Category: Asia

Central Asia has one of the worlds earliest civilizations. Archeological research shows and proves that humans lived in Uzbekistan long before 2000 B. C. The first agricultural societies developed in 2000 B. C. farmers started breeding sheep cattle and horses. They also irrigated the land to grow wheat, barley and millet. People in the mountains …

Ramses the GreatIn the Egyptian pyramids of Giza, Ramses the Great ruled as the greatest pharaoh of all times. Ramses the Great, also known as Ramses II, was born in 1304 B.C., and was given the name the Justice of Ray is Powerful. He had the knowledge of the kingdom, and became the focus of …

Tigers are descended from civet-like animals called niacis that lived during the age of the dinosaurs about 60 million years ago (Dang, 1994). These small mammals, with long bodies and short flexible limbs, evolved over millions of years into several hundred different species, including cats, bears, dogs and weasels. About 37 cat species exist today …

I disagree with Katha Pollit’s article on “The moral property of women” printed in The Nation Magazine on July 10th 2000. In my opinion I believe RU-486 known as “the French abortion pill” should never be made available in the United States. Even though it has been available in Europe, Asia and the United Kingdom …

‘s rights and interests without alliances. Isolationism was present in many different places before the United States adopted this policy. Japan, before its pact with Great Britain in 1902, lived without allies for a thousand years, during the last half of the century in which it grew to world power. Great Britain lived from 1822 …

Worpell 5 in the Czech RepublicWe just arrived in the Czech Republic; the Czech Republic was once part of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia broke up into the Czech republic and Slovakia, it was one of the few peaceful breakups ever to occur in Europe and Asia. The Czech republic is located North of Hungary, South of Poland, …

Afghanistan, often called the crossroads of Central Asia, has had a turbulent history. Through the ages, Afghanistan has been occupied by many forces. A separate Afghan nation came into existence in 1746 as the Durrani Empire, but control was ceded to the United Kingdom until King Amanullah acceded to throne in 1919. Since then, the …

The Spread of ChristianityBy: Ryan KuThe Apostle Paul had four missionary journeys. These journeys are responsible for the spread of Christianity and created many churches throughout countries of the Mediterranean. On his first journey, Barnabas, Saul, and Mark, church leaders, accompanied Paul travel to the island of Cyprus and parts of Asia Minor. Paul would …

The United States of America prides itself as the self proclaimed leader of the free world. Since the end of World War II the United States has chosen to use force in order to insure this so called freedom of other less fortunate nations who do not have the ability to defend themselves. According to …