch of Portuguese commerce until the Indian subcontinent was reached. . Harris County operates the Harris County Sheriff's Office which serves unincorporated areas and supplements police forces of incorporated areas District Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Harris County Represented. .

The Allies established occupation administrations in Austria and Germany the former became a neutral state non-aligned with any political bloc the latter was divided into western and eastern occupation zones controlled by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union a denazification programme in Germany led to the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the Nuremberg trials and the removal of ex-Nazis from power although this policy moved towards amnesty and re-integration of ex-Nazis into West German society. .