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» Father of Economics | - | Adam Smith | |
» Father of Biology | - | Aristotle | |
» Father of Sociology | - | Augustus Comte | |
» Father of Modern Computer | - | Marco Polo | |
» Greenland | - | Norseman Eric | |
» Hudson Bay | - | Charles Babbage | |
» Father of Greek Democracy | - | Clesthenes | |
» Father of Nuclear Physics | - | Ernest Rutherford | |
» Father of English Poetry | - | Geoffrey Chaucer | |
» Father of Genetics | - | Gregor Mendel | |
» Father of Printing | - | Guttenberg | |
» Father of Modern Drama | - | Henrik J. Ibsen | |
» Father of Motor Car | - | Henry Ford | |
» Father of History | - | Herodotus | |
» Father of Medicine | - | Hippocrates | |
» Father of Cloning | - | Ian Wilmut | |
» Father of Jurisprudence | - | John Locke | |
» Father of Tanzania | - | Julius Nyrere | |
» Father of Scientific Socialism | - | Karl Marx | |
» Father of Painting | - | Leonardo Da Vinci | |
» Father of Reformation | - | Martin Luther | |
» Father of Pakistan | - | Muhammed Ali Jinnah | |
» Father of Green Revolution | - | Norman Borlaug | |
» Father of Atom Bomb | - | Otto Hahn | |
» Father of Renaissance | - | Petrarch | |
» Father of Mathematics | - | Pythagorus | |
» Father of Socialism | - | Robert Owen | |
» Father of Co-operation | - | Robert Owen | |
» Father of Homeopathy | - | Samuel Haniman | |
» Father of Bangladesh | - | Sheikh Mujibur Rehman | |
» Father of Psychology | - | Sigmund Freud | |
» Father of Philosophy | - | Socrates | |
» Father of Modern Tourism | - | Thomas Cook | |
»Father of Modern Cartoon | - | William Hogarth |
Showing posts with label FACTS ABOUT WORLD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FACTS ABOUT WORLD. Show all posts
Friday, August 29, 2014
World’s important famous Fathers
Sunday, August 17, 2014
World Famous Cities and their Sobriquets
Sobriquets
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Name of the City
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City of Dreaming Spires
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Oxford (UK)
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City of Seven Hills
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Rome
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City of the Golden Gate
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San Francisco, UK
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Cockpit of Europe
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Belgium
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Dark Continent
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Africa
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Gift of the Nile
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Egypt
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Holy Land
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Palestine
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Island of Pearls
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Bahrain
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Key of the Mediterranean
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Gibraltar
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Land of the Kangaroo
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Australia
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Land of the Midnight Sun
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Norway
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Land of the Rising Sun
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Japan
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Land of the Thunderbolt
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Bhutan
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Land of the White Elephants
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Thailand
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Land of Thousand Lakes
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Finland
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Playground of Europe
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Turkey
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Roof of the World
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Pamirs
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Sick Man of Europe
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Turkey
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Yellow River
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River Hwang Ho
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Sugar Bowl of the World
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Cuba
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Venice of the North
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Saturday, July 19, 2014
Highest Mountain Peaks of the World
Mountain peak | Range | Location | Height | |
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Everest1 | Himalayas | Nepal/Tibet | 29,035 | 8,850 |
K2 (Godwin Austen) | Karakoram | Pakistan/China | 28,250 | 8,611 |
Kanchenjunga | Himalayas | India/Nepal | 28,169 | 8,586 |
Lhotse I | Himalayas | Nepal/Tibet | 27,940 | 8,516 |
Makalu I | Himalayas | Nepal/Tibet | 27,766 | 8,463 |
Cho Oyu | Himalayas | Nepal/Tibet | 26,906 | 8,201 |
Dhaulagiri | Himalayas | Nepal | 26,795 | 8,167 |
Manaslu I | Himalayas | Nepal | 26,781 | 8,163 |
Nanga Parbat | Himalayas | Pakistan | 26,660 | 8,125 |
Annapurna | Himalayas | Nepal | 26,545 | 8,091 |
Gasherbrum I | Karakoram | Pakistan/China | 26,470 | 8,068 |
Broad Peak | Karakoram | Pakistan/China | 26,400 | 8,047 |
Gasherbrum II | Karakoram | Pakistan/China | 26,360 | 8,035 |
Shishma Pangma (Gosainthan) | Himalayas | Tibet | 26,289 | 8,013 |
Annapurna II | Himalayas | Nepal | 26,041 | 7,937 |
Gyachung Kang | Himalayas | Nepal | 25,910 | 7,897 |
Disteghil Sar | Karakoram | Pakistan | 25,858 | 7,882 |
Himalchuli | Himalayas | Nepal | 25,801 | 7,864 |
Nuptse | Himalayas | Nepal | 25,726 | 7,841 |
Nanda Devi | Himalayas | India | 25,663 | 7,824 |
Masherbrum | Karakoram | Kashmir2 | 25,660 | 7,821 |
Rakaposhi | Karakoram | Pakistan | 25,551 | 7,788 |
Kanjut Sar | Karakoram | Pakistan | 25,461 | 7,761 |
Kamet | Himalayas | India/Tibet | 25,446 | 7,756 |
Namcha Barwa | Himalayas | Tibet | 25,445 | 7,756 |
Gurla Mandhata | Himalayas | Tibet | 25,355 | 7,728 |
Ulugh Muztagh | Kunlun | Tibet | 25,340 | 7,723 |
Kungur | Muztagh Ata | China | 25,325 | 7,719 |
Tirich Mir | Hindu Kush | Pakistan | 25,230 | 7,690 |
Saser Kangri | Karakoram | India | 25,172 | 7,672 |
Makalu II | Himalayas | Nepal | 25,120 | 7,657 |
Minya Konka (Gongga Shan) | Daxue Shan | China | 24,900 | 7,590 |
Kula Kangri | Himalayas | Bhutan | 24,783 | 7,554 |
Chang-tzu | Himalayas | Tibet | 24,780 | 7,553 |
Muztagh Ata | Muztagh Ata | China | 24,757 | 7,546 |
Skyang Kangri | Himalayas | Kashmir | 24,750 | 7,544 |
Ismail Samani Peak (formerly Communism Peak) | Pamirs | Tajikistan | 24,590 | 7,495 |
Jongsong Peak | Himalayas | Nepal | 24,472 | 7,459 |
Pobeda Peak | Tien Shan | Kyrgyzstan | 24,406 | 7,439 |
Sia Kangri | Himalayas | Kashmir | 24,350 | 7,422 |
Haramosh Peak | Karakoram | Pakistan | 24,270 | 7,397 |
Istoro Nal | Hindu Kush | Pakistan | 24,240 | 7,388 |
Tent Peak | Himalayas | Nepal | 24,165 | 7,365 |
Chomo Lhari | Himalayas | Tibet/Bhutan | 24,040 | 7,327 |
Chamlang | Himalayas | Nepal | 24,012 | 7,319 |
Kabru | Himalayas | Nepal | 24,002 | 7,316 |
Alung Gangri | Himalayas | Tibet | 24,000 | 7,315 |
Baltoro Kangri | Himalayas | Kashmir | 23,990 | 7,312 |
Muztagh Ata (K-5) | Kunlun | China | 23,890 | 7,282 |
Mana | Himalayas | India | 23,860 | 7,273 |
Baruntse | Himalayas | Nepal | 23,688 | 7,220 |
Nepal Peak | Himalayas | Nepal | 23,500 | 7,163 |
Amne Machin | Kunlun | China | 23,490 | 7,160 |
Gauri Sankar | Himalayas | Nepal/Tibet | 23,440 | 7,145 |
Badrinath | Himalayas | India | 23,420 | 7,138 |
Nunkun | Himalayas | Kashmir | 23,410 | 7,135 |
Lenin Peak | Pamirs | Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan | 23,405 | 7,134 |
Pyramid | Himalayas | Nepal | 23,400 | 7,132 |
Api | Himalayas | Nepal | 23,399 | 7,132 |
Pauhunri | Himalayas | India/China | 23,385 | 7,128 |
Trisul | Himalayas | India | 23,360 | 7,120 |
Korzhenevski Peak | Pamirs | Tajikistan | 23,310 | 7,105 |
Kangto | Himalayas | Tibet | 23,260 | 7,090 |
Nyainqentanglha | Nyainqentanglha Shan | China | 23,255 | 7,088 |
Trisuli | Himalayas | India | 23,210 | 7,074 |
Dunagiri | Himalayas | India | 23,184 | 7,066 |
Revolution Peak | Pamirs | Tajikistan | 22,880 | 6,974 |
Aconcagua | Andes | Argentina | 22,834 | 6,960 |
Ojos del Salado | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 22,664 | 6,908 |
Bonete | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 22,546 | 6,872 |
Ama Dablam | Himalayas | Nepal | 22,494 | 6,856 |
Tupungato | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 22,310 | 6,800 |
Moscow Peak | Pamirs | Tajikistan | 22,260 | 6,785 |
Pissis | Andes | Argentina | 22,241 | 6,779 |
Mercedario | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 22,211 | 6,770 |
Huascarán | Andes | Peru | 22,205 | 6,768 |
Llullaillaco | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 22,057 | 6,723 |
El Libertador | Andes | Argentina | 22,047 | 6,720 |
Cachi | Andes | Argentina | 22,047 | 6,720 |
Kailas | Himalayas | Tibet | 22,027 | 6,714 |
Incahuasi | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 21,720 | 6,620 |
Yerupaja | Andes | Peru | 21,709 | 6,617 |
Kurumda | Pamirs | Tajikistan | 21,686 | 6,610 |
Galan | Andes | Argentina | 21,654 | 6,600 |
El Muerto | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 21,463 | 6,542 |
Sajama | Andes | Bolivia | 21,391 | 6,520 |
Nacimiento | Andes | Argentina | 21,302 | 6,493 |
Illampu | Andes | Bolivia | 21,276 | 6,485 |
Illimani | Andes | Bolivia | 21,201 | 6,462 |
Coropuna | Andes | Peru | 21,083 | 6,426 |
Laudo | Andes | Argentina | 20,997 | 6,400 |
Ancohuma | Andes | Bolivia | 20,958 | 6,388 |
Cuzco | Andes | Peru | 20,945 | 6,384 |
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Toro | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 20,932 | 6,380 |
Tres Cruces | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 20,853 | 6,356 |
Huandoy | Andes | Peru | 20,852 | 6,356 |
Parinacota | Andes | Bolivia/Chile | 20,768 | 6,330 |
Tortolas | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 20,745 | 6,323 |
Chimborazo | Andes | Ecuador | 20,702 | 6,310 |
Ampato | Andes | Peru | 20,702 | 6,310 |
El Condor | Andes | Argentina | 20,669 | 6,300 |
Salcantay | Andes | Peru | 20,574 | 6,271 |
Huancarhuas | Andes | Peru | 20,531 | 6,258 |
Famatina | Andes | Argentina | 20,505 | 6,250 |
Pumasillo | Andes | Peru | 20,492 | 6,246 |
Solo | Andes | Argentina | 20,492 | 6,246 |
Polleras | Andes | Argentina | 20,456 | 6,235 |
Pular | Andes | Chile | 20,423 | 6,225 |
Chañi | Andes | Argentina | 20,341 | 6,200 |
McKinley (Denali) | Alaska | Alaska | 20,320 | 6,194 |
Aucanquilcha | Andes | Chile | 20,295 | 6,186 |
Juncal | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 20,276 | 6,180 |
Negro | Andes | Argentina | 20,184 | 6,152 |
Quela | Andes | Argentina | 20,128 | 6,135 |
Condoriri | Andes | Bolivia | 20,095 | 6,125 |
Palermo | Andes | Argentina | 20,079 | 6,120 |
Solimana | Andes | Peru | 20,068 | 6,117 |
San Juan | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 20,049 | 6,111 |
Sierra Nevada | Andes | Argentina | 20,023 | 6,103 |
Antofalla | Andes | Argentina | 20,013 | 6,100 |
Marmolejo | Andes | Argentina/Chile | 20,013 | 6,100 |
1. The 1954 elevation of Everest, 29,028 ft. (8,848 m) was revised on Nov. 11, 1999, and now stands at 29,035 ft. (8,850 m).
2. Kashmir is divided between India, Pakistan, and China, and the three countries dispute the boundaries. Source: National Geographic Society. |
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