Tuesday 28 February 2012

Ways of Occupying



There are many reasons for occupying others territory but one of the main reason of Occupying is the greed for the power. I am just describing the different ways of occupying places happened in the history and new ways of occupying. These occupying methods are inter related in many cases but i am distinguishing based on major reason for occupation during that period of time.
  • Food, Better life.
In olden days of human civilization, people from one tribe used to occupy other in the hunt for food or better living conditions.
Example:
"The recent archaeological campaign (regional site survey and excavations at the mound complex of Akumbu) has demonstrated that the Méma, a dry Sahelian region with a scattered population, was intensively occupied during the Iron Age."1
Pros & Cons

1- The African Archaeological Review   >  Vol. 13, No. 2, Jun., 1996   >  Iron Age Occupation


  • Military occupation
Military occupation is there all the time. Reasons behind occupation might be a bit different. 
Starting with Alexander, Ashok, Gengis khan to Hitler wants to expand the territory. All the leaders want to become famous by having biggest territory and greed for power. 
Example:
Mauyra Dynasty
Chanda Ashok greedy leader later become legend and peaceful person. Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. In order to gain power he killed his brother's cousins. After he becomes emperor he want to expand his kingdom. During that period he decided to occupy Kalinga kingdom, during the war more than 100,000 soldiers were killed and many more were migrated.
This war changed Ashok, brutality of the conquest led him to adopt Buddhism, and he used his position to propagate the relatively new religion to new heights, as far as ancient Rome and Egypt

Pros & Cons:
Ashoka attempted to raise the professional ambition of the common man by building universities for study, and water transit and irrigation systems for trade and agriculture. He treated his subjects as equals regardless of their religion, politics and caste. He is acclaimed for constructing hospitals for animals and renovating major roads throughout India. After this transformation, Ashoka came to be known as Dhammashoka (Sanskrit)
Roman Empire
Between the reigns of the emperors Augustus and Trajan, the Roman Empire achieved great territorial gains in both the East and the West. In the West, following several defeats in 16 BC, Roman armies pushed north and east out of Gaul to subdue much of Germania. Despite the loss of a large army almost to the man in Varus' famous defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9. Roman empire also extended to modern day Britain up to Hadrian's  wall.
Pros & Cons:
Although the law of the Roman Empire is not used today, modern law in many jurisdictions is based on principles of law used and developed during the Roman Empire
Roads were developed by romans, Roman aqueducts (some of which are still in use today), Roman roads, water powered milling machines, thermal heating systems (as employed in Roman baths, and also used in palaces and wealthy homes) sewage and pipe systems and the invention and widespread use of concrete. 

  • Religious occupation

  • Spreading idea

  • Industrial 

  • Economical change

  • Regime change


  • Resources 

Scotland's famous people

 
James Clerk Maxwell statue at George Street, Edinburgh.
Maxwell was born at 14 India street, Edinburgh. James did his schooling at The Edinburgh Academy. He continued his education at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge. He worked at Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Cambridge universities. In 1856, at the early age of 25, he became Professor of Physics at Marischal College, Aberdeen. From there he moved first to King's College, London, and then, in 1871, to become the first Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge where he directed the newly created Cavendish Laboratory.  It was at the Cavendish, over the next fifty years, that so much of the physics of today continued to develop from Maxwell's inspirationOne of his work legacy is  most famous electromagnetic theory. 
Birth place of Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell is a scientist and engineer who invented first practical telephone was born in 14 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh

Saturday 25 February 2012

Glasgow

Linlithgow Station
Glasgow gallery
Glasgow University
Wellington Church Glasgow
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Wednesday 22 February 2012

Education in Rural area

I have an idea of spreading the knowledge to rural area where there is lack of teachers. 
We can use Skype or make videos from people who already got an opportunity to gain the knowledge because of the circumstances, chance, intrest and off course with their talent. 
I want to welcome people to join me and start to spread the knowledge what we have and help others for their development. 

Saturday 18 February 2012

Street painting in Edinburgh





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Edinburgh




Edinburgh Castle
St Mary's Cathedral
Leith Walk
Dynamic Earth


Bread Street Edinburgh
 The National Monument
 Edinburgh Castle from Scott monument
Palace of Holyroodhouse
 Edinburgh 
Edinburgh Castle and Gallery


Scott monument
Arthur seat

NorthBridge
Princess street gardens
Old town
Balmoral hotel and Calton hill
St andrew square
Edinburgh University (Old college)
St John's Episcopal Church
National Archives of Scotland
St Andrews & St George's West Church
La P'tite Folie
Dome is a listed building located in George street, Edinburgh. It was constructed in 1847 served for head office for commercial bank of Scotland, before that it used to physicians hall for royal college of Scotland.










Thursday 9 February 2012

GREAT GREEN WALL


STOPPING DESERTIFICATION IN AFRICA WITH A 'GREAT GREEN WALL'

The Sahara Desert is slowly extending its reach across northern Africa. To counter increasing desertification, a group of African nations wants to plant a continuous line of trees across the continent.
The “Great Green Wall” involves constructing a tree belt 15 kilometers (9 miles) wide and 7,775 kilometers (4,831 miles) long across the southern edge of the Sahara, from Senegal in the west to Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Indian Ocean in the east.
Scientists hope the tree belt will counter soil erosion, slow wind speeds, and stop the encroaching desert. It is important that the countries plant drought-resistant native trees that will not further disrupt indigenous environments. 
Desertification in tandem with human-induced factors, such as mono-cropping and overgrazing, have substantially degraded agricultural lands across northern Africa. When crops fail, rural towns and villages often follow, as residents flee to urban areas in search of better lives.

To break this cycle, all eleven African nations participating need to be resolute in their support of the initiative. Planting the trees is the easy, first step. Following up with diligent protection and maintenance of the tree-line is the difficult part.
So far, only Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has pledged his absolute support in addition to $2 million. 
Representatives of all eleven countries are currently meeting in Chad to discuss the project and the rising problem of desertification. 
Whether the leaders decide to adopt the bold tree-line program or not, they must find a way to beat back the advancing desert. Their peoples' well-being may very well depend on it.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Newcastle

I got chance to visit Newcastle east cost city in England because of workshop at Newcastle university.  Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in North East England it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne. The city developed in the area that was the location of the Roman settlement called Pons Aelius, Though it owes its name to the castle built in 1080, by Robert II, Duke of Normandy.




Gateshead Millennium Bridge
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge Spanning the River Tyne in Newcastle between Gateshead's Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the
Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank



Tyne Bridge


The Sage Gateshead is a centre for musical education, performance and conferences, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the northeast of England

 

Salmon Cubes








The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres tall, with wings measuring 54 metres  across. The wings themselves are angled 3.5º forward, which Gormley used to create "a sense of embrace".
Grey's Monument


The arch to Chinatown, opposite St. James' Park











Race car developed at newcastle university