Angkor Wat Temple Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple is the world’s biggest Hindu campus. It was built in the reign on King Suryavarman II at the beginning of the 12th century, though the construction had started in 802 when the Khmer kings ruled. Today this temple is the pride of Cambodia. It is also there on the country’s flag. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu, this temple was made as a royal temple. Then...

Ancient Olympics The Olympics were a celebration of the Almighty Zeus, the powerful king of the ancient Greek Gods. Just like today’s games, these contests brought athletes from many countries. The question however is as to when the first Olympic Games were held. There are records that show the first games took place in 776 B.C., but there is evidence that goes against that. Greek festivals celebrating religion, music, and athletes...

Ancient Egypt Daily Life Daily life in ancient Egypt revolved around the Nile and the fertile land along its banks. The yearly flooding of the Nile enriched the soil and brought good harvests and wealth to the land. The people of ancient Egypt built mud brick homes in villages and in the country. They grew some of their own food and traded in the villages for the food and goods they...

American Cowboy Modern society envisions a cowboy as a chic, rustic man on a horse riding into the sunset; yet, a true cowboy was a labourer. The work of a trail drive was arduous and temperamental. Fatigued and sullied from long days of riding, men were faced with the gruelling task of guiding the animals from sunrise to nightfall. They combated thick dust, wild animals, untamed land, unpredictable weather (including hail...

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...