Aug 20 2007
History Never Repeats: True or False
This term our class has been learning about history all over the world. We had to pick 3 things in the 3 different eras. The ancient civilizations, the medieval era and the modern era. Below are the things I picked.
Ancient Civilizations: Persia/Iran
Medieval Era: Taj Mahal
Modern Era: Konrad Zuse
Here is some interesting info about these things and people:
Ancient Civilizations: Persia/Iran
The symbol in the middle of the Iranian flag is the emblem of the country
The motto of Iran in English is “
Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic”
The capital of Iran is
Tehran
Tehran is the largest city in Iran/Persia
Medieval Era: Taj Mahal
The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal
Construction began for the Taj Mahal in 1632 and finished in 1648
The Taj Mahal is sometimes called “The Taj”
The Taj Mahal is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Turkish and Indian architectural styles
Modern Era: Konrad Zuse
1938: Konrad completed the Z1, a fully mechanical programmable digital computer
Konrad was born on the 22nd of June 1910 in
Germany
1940: Konrad completed the Z2, the first fully functioning electro-mechanical computer of the world
1941: Konrad developed the Z3, first realization of a program control using the binary digits
