Kinross-shire , also called Kinross , historical district in the center of Scotland that lies entirely within Perth and Kinross Council area. It includes as Loch Leven known lake basins and the surrounding hill rim, including part of the Ochil Hills. Kinross-shire is the s
The Caspian Sea is a large saltwater lake -the largest in the world- of 371,000 square kilometers and an average depth of 170 meters, which is fed by several rivers, the most important of which is the Volga. All this gives it a strategic situation, acting as a common natural border between Russia, A
In 1917, in a park outside Yale University, a young American soldier, Robert Conroy, who had enlisted in the army after his country declared war on Germany, saw a small , hungry puppy roaming around. The soldier took pity on the puppy and adopted it, naming it Stubby. Conroy took Stubby with him
Fulani Empire , Muslim theocracy of West Sudan , which flourished in the 19th century. The Fulani , a people of obscure origin, expanded eastward from Futa Toro in lower Senegal in the 14th century. By the 16th century they had settled in Macina (upstream of the Niger Bend) and were hea