WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

panning over two thousand years in total, what is called  ancient Egypt  was not one stable civilization, but instead a civilization in constant change and upheaval commonly  split into periods  by historians. Likewise,  ancient Egyptian architecture  is not one style, but a set of styles with commonalities used during each period of ancient Egyptian history. The most well known example of ancient Egyptian architecture are the  Egyptian pyramids ; yet, excavated temples, palaces, tombs and fortresses have all been studied by architects. Due to location, most ancient Egyptian buildings were built of mud brick   and  limestone —readily available materials—by slaves . Monumental buildings were built via the   post and lintel  method of construction, and many buildings were  aligned astronomically . Columns were typically adorned with decorated  capitals  which were made to resemble plants important to Egyptian ci...

Kenya recognizes over fifty tribes of native people. The Maasai were the dominating tribe at beginning of 20th century. They are one of the very few tribes who have retained most of their traditions, lifestyle and lore. In common with the wildlife with which they co-exist, the Maasai need a lot of land. Unlike many other tribes in Kenya, the Maasai are semi-nomadic and pastoral: they live by herding cattle and goats. The Maasai have not fared well in modern Africa. Until the European settlers arrived, fierce Maasai tribes occupied the most fertile lands. The Maasai struggled to preserve their territory, but their spears were no match for armed British troops, and their lawyers never had a fair chance in British courtrooms. In 1904, the Maasai signed a first agreement, losing the best of their land to the European settlers. Seven years later, in 1911, a very controversial agreement was signed by a small group of Maasai, where their best Northern land (Laikipia) was given up to whit...

ORIGIN OF  HUMAN  LIKE CREATURES  IN  PREHISTORIC TIMES. F. EARLY HUMAN LIKE CREATURES. Human like creatures appeared   million years ago. The first period   of prehistory is called   the Old stone age period or Palaeolithic age .The word Palaeolithic comes   from a Greek words palaios,   meaning ‘’old’’ and lithos meaning ‘’stone’’. This period was called stone age because almost all artifacts     that   have   survived   were made of stone. In   1974 In Ethiopia ,an anthropologist   Dolnad c Jonson discovered   female   skeleton remains that may be million years old. Although    Johnson   named   his find Australopithecus    , the skeleton became   known as ‘’lucky ‘’after the song   after the BeatleS’ son,’’   ‘’lucky   in the sky   with diamonds ,’’ which was a popular song at the time of discovery. After examining the bones ...

                     CULTURE OF INDIANS. India has realy left a legacy   in the world   in the area of art, literature , mathematics and science From the ancient time s the land   had provided a living   for nearly   all the people of India .For a limited few at the top of the   caste system, the land provided great luxury. Nevertheless most people were poor. Throughout Indian   history   the most popular writings were   the two great   epics, the   Mahabharata   and Ramayana. The people also  enjoyed   the   stories   of   panchantara, aseries   of fables from the Gupta period. Also much Indian architecture    and   the art reflect   religious influences. For example , Stupas, hemispheres or   dome-shaped shrines, held   artefact and objects associated ...

                           1. WRITERS AND PHILOSOPHERS. A. Mathematics and science. In the 500 B.C, the    philosopher and mathematician    Pythagoras   was born in the island   of   Samson   in the Aegean sea , wrote everything   that could explain   or expressed numbers. He he is probably known   for the pythogorean theorem, geometric theory   that states   that the square   of the   hypotenuse   of the   right triangle equals   the sum of the two other sides. The greeks of Golden age aslo   made advance in science . However , Greek scientific achievement did not develop fully until a later period. Aristotle   laid   the foundation   for the development   of botany   , zoology, an antonym. The   Greek   philosopher ...