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History of India Timeline: Here we are giving the important incidents in the Chronological order of Ancient to Modern History of India, i.e., the Indian history chronological order which can help your history preparation. B.C. 2500-1500 Indus Valley Civilisation. 540 Birth of Mahavir—Founder of Jainism. 563 Birth of Gautam Buddha—Founder of ...
Established in/on — April 7, 1948 Headquarters — Geneva (Switzerland) Official Languages — Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish Member States — 193 Member States Type of Organisation WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global ...
Established in — 1985 Headquarters — Tehran (Iran) Member States — Islamic State of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Turkey, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan Finance Source — Member contributions Language ...
The Simla Agreement Signed by the P.M. of India and the President of Pakistan in 1971, the Agreement had the following provisions : to normalise relationship between the two countries, to withdraw from the territories seized by them, communications would be resumed. Antarctic Treaty : It is an agreement signed on December 1, 1959 between […]
Egyptian Civilization It is one of the world’s longest continuous civilizations. In 300 BC Upper and Lower Egypt were united, beginning a period of cultural glory and native rulers that lasted nearly 3,000 years. Historians have divided the history of Egypt into the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, spanning 31 dynasties and lasting to 322 ...
Rome is situated on the river Tiber in Italy. Etruscan traders occupied this city and made it the largest and most important cities of central Italy. Between 338 and 169 B.C., the Romans dominated the Mediterranean world. Between 167 B.C. and 14A.D. much of the land was conquered, the republic was brought to an end […]
The earliest urban society in Greece was the palace-centered Minoan civilization. It reached its height on Crete c. 2000 BC. It was succeeded by the mainland Mycenaen civilization, which arose c. 1600 BC following a wave of Indo-European invasions. A second wave of invasions in c. 1200 BC, destroyed the Bronze Age cultures, paving the […]
The first documented dynasty was the Shang (c. 1523-c. 1020 BC) when bronze casting was perfected. The Zhou dynasty (c. 1030-221 BC) was the age of Chinese Classical Literature, in particular Confucian and Lao Tzu. China was unified by Qin Shihuangdi, whose tomb near Xian contains the famous terracotta army. The majority of the great […]
Mesopotamia was the ancient region between Tigris and Euphrates in South-West Asia, roughly corresponding to modern Iraq. It was the site of one of the earliest human civilizations, resulting from the development of irrigation in the 6th millennium BC and the extreme fertility of the irrigated land. Sumerians settled in the lower parts of ...
The main cause for the World War II (1939-45) were – (1) By the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I, Germany was not only dismembered, disarmed but also humiliated and very exacting conditions were imposed upon her. (2) There was strong feeling of deep social discontentment in Germany and Italy after the War. […]