History

The Aksum fleet appeared off the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Igor Kurchatov became the scientific director of the Soviet scientific program.

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.”

In the 14th century, Timbuktu was the richest city in the world, with a university and a rich collection of books. In the 14th century, Timbuktu had five times the population of London at that time.

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

After the defeat suffered at the hands of the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, the Persians began planning another expedition against the Greek city-states (polis).

The construction of the fortress dates back to the 2nd century BC.

Archaeologists discovered several thousand human skeletons in Mohenjo-daro.

Mohenjo-daro was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Under Mansa Musa, the center of writing was in Timbuktu.