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
Phrygia , old Midwest neighborhood of Anatolia , named for a race that the Greeks called Phryges and who ruled Asia Minor between the Hittite collapse (12th century BC ) and the Lydian ascendancy (7th century BC ). The Phrygians, perhaps of Thracian origin, settled in northweste
Mont Lassois , location of large Celtic fortifications near Châtillon-sur-Seine in Department Côte-dOr , France . The hilltop fortress of Vix on the mountain. Lassois seems to have been the center of widespread political authority and extensive commercial relations, particularly in t
Qin Grab , Wade-Giles Romanization Chin , also Named the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor , important Chinese archaeological site near the ancient capital Changan , Shaanxi Sheng (province), China , now near the modern city Xian . It is the tomb of the first sov
Illyrian Provinces , Territory extension along the Dalmatian coast , the formed will be part of the Napoleons French Empire from 1809 to 1814. As the French Victory of 1809 Austria forced , part of his South Slavic land to France cede , connected Napoleon Krain, western Carinthi
Champa , Chinese Lin-yi , ancient Indochinese kingdom from 2nd to 17th centuries n . Ch. and spans the central and southern coastal regions Vietnam from the 18th parallel north to Point Ke Ga (Cape Varella) to the south. Champa was from the Cham, a people of Malayo-Polynesian
Pedra Furada , disputed archaeological site in the Northeast Brazil . It was assumed that there were herd and Contains stone artifacts, which are 48,000 years old, some 35,000 years earlier than the generally accepted dates for the first human settlement in the Americas. Experts have co
Damaraland , historical region of Namibia; The name is partly a misnomer, originally referring to areas in north-central Namibia was applied to the were predominantly occupied by the Herero and Khoisan (Hottentots) and not by the Bergdama (Damara), the latter being expelled and subdued b
Benin , one of the most important historical kingdoms of the West African forest region (fl. 13th - 19th centuries). Britannica Quiz Destination Africa:Fact or Fiction? Is Africas northernmost point further north than Europes southernmost point? See if your geographical knowledge points no
Grand Duchy of Lithuania , state, including Lithuania , Belarus and western Ukraine , which became one of the most influential powers in Eastern Europe (14th - 16th centuries). Pressed by the Crusaders Germans and Livian Knights united the Lithuanian tribes Mindaugas (d. 126
Aksum , also Axum written , mighty kingdom in the north Ethiopia during the early Christian era. Britannica Quiz Destination Africa:Fact or Fiction? Is Africas northernmost point further north than Europes southernmost point? See if your geographical knowledge points north or south
Moundville Archaeological Park , place of residence (from 1000 to 1450 n . Chr .) From Native American farmers and potters, near Moundville, West Alabama , United States. It is in a layer above the Black Warrior River , 23 km south of Tuscaloosa . Archaeological excavations
Fertile Crescent , the region where the first settled agricultural Municipalities des Middle East and the Mediterranean Basin probably early 9th millennium v . Chr. Arose . The term was coined by the American orientalist James Henry Breasted popularized . Britannica
Lydia , an old country West Anatolia , extends east of the Aegean and occupies the valleys of the Hermus and Cayster rivers. The Lydians are said to have been the originators of gold and silver Coins . During their brief Hegemony over Asia Minor from mid-7th to mid-6th century
Paekche , one of three kingdoms to which the ancient Korea shared 660 years ago. Paekche on the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula is traditionally said to be 18 v. Founded in the Kwangju region by a legendary leader named Onjo. In the 3rd century n . Ch. During the reign of
Bithynia , an ancient area in the northwest Anatolia , borders the Sea of Marmara , the Bosphorus and the Black Sea and thus occupies an important and precarious position between East and West. Late 2nd millennium v . Chr . Was Bithynia occupied by warlike tribes of Thracian
Koobi Fora , a region of northern paleoanthropological sites Kenya in Proximity of the Turkana Sees (Rudolfsee ). The geological formation of the Koobi Fora consists of lake and river sediments from the eastern shore of Lake Turkana. Good condition hominin fossils from between 2.1 an
Chankillo , also Thirteen towers called Chankillo , archaeological site between 200 and 300 v . Ch. In the desert of the Sechín River Basin in the Peruvian Region Ancash . The site is approximately 14 km from Pacific Coast and consists of a hilltop complex surrounded by thick
New Museum , full New Museum of Contemporary Art , Museum in New York City, dedicated to the exhibition of works by contemporary and living artists. The museum was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, a former curator at Whitney Museum of American Art, founded . Tucker imagined the
Indian Territory , originally the entire part of the United States west of the Mississippi and not within states Missouri and Louisiana or Arkansas Territory. Never an organized area, it was soon confined to the current state of Oklahoma , excluding the Panhandle and Greer Cou
HMS Vanguard began construction in 1941. However, its construction was completed in 1946. Its construction was decided after the cancellation of the construction of the battleships Lion and Temeraire in order to deal with the Japanese heavy cruisers. For this purpose the vessel had to carry heavy
The National Convention was a constituent assembly that governed France during the French Revolution, from September 1792 to October 1795. While the French monarchy was going through a difficult period, it convened the Estates General in 1789. The people rose up at the same time. The Third Estate co
Wedding banquet. Illumination from Histoire dOlivier de Castille et dArtus dAlgarbe by Philippe Camus, 1440, Department of Manuscripts, National Library of France • WIKIPEDIA In the Middle Ages, banquets were an essential moment in the life of high society. They were plentiful, popular, luxuriou
Forgetting Indian time, the body has started adopting Italian time. Although even now the eyes open once according to Indian time at five oclock in the morning, but now sleep again comes back to sleep and opens at five oclock in the morning according to Italian time. It had started raining since thi