Amazon River The Amazon River starts from the Andes Mountains. It starts from the height of 5,598 meters and after running for 6,400 kilometers, it joins the Atlantic Ocean. It is world’s second longest river. In some places, it is 10-kilometer-wide in which ships sail with ease. It has been estimated that Amazon River drops more than half of the sweet water in the world than any other river into the...

All Men are Equal All men are equal in the past, in the present and in the future, this problem has and will trouble all human beings, but why? Don’t we know that we are all made of the same “substance”? That a skin colour or a physical incapacity makes no difference to us? That by thinking or being told by other that we are descendants of a God makes us...

Alfred Nobel In 1863, Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel invented the Nobel patent detonator (later used with dynamite) which detonated nitro-glycerin using a strong shock rather than heat combustion. In 1865, the Nobel Company built the first factory for producing nitro-glycerin and later dynamite. Nitro-glycerin in its natural liquid state is very volatile. Alfred Nobel recognized this, and in 1866, he discovered that mixing nitro-glycerin with silica would turn the liquid into...

Alexander the Great On July 20, 356 B.C., Olympics, the wife of King Philip the Second of Macedonia, gave birth to a son and named him Alexander. This boy eventually became known as Alexander the Great. The actual date of his birth still lies in question. Though July 20 seems to be the most widely accepted one, that date may have been chosen to align with other important dates in Alexander’s...

Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell is of great importance in the world of communications. He is best known for his invention, the telephone. He is also known for his association with teaching the deaf and being the president of National Geographic. His background and early education had a great influence on his career. Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, taught deaf...

Alaska Flown as the last frontier, Alaska originally attracted explorers and people who dreamed of becoming rich during the famous gold rushes. Now, people are attracted to this beautiful state for many interesting things. Along with its beauty and size, Alaska holds a great history, world famous sites, and timeless traditions. Alaska is told to have been settled by many. Dinosaurs once roamed the Great Land, followed by bison and woolly...

Age of Discovery The period between 1450 and 1650 is known for European exploration into other parts of the world; this era is referred to as the “Age of Discovery,” the “Age of Reconnaissance,” and the “Age of Expansion.” The European countries who ventured into unknown territory did so for a variety of reasons with some of the more prominent being the desire to establish trade routes with the East, which...

African Dance The African aesthetic dance form has many 1. characteristics that have influenced the dance forms of the New World, starting with the sacred circle in Dahomey to the Vodun ritual, Ring Shout, up to Minstrelsy, Vaudville, and musical theatre. The characteristics include the Di-bod philosophy which is an emphasis on the joints, and the movements are centrifugal in which the pelvic region is emphasized. They dance in a crouched...