Kategoriarkiv: culture history

The Sumerians

Sumerian culture flourished in Mesopotamia 3000 BC. Life between the rivers was characterized by their capricious behavior, usually they were an inexhaustible source of fertile soil, but sometimes they could flood with devastating results. When the rivers overflowed each year, the water was diverted using canals that led to basins where the water was savedFortsätt läsa ”The Sumerians”

Mount Moriah

Today the top of Mount Moriah lies somewhere beneath the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Throughout the Bible, this special place played a significant role in many people’s lives: AbrahamIn Genesis 22:1-14, God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his only beloved son and the heir God promised, in the regionFortsätt läsa ”Mount Moriah”

Eilat Mazar found the City of David

’But it was her excavation on the elevation abutting the City of David, down the hill and south of Har Habayis, that shook the archaeological world. For lying undisturbed for nearly 3000 years was a massive building that Mazar was convinced is King David’s palace’. https://mishpacha.com/the-woman-who-unearthed-jerusalem/

Silk road

Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received nestorian Christianity and Buddism (from India) via the Silk Road.

Alan Turing | Biography, Facts, & Education | Britannica

Alan Turing, British mathematician and logician, a major contributor to mathematics, cryptanalysis, computer science, and artificial intelligence. — Läs på http://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing