Did You Know!
Old Tom
Submitted by ahmadgh on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 13:18. |
| Orca Whales |
Old Tom was the name of an Orca whale (AKA killer Whales) that helped whalers (whale hunters, fishers, etc…) in hunting baleen whales in the port of Eden in the period of 1850 till his death in 1930.
Ivan the Terrible
Submitted by ahmadgh on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 13:48. |
| Ivan the Terrible Killing his son by Ilya Repin |
Ivan IV of Russia was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of Tsar a title that lasted till Nicholas II (Nicholas the Martyr).
Dafydd ap Gruffydd The Last Prince of Wales
Submitted by ahmadgh on Mon, 10/08/2007 - 12:29.Dafydd ap Gruffydd was the last prince of Wales! he was conquered by Edward I of England!
Daffyd was Hanged Drawn and quartered, by King Edward I of England (aka Longshanks).
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| Edward I of England |
Official Language of England!!
Submitted by ahmadgh on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 11:02.From nearly the end of the 11th century till 14th century the official language for England was French!!!
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| William I of England |
After the Normandy Conquest on England by William II Duke of Normandy (also Known as William I of England), the House of Normandy used Anglo-Normandy (Middle-English) as the official language of England!
Sipahi
Submitted by ahmadgh on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 15:14. |
| Battle of Vienna |
The Sipahis were an élite mounted force within the Six Divisions of Cavalry of the Ottoman Empire.
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Tarikh Al-Jabarti
Submitted by ahmadgh on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 17:22. |
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Jabarti (Egyptian Arabic El-Gabrti) was a muslim Scholar, scientist of astrology, mathematics and a well known chronicler of the Egyptian history of the Mamlouk dynasty and the French expedition on Egypt and the era of Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
Leftist
Submitted by ahmadgh on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 11:14.The origins of the term Leftist came from the era of the French Revolution! At the time of the French Monarchy the French nation presentation in the parliament (Estates General) was divided into 3 Estates*:
3.5G or Broadband
Submitted by ahmadgh on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 07:50.Etisalat Misr is promoting its mobile network as a 3.5G and Vodafone Egypt is promoting its 3G services as a 3G broadband!
So can the ordinary customer differentiate?
Actually you need to be familiar with Telecom field in order to answer such question!
The simple answer to this question is HSDPA!
Yes HSDPA technology is considered a 3.5G & a wireless broadband technology!*
So basically Etisalat Misr decided to promote its network as a 3.5!
Which I believe it could reach to the customer as an added value to the network.
Shortest War in History
Submitted by ahmadgh on Mon, 09/03/2007 - 18:01.The Anglo-Zanzibar war is considered the shortest war ever.
The war lasted for 45 minutes and ended when the troops loyal to Khalid bin Bargash surrendered to the British troops.
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| Sultan's harem after the bombardment |