Category: BP Geographic History
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Mussa Bin Bique And Lourenço Marques
Traces of the history of Mozambique. The name derived from the Arab trader Mussa Bin Bique who first visited the Island of Mozambique and later lived there. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 marked the arrival of the Portuguese. After four centuries of Portuguese rule the colony gained…
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Quantum Of History
As if searching for L’Américain, but that is in another city. The old Medina of Fes is also called Fes el Bali. In 789 CE a town was founded on the right bank of the Fes River (واد فاس) by Idris ibn Abdallah as capital for his newly acquired empire.…
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Construction And Reconstruction
Notre Dame in its current condition two months after the fire that had happened during renovation works on 15 April 2019 and destroyed the roof and spire. The metal scaffolding was still in place two months later. It was difficult to remove as there were fears that it could collapse…
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The Civilised Uncivilised
“The uncivilised has behaved in the highest grade civilised while the civilised thanked in the highest grade uncivilised. As he would be lost if we wouldn’t help him there will also be a time when our whole civilisation will cry for help out of problems it caused by itself.” Karl…
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Harbour From Both Sides
“Hong Kong was chosen by the Englishmen as the location of their settlement with the kind of insight that’s typical for the British. The island on which northern side it is located is mountainous and has a circumference of about eighteen till twenty English miles. Its position has the advantage…
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The Eternal City
May the sky fall on the eternal city, it would just enhance the beauty. Empires come and go, and yes, still nowadays, but this city remains. The Roman Empire with Rome as capital ended in the year 476 CE but its remains can still be seen. After that year only…
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The Mystery Of Time
The Terracotta Army was discovered in 1974 by coincidence when farmers tried to dig a hole for a well. It is supposed to display the army of the first emperor of China, Qin Shihuangdi, and protect his grave. Not all warriors are uncovered yet, it has to be done carefully.…
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Home Of Diplomacy
Although the site has been continuously inhabited since the 2nd century BCE, the world “Kremlin” was first mentioned in the year 1331. It contained the Tsar palace, was later the seat of the Soviet government and nowadays of the President and government of the Russian Federation. The word “Kremlin” means…
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The Natural Gas Company
The Ruhrgas AG, later E.ON Ruhrgas, was Germany’s largest natural gas company. It was founded in 1926 and bought by the energy company E.ON in 2003. For a while Ruhrgas was a shareholder of Gazprom. The Russian company has always been a reliable partner and even compensated losses when certain…
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Operation New Century
The unthinkable happened at 8:46 am local time on 11 September 2001, an airplane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, and all who can remember the event know that this alone was shocking and unbelievable enough, but at 9:03 am another plane…
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See The Marketplace Of Old Fes
The marketplace in the old Medina of Fes, also called Fes el Bali. In 789 CE a town was founded on the right bank of the Fes River (واد فاس) by Idris ibn Abdallah as capital for his newly acquired empire. However, his son decided to found a capital of…
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Protecting The Emperor
Protecting the emperor for other two thousand years can cause headaches, if you have a head. Some soldiers appear a bit headless… In fact the bodies and heads of the terracotta warriors were created separately and put together. Every face is unique and an exact copy of a real soldier.
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