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ANCIENT EMPIRE AND CIVILIZATION: Phoenician Empire
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ANCIENT EMPIRE AND CIVILIZATION. Thursday, April 25, 2013. Phoenicians had become a major trading empire after the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC. Phoenician era was well under way by the start of the 1st millennium BC. They had rebuilt their major cities after destruction by the Sea Peoples. They newfound political independence helped the Phoenicians expand the trade that was already the foundation of their propriety. In the late 8th century BC, the Assyrians annexed most Phoenici...
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ANCIENT EMPIRE AND CIVILIZATION: Seleucid Empire (312 BC – 63 BC)
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ANCIENT EMPIRE AND CIVILIZATION. Sunday, December 15, 2013. Seleucid Empire (312 BC – 63 BC). The empire was created by Alexander the Great’s general Seleucus constituted the largest Hellenistic kingdom of the successor states. Seleucus began his career as a Macedonian noblemen and soldier under Alexander. After Alexander’s death he was one of the several Macedonian generals, known collectively as the Diadochi or Successors, who seized portions of the conqueror’s domain. Seleucus was succeeded by his son...
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THE MALAY HISTORY: Golden Chersonese
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Your source for Malay history and culture. Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Golden Chersonese is the ancient name for the Malay Peninsula, as named by the Greek geographer and astronomer Ptolemy. Golden Chersonese bears a witness to the importance of Malay as a sources of gold for the ancient world. It is believed that the mining of gold in Peninsula began two thousand years ago. In the first century Indian dispatched a number of expedition to seek this mythical land. A pieces of gold and gold jewellery used in ...
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HISTORY OF WAR: Third Sacred War
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War is a contention between two or more states through their armed forces, for the purpose of overpowering each other and imposing such conditions of peace as the victor pleases. In all definitions it is clear affirmed that war is a contest between states. War is combat result from a clash of interest and wills. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The so-called Social War (357- 55 BC) or ‘War of the Allies’ of Athens, only weakened the Athenian fleet. Phocis was fined as was (belatedly) Sparta for its seizure in 3...
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INVENTION AND TECHNOLOGY: The invention of microscope
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Sunday, December 15, 2013. The invention of microscope. In the second quarter of 11th century Abu Ali al-Hassan ibn Al-Hassan ibn al-Haytham or al-Hazen, a Persian mathematician and astronomer wrote his treatise Kitab al-Manazrir described the law of rectilinear propagation of light and of reflection and refraction. In the 17th century, advances in optics such as the law of refraction, geometrical optics, ray tracing and Christiaan Huygens’ theory of light contributed to advance in microscopy. The single...
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INVENTION AND TECHNOLOGY: The invention of popcorn machine by Charles Cretors
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Friday, July 24, 2015. The invention of popcorn machine by Charles Cretors. The original method used to popcorn was to hold and shake a wire basket filled with raw corn kernels over an open flame or fire. Charles Cretors was the first of Chicago to develop a steam-driven machine in 1885 to popcorn in such volume that it could be sold from street wagons propelled first by hand, then by horse and finally by gasoline motor. These carts were quickly seen on every street following the hungry crowds. The first...
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THE MALAY HISTORY: Tun Perak of Malacca
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Your source for Malay history and culture. Tuesday, August 10, 2010. Tun Perak of Malacca. Tun Perak of Malacca. Tun Perak is regarded as one of the three outstanding man in the Malay world, comparable to Aria Gajah Mada of Majapahit and Raja Senayan of Pasai. Tun Perak, son of Bendahara Tun Parapati Sedang who assumed the name of Sriwa Raja. After the death of Sriwa Raja, Tun Perak did not enjoy any office instead he went to Kelang to be married and settled in Kelang entirely. Because of Tun Perak’...
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THE MALAY HISTORY: Georgetown, Penang
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Your source for Malay history and culture. Sunday, August 16, 2015. Georgetown is one of the cosmopolitan port city and the second largest city in Malaysia with more than one million populations, where commercial trading is still its major economic activity. In 1786, Francis Light occupied Penang. He was a trader for the British East India Company, as a base for the company in the Malay States. Immigrants from Southern China and Southern India were brought in to work as laborers, who later shifted to rub...
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THE MALAY HISTORY: Pangkor Treaty 1874
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Your source for Malay history and culture. Tuesday, May 25, 2010. In the 17th century Pangkor Island was an important base for Dutch, who were keen to monopolize the Perak tin trade. Early in the 19th century Pangkor Island, along with the coastal strip known as the Dindings, was ceded to the British as a base for the suppression of pirates. Later in the century the island had its name stamped indelibly on history with signing of the Pangkor Treaty (1874). By signing of the Pangkor Treaty on January 20, ...
