History

Compared to other civilizations from that period (i.e., Egypt, Mesopotamia), Mohenjo-daro is distinguished by the number of wells - one well for three houses.

Some 5000 people in the first 72 hours were irradiated with doses ranging from 460 to nearly 1000 mSv.

Raubritters took advantage of the weakening of central power to spread their wings in criminal activity. They were favored by situations of struggle for the throne or interregnum.

Today, in the Thermopylae ravine, the barrow where the Spartans were buried has a stone tablet engraved with an inscription by the Greek poet Symonides: “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.”

The character of Mansa Musa was used in the fourth and sixth part of Sid Meier's Civilization video games.

Sudiata Keita established a capital in his home village of Niani, Mali.

The expedition was scheduled to begin on January 23, 1959.

The idea of establishing an overseas British colony came from the Virginia Company of London, with the blessing of King James I.

Both travelers and national minorities were blamed for the spread of the epidemic.

Ozyorsk, where the people working in Mayak resided, partially escaped the direct effects of the blast.