Archive for February, 2012

  • Historical facts about indigenous tribes in Argentina

    Posted in South America | February 28, 2012
    Argentina is a land with a  lot of history, culture and tradition behind it. An ancient region this is one place where there has been lot of inhabitation since times immemorial. Argentina’s indigenous population in the year 2005 was around 1.6% of the total population. This indigenous tribe belonged to the indigenous ethnic group and they were the first descendants  of the people in Amerinidia. The Kolla, the Mapuche, the Wichi, the Guarani, the Mocovi, the Diaguita Calchaqui, the Comechingon, the Huarpe and the Tehuelche are all the most indigenous people belonging to this region. Then you have the Charrua, the Quechua, the Chorote, the pilaga and the Chane, and also the Selknam . The Selknam are almost extinct today and their language  [...]
  • Bizarre Historical Facts That You Didn’t know

    Posted in History Around The World | February 21, 2012
    There are so many historical facts that you didn’t know and many of them are so bizarre that they are very interesting and intriguing. Did you know for example that Abdul Kassam Ismael the Grand Vizier of Persia used to carry a library with him always and this was sometime in the 10th century. There were around 400 camels to carry some 117,000 volumes. Then again did you know that around 200 years before Jesus Christ was born, the Druids used mistletoe to have any celebration for the winter season? The U.S. Civil War lot of paper currency that was in circulation was counterfeit. This accounted for almost 33% to 50 % of the currency. Again did you known that Buganda were the group of people in Uganda and they were the widows of the king who  [...]
  • Historical facts about Abraham Lincoln

    Posted in History Around The World | February 7, 2012
    Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America and served the country till the year 1861. Later in the year 1865 he was assassinated, and thus ended the rule of a great leader. Abraham Lincoln is famous in the world of history as having been the force behind leading the country in the time of a great moral, military and constitutional crisis which was the American Civil War. He ended slavery here in the country and encourage the progress of the country economically and financially with a lot of modernization tactics. Born into a poor family Lincoln has the dubious distinction being an educated person by dint of his own efforts. This self educated man became a country lawyer and then a Legislator with the Illinois state.  [...]