Saint Helena is a small British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is made up of three main island groups: Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha and the Ascension Islands. The islands were … Read more
“Mawṭinī” (Arabic: موطني, ‘My Homeland’) is the national anthem of Iraq, being adopted as such in 2004. The song formerly served as the de facto national anthem of Palestine from the late 1930s Palestinian Arab revolt to 1996, when the country formally adopted an official … Read more
The Negritos were the first inhabitants of the Philippines. Thousands of years ago, they came on the islands. The island was populated by tribal groups headed by chieftains known as datus when the Polynesians reached … Read more
Venezuela was inhabited by indigenous peoples thousands of years before the arrival of the Spaniards. In 1522, Nueva Toledo became the first Spanish settlement in South America. However, Venezuela was a somewhat neglected colony as … Read more
“Bože pravde” (“God of Justice”) is the National Anthem of Serbia, as defined by the Article 7 of the Constitution of Serbia. “Bože pravde” was the state anthem of the Principality of Serbia and the Kingdom of … Read more
Occupation King of Babylon Born c. 634 BC in Babylon Died c. 562 BC in Babylon Reign c. 605 – 562 BC, known for Building Hanging Gardens of Babylon and conquering the Jews The greatest … Read more
Jan van Riebeek, a Dutchman, founded Cape Town as the first colony of Europe in South Africa in 1653. More immigrants from the Netherlands, France, and Germany came as the colony expanded. The Boers were … Read more
