Saturday, July 25, 2015. Babylon was founded by a group of rebellious descendants of Noah approximately 100 years after the great flood. Babylon was a hotbed of idolatry and false religion. From about 2000 to 500 BC Babylon was the capital of the Babylonian Empire and a major center of religion and trade. Around 1900 Semitic peoples, possibly known as the Amorites, migrate into Mesopotamian and capture the city-state of Babylon. There is a romantic legend.

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.

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.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Of all fruit juices, strawberry is not only one of the most pleasant in flavour, but it is also one of the most useful as it contains much sugar and a fair proportion of iron. Strawberry juice is rich in vitamin C and the minerals calcium, phosphorus and potassium. It is also one of the few fruit juices that contain natural painkillers. These substances, called organic salycilates, are basic ingredient of painkillers such as aspirin. Strawberry juice is a refreshing beverage espe.

Friday, August 14, 2015. City of Kuwait is the capital of a country that is also named Kuwait. The city lies on a bay of the Persian Gulf, in the Middle East. In contrast to its current prominence, Kuwait was a remote part of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century, largely left to manage its own affairs. The country started producing oil in the middle of the 1900s. As a result Kuwait city grew much bigger and wealthier.

Saturday, August 08, 2015. The Sassanid Dynasty that ruled Iran from AD 224 to 651 replaced the Parthian Empire. The Sassanid saw themselves as successors of the Achaemenid after the Hellenistic and Parthian interlude and believed that it was their destiny to restore the greatness of Persian. Sassanid religious policies contributed to the flourishing of numerous religious reform movements, the most important were Manichean and Mazdakian religious doctrines.