GA article passed 

Good Article criteria 
Article is well written, comprehensive, and easy to understand.
It is factually accurate and verifiable, sourced to (33) citations.
It is broad in coverage, covering a large historical period, and was an interesting read I might add.
It is neutral, representing data covered in a fair manner.
It appears to be stable, with no major conflicts between editors regarding this article that I could find.  
Good use of images, (9) images overall, and of those, all of them are free-use images, and not fair use.  
  Good job to all of the contributors involved.   .