Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai (Arabic: طُور سِينَاء, translit.: Ṭūr Sīnāʼ ; Egyptian Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَى, translit.: Jabal Mūsā or Gabal Mūsā; literally "Moses' Mountain" or "Mount Moses"; Hebrew: הר סיני‎ translit. Har Sinai), also known as Mount Horeb, is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt that is a possible location of the biblical Mount Sinai. The latter is mentioned many times in the Book of Exodus and other books of the Bible, and the Quran. According to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition, the biblical Mount Sinai was the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments.

Mount Sinai is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft) moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the Sinai region. It is next to Mount Catherine (at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, the highest peak in Egypt). It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks of the mountain range.

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Marsilia

Marsilia

Marsilia (în franceză Marseille, occitană Marselha) este al doilea cel mai mare oraș din Franța. Situată pe coasta Mediteranei, în vechea Provența (Provenza în italiană, în franceză Provence, Provença în occitană), este cel mai mare port comercial al țării. Marsilia este prefectura departamentului Bouches-du-Rhône și capitala regiunii Provence-Alpi-Coasta de Azur.

Are o populație de 820.900 locuitori (2004), care ajunge la peste 1.550.000 în aglomerarea urbană Marsilia-Aix-en-Provence.

A fost fondată de greci în secolul VII î.Hr. A trecut în subordinea romanilor în 49 î.Hr. Vechiul nume grecesc e Massilía, de la Mασα (citit masa), ce înseamnă "jertfă"

Marsilia a fost evanghelizată începând cu secolul I. Potrivit legendei, predicator ar fi fost Lazăr, Marta și Maria, cei trei frați prieteni ai lui Iisus Hristos.

În secolul IV se stabilește la Marsilia monahul Sfântul Ioan Casian, de origine din Dobrogea, și pune pe picioare monahismul galic. Acesta s-a născut în anul 365 într-o așezare situată la gurile Dunării. A fost călugăr la Betleem, călugăr pelerin în Egipt, diacon la biserica St. Ioan Gurădeaur în Constantinopole, preot la Roma. În primăvara anului 416, el ajunge la Marsilia și se stabilește acolo. Construiște o criptă peste mormintele a doi martiri pentru a sărbători Euharistia. Era un obicei al Bisericii să alăture sărbătoarea Sacrificiului lui Iisus cu sărbătoarea sacrificiului celor care au murit pentru El, iar mormintele pe care se ține slujba erau întotdeauna ale unor martiri. Absida acestei cripte a dispărut, cripta fiind modificată în secolul al XIII-lea, însă din perioada paleocreștină au rămas numeroase urme ale venerării: stâlpi decorați, sculpturi, încrustații ca figuri biblice, monograme ale lui Iisus. Sfântul Casian a murit în anul 435.

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Mount Hood

Mount Hood

Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) east-southeast of Portland, on the border between Clackamas and Hood River counties. In addition to being Oregon's highest mountain, it is one of the loftiest mountains in the nation based on its prominence.

The height assigned to Mount Hood's snow-covered peak has varied over its history. Modern sources point to three different heights: 11,249 feet (3,429 m), a 1991 measurement by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey (NGS), 11,240 feet (3,426 m) based on a 1993 scientific expedition,and 11,239 feet (3,426 m) of slightly older origin. The peak is home to 12 named glaciers and snowfields. It is the highest point in Oregon and the fourth highest in the Cascade Range. Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt though based on its history, an explosive eruption is unlikely. Still, the odds of an eruption in the next 30 years are estimated at between 3 and 7 percent, so the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) characterizes it as "potentially active", but the mountain is informally considered dormant.

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Statue of Leshan Giant Buddha

Statue of Leshan Giant Buddha

Statue of Leshan Giant Buddha is located at the confluence of three rivers point in the southern part of the province of Sichuan , near the city of Leshan in China . This statue built during the reign of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 m). The statue is the largest statue of Buddha carved into the rock in the world. Indeed, the area where the giant statue listed as a World Heritage Site since 1990 by UNESCO . The statue was not damaged by the earthquake that hit 

China in 2008 .
The statue carving began in 713 under the supervision of a Buddhist monk called "Tong are"; in the hope that calms the Buddha powerful to hit the river cargo ships passing through the waters of the river. After the death of the monk, the statue building stopped due to lack of funding. After almost 70 years, he decided to military governor of the region to adopt the project and its financing. He has followers of Buddhist monk "is Tong" to complete the process of sculpture in 803. It seems that the large number of stones placed in the river by the process of carving the statue led to calm the waters of the river. Allowing ships to pass through.

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North Korea

North Korea

North Korea , officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국; hancha: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國; RR: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk), is a country in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. The capital and largest city is Pyongyang. North Korea shares a land border with China to the north and north-west, along the Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen rivers. A small section of the Tumen River also forms North Korea's border with Russia to the northeast. The Korean Demilitarized Zone marks the boundary between North Korea and South Korea. The legitimacy of this border is not accepted by either side, as both states claim to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula.

The Empire of Japan annexed Korea in 1910. After the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was divided into two zones by the United States and Soviet Union, with the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. Negotiations on reunification failed, and in 1948 two separate governments were formed: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north, and the Republic of Korea in the south. The conflicting claims of sovereignty led to the Korean War in 1950. The Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953 led to a ceasefire, but no peace treaty was ever signed.Both states were accepted into the United Nations in 1991.

The DPRK officially describes itself as a self-reliant socialist state and holds elections, but it is widely considered a dictatorship and has been described as totalitarian and Stalinist, with an elaborate cult of personality around Kim Il-sung and his family. Human rights violations in North Korea have been assessed by international organizations as in a category of their own, with no parallel in the contemporary world.The Workers' Party of Korea, led by a member of the ruling family,holds power in the state and leads the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland of which all political officers are required to be a member.

Over time North Korea has gradually distanced itself from the world Communist movement. Juche, an ideology of national self-reliance, was introduced into the constitution as a "creative application of Marxism–Leninism" in 1972. In 2009, the constitution was amended again, removing the brief references to communism (Chosŏn'gŭl: 공산주의).

The means of production are owned by the state through state-run enterprises and collectivized farms, and most services such as healthcare, education, housing and food production are state funded or subsidized.[30] In the 1990s, North Korea suffered from a famine and continues to struggle with food production.

North Korea follows Songun, or "military-first" policy. It is the world's most militarized society, with a total of 9,495,000 active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel. Its active duty army of 1.21 million is the 4th largest in the world, after China, the U.S., and India. It also possesses nuclear weapons.

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Republic of South Africa

Republic of South Africa

Republic of South Africa, is a country located in the far South Africa. Located at the southern tip of the continent and bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland. The country of Lesotho completely surrounded by the territory of South Africa. Its economy is the largest and the most advanced among all African countries, and modern infrastructure found in almost all parts of the country. There is in South Africa's largest population of people with European origins in Africa, and the largest Indian population gathered outside Asia, and the largest colored community (people of color) in Africa, making it one of the most diverse countries in the population on the African continent.

Ethnic and racial conflict between the white minority and black majority, filled a large portion of the country's history, policies, and the National Party began the introduction of the policy of apartheid after winning the general elections of 1948 which is the same party that began the dismantling of this policy in 1990 after a long struggle with the black majority and groups of anti-racist whites and Indians. South Africa, one of the few African countries that have not experienced a coup against the government, as they are free and fair elections organization since 1994, making the country an influential force in the region, but one of the most stable democracies on the African continent.

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Louxor

Louxor

Louxor ou Louqsor, en arabe الأقصر, Al Uqsur, est une ville située sur la rive droite du Nil, en Haute-Égypte, située à environ700 km au sud du Caire et à environ 300 km au nord d'Assouan. Selon le recensement de 20061, c'est à présent une ville de429 000 habitants2 — qui tous, vivent directement ou indirectement du tourisme —, ce qui la place au neuvième rang des villes égyptiennes.

Il s'agit de l'antique cité égyptienne de Thèbes.

Le site de Louxor, avec plus de quatre millions de visiteurs par an, est l'un des endroits les plus touristiques de l'Égypte et constitue la partie sud de l'ancienne Thèbes. Son temple, relié à celui de Karnak par un dromos, longue allée bordée desphinx, fut érigé au xiv^e siècle av. J.-C. sous le règne d'Amenhotep III. Il fut modifié par la suite par Ramsès II, qui y ajouta notamment six statues monumentales et deux obélisques, dont l'un, offert à la France en 1831, orne depuis la place de la Concorde à Paris.

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