From the confluence of the Ohio River and Upper Mississippi River at Cairo, the Lower flows just under 1000 miles (1600 km) to the Gulf of Mexico. It is the most heavily travelled component of the Mississippi River System. Lower Mississippi River. Unlike on the upper rivers, there are no…
Country codes beginning with +35 (dialed from many countries as 00 35 or 011 35) refer to a number of countries in Europe. To narrow it down to one specific country, you would need the next digit. +350 = Gibraltar. +351 = Portugal. +352 = Luxembourg. Country codes beginning with…
On July 15, 2010, the PUC decided the new area code, 272, would be implemented as an overlay. 272 officially entered service on March 28, 2013. Ten-digit dialing became mandatory in northeastern Pennsylvania on September 21, 2013. Country Country Code City Codes; Cambodia: 855: Mobile codes: 998, 84, 1, 999,…
Africa and Asia are the most affected areas in the world by desertification. The impact of climate change and human activities are present in these areas with high levels of desertification compared to other areas in the world. This situation is acute in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya, where the…
Greece, host of the ancient Olympics, always gets to lead the parade. The host country, China, goes last. And in a new tradition, begun in Tokyo last year, future Olympic sites are also shifted to the end of the parade. During the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, tradition dictates…
Handball at the Summer Olympics refers to two different sports. Field handball was introduced for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but dropped after that. At the 1952 Olympics, field handball was a demonstration sport. The World Men’s Handball Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball…
Triple Intervention. The Tripartite Intervention or Triple Intervention (三国干渉, Sangoku Kanshō) was a diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany, and France on 23 April 1895 over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki signed between Japan and Qing Dynasty China that ended the First Sino-Japanese War. The Tripartite Intervention or Triple…
In World War II the chief Allied powers were Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United States (after its entry on December 8, 1941), and China. 1915 – 1918 1939 – 1945 Allied powers, also called Allies,…
On one side, you had the dual alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, and on the other you had the Triple Entente between France, Russia and Great Britain. A British cartoon of Europe in 1914. An alliance was signed by Germany and Austria Hungary on 7th October 1879. The two nations…
Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria were part of “The Great Persian Empire”.Mainland Iran is Persia as ruler ruled from Iran. Bushehr and Shiraz of Iran was Persia. It depends on what you define as “Persia”. The enormous Persian Empire stretched across today’s Iran, Turkey, Egypt as well as parts…