View of one of the many canals serving as streets in Venice • ISTOCKPHOTO One of the major challenges of the Venetians consisted in building an urban ensemble on what was previously only a mosaic of islands and islets on often marshy ground. To do this, they developed a technique to lay the foun
Country: USA Caliber :5.56mm weapon length: 980mm barrel length: 507mm weight: 2,940 kg empty 3,260 with loaded magazine at 30 shots initial velocities of the projectile: 975 m/s Rate of fire :750 to 900 strokes/min supply :20 or 30 round magazine commissioning :1967 operating system :use o
Edinburgh Castle , stronghold that was once the residence of the Scottish monarchs and today serves mainly as a museum. Its 135 meters above sea level and overlooks the city Edinburgh from a volcanic rock called Castle Rock. Castle Rock has been the scene of human activity for at
Russian Empire , historical rich founded on November 2 (October 22 Old Style), 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title Kaiser (imperator) from all Russia on Peter I . The Abdication by Nicholas II March 15, 1917 marked the end of the empire and its reigning Ro