jetstream (ocean currents)
get the data from GeaCron
add lakes including Caspian Sea [done already I think]
Tiruvannamalai
Mono stone temple near Mumbai 10th c
taj mahal
mughal
the genre is usually set during the Tokugawa era (1600–1868). The samurai film he
Train
Telegraph
Radio
TV
Printing press
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
First movie (France?)
D.W. Griffith
1890's
1905 - The Nicklodeon in Pittsburg, first permananent film-only theatre
1910 - actor's screen credits
1920's - era of highest output: 800 features per year
1927 - The Jazz Singer, first talkie
1929 - all talkies
England
King Arthur
Ivanhoe
Richard iii
Robin hood
Beowulph
Shakespeare 1600
Sir Walter Scott 1820
Saxons from Germany.
Normans from France.
But it was not until the reign of Edward the Third that the mixed language, now termed English, was spoken at the court of London, and that the hostile distinction of Norman and Saxon seems entirely to have disappeared.
hampi, karnataka
Vijaya
Vijayanagara Empire 1343-1565
Hampi predates and lies within the city of Vijayanagara, which in 1500 had a population of half-million, 2nd largest city to Beijing, 3x the pop of Paris.
treasures
UNESCO heritage sites
Wonders of the world
A nawab or nawaab (Urdu: نوّاب) is an honorific title ratified and bestowed by the reigning Mughal emperor to semi-autonomous Muslim rulers of princely states in South Asia. “Nawab” usually refers to males; the female equivalent is “begum” or “nawabbegum”.
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
single features
AH1, part of Asian Highway Network, aka Grand Trunk Road
Khyber pass: Intersection of border and AH 1, Between Kabul and Islamabad, Between Jalalabad and Peshawar
Everest
empire
Timur == Timurland == Tamerlane, 3 generations after Genghis, 7 generations before Babar
Babur invaded India in 1526, captured Delhi, in his 40s, died 5 years later
Rajput: Ethnic name, Pre mughal ruling class, Caste name
Mughal Empire: 1526, Babar, Akbar, British Raj 1858
Awadh - state including Agra and Lucknow, during mughal empire. British say Oudh. The Nawabs were the aristocratic rulers of the area. The maximum being the top nawab.
1350 Delhi Sultanate
Maurya period (c. 300 BC)
in 1966, found in delhi: an inscription of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka (273–235 BC)
‘But I – descendant of the great Timur though I am – what have I? Just Ferghana, a kingdom not two hundred miles long or one hundred wide. Look at it – a place of sheep and goats grazing in valleys ringed on three sides by mountains.’ He flung out an arm towards the soaring, cloud-circled peaks of Mount Beshtor. ‘Meanwhile three hundred miles to the west my brother rules golden Samarkand, while south across the Hindu Kush my cousin holds wealthy Kabul. I am their poor relation to be snubbed and despised. Yet my blood – your blood – is as good as theirs.’
02 - The British acquired Bombay in 1661 and Calcutta in 1690 opening the spice trade to a much wider market.
03 - A style of curry powder was introduced to UK in seventeenth century along the lines of the popular 'kitchen pepper' used in recipes since 1682 with ginger, pepper, cloves, nutmegs and cinnamon.