Wednesday, 29 January 2020

HISTORY

HISTORY
About 2000years ago, traded goods from china began to reach Europe and Africa along a route that became known as the silk road, as silk road as silk was one of the goods Traded .
THE INCA EMPIRE COVERED 9,00,000sq km (350,000sq miles). in 1532, it was conquered by Spaniard Francisco Pizarro and just 168 men.
The Islamic Calendar Started in 622CE. It uses a year that is 11 days shorter than a full solar year the gladiator Spartacus led a revolt of more than 100,000 slaves against the army of the roman empire in 72  BCE
14th- century Arabian explorer Ibn Battuta traveled 117,000km (73000miles)and visited every Islamic country in the world.
The first English-speaking colony in North America was set up in 1585 in roanoke in north Carolina. it only lasted one year
The ancient Chinese invented many things. The so-called FOUR GREET Inventions of  Ancient china were paper, the compass, printing, and gunpowder. Between 1760 and 1840, 7000km (4300miles) of canals were built in Britain to carry goods from the new factories around the country.

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