Switzerland is also on the list of top 10 countries in software and having this country mentioned almost every time we talk about IT jobs implies that, although cold and surrounded by mountains, it can be the warmest place in terms of salaries for people who deal with this kind…
1- Norway (9.87) 2- Iceland (9.58) 3- Sweden (9.39) 4- New Zealand (9.26) 5- Finland (9.25) 6- Ireland (9.24) 7- Canada (9.22) 8- Denmark (9.22) North Korea and Iran are two countries with unlimited government. The American government classifies North Korea as a one-man dictatorship and Iran as a theocratic…
1. Eritrea: 80.7% lack basic water services. The population of Eritrea in East Africa has the least access to clean water close to home. What countries have the most dirty water? WaterAid’s State of the World’s Water 2018: The Water Gap reveals Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Niger, Mozambique, India and…
The irony of diamond desire is that it centers around the idea that diamonds are precious and rare. While diamonds may be precious gems, they aren’t even a little bit rare. Mines in Africa, Canada and other countries abound with the stones, which are mined, cut and then marked way…
Currently, there are over 4.5 billion people in Asia, including 2.3 billion in East Asia and Pacific and 1.8 billion in South Asia. The continent hosts two of the world’s most populous countries; China and India. Although Asia is experiencing population growth, the growth rate has slowed down to 0.96%.…
20 of Britain’s most spectacular castles. 1 1. Windsor Castle. © Royal Collection Trust / Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 Photographer Peter Packer. 2 2. Warwick Castle. 3 3. Tower of London. 4 4. Highclere Castle. 5 5. Hever Castle. More items The country with the most castles in…
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, invasion of Afghanistan in late December 1979 by troops from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War (1978–92) and remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989. Soviet invasion of…
http://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/uploads/images/79/l_2flanged_axe.JPG Around 3500 BC the first signs of bronze usage by the ancient Sumerians started to appear in the Tigris Euphrates valley in Western Asia. One theory suggests that bronze may have been discovered when copper and tin-rich rocks were used to build campfire rings. – New Analysis Proves Most…
The First compass was invented in China during the Han Dynasty between the 2nd century BC and 1st century AD, (we don’t know precisely when). At first, it was used for divination, fortune-telling and geomancy, for finding precious gems and in Feng Shui but in time people discovered that it…
Who invented the first automatic door? The answer is a mathematician. You have to go back to the first century AD and to the region of Roman Egypt. It was here that the mathematician Heron of Alexandria invented the first known automatic door. The writers of the day said that…