Shanghai

Shanghai and sometimes Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 = this file Shànghǎi (? · Information) shànghǎi = above the sea): China's biggest cities in terms of population, and the country's economic capital. Adraaa, considered the "Shanghai" one of the four municipalities in the country (see: "Administrative Divisions in China"). Located in the center of the coast of mainland China, and at the mouth of the Yangtze River, enjoying privileged geographical location made ​​it an important trade port and one of the largest industrial hubs in the country ...

 


The number of residents in the Greater Shanghai 31,300,000 people in 2003 -hawwala 16,500,000 n Alduaha- without counting the population. This number congregate in an area not exceeding Al82.000 km² (2588 population density n / km 2). And resides in the city of more than 4500 skyscraper, with a height of 488 meters above it ....



Established a small village in the century atheist century, dominated by the fishing activity. Until the eighteenth century, did not have a significant mention in the history of the country. In 1842, after the "Agreement Nanjing", the city began a new era with its openness to foreign trade. And put an end to the agreement signed Opium Wars between China Britain, became the "Shanghai" privileges British zone. Then obtained other countries as "France" and the United States on similar privileges in the city. This climate has encouraged many banks and companies on the stability of world trade in that particular area, which was located under Western management. In 1857, Britain got the right to sail in the River "Yangtze", known in the trade prosperous Shanghai real, and shouting harbor of the busiest ports in China. They pass through a quarter (1/4) Chinese maritime trade. Poured into foreign assets on the domestic industry, the cheap labor and abundant of the most important reasons to do so. The first Sino-Japanese War, which ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki led to the intervention of Japan's new foreign force in Shanghai, where Japan girl first factories in Shanghai ...





The Chinese were eager to get rid of Alognih hegemony over the city. Known as "Shanghai" Mkthagh political activities, held the first conference of the Communist Party of China (1921 m). In 1927, led the national armies "Jiang armies" to take over the city, was placed under government administration to "Giyumndang" (the first national government after dropping dynasty "Zheng" in 1911), has campaigned for the expulsion of those communists of the city. Signed under the Japanese occupation between 1937-1945 AD, then retrieved China after the end of World War II. Abandoned by Britain, France and the United States for privileges in the city. The communist forces seized it (1949) ...


 





Shanghai is a modern city, and this is reflected in the architecture of its buildings, like banks, office buildings and the headquarters of international companies. Replete with numerous tourist attractions and cultural: "Yu Garden" (or "Yuyuan" meaning garden cheerful, and go back to the 16th century AD, but it was renovated in 1956), "Park Autumn clouds Scarlet" (or purple), which was built during the reign of strain "Meng" (1368-1644 AD), garden "Hong Ko" and the Temple of Buddha made ​​of jade, featuring primarily white jade statues of Buddha, one of the Buddhist monks of Bastkdamha sketched (Myanmar today) during one of his trips in 1882. More places populated of the "Park Zhongshan", which is located Bmahmah Bund (boulevard) along the river, "Huangpu", abound in the region, gardens and old buildings with European style, was built mostly between the end of the 19th century and early 20th century ..

Manchester

Manchester (English: Manchester) or Manchester is the British city located in the north-west of England, which is one of the industrial cities of ancient that it came from the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe, and by the major universities is one of the most important universities in the United Kingdom: University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford. Manchester City and is famous for its sports clubs, especially Manchester United and Manchester City. The city saw them senior scientists chemist John Dalton, the discoverer of the atom, and the founder of communism, Karl Marx. And inhabited by Muslim communities represent about 5% of the total population of the city, most of them from South Asia, as is the case with the major cities of Britain, next to Arab communities came for various reasons, including community Libyan mission south of the city ... 

 

 

 

 

 

Manchester is believed that the name originated from the word Romania «Mamucyom» (Latin: Mamucium) and fired at a Roman fort built near the site of the current city. The Roman name came «Mamucyom» Latin pronunciation of the original name for the area which is «Mostr» where «Mam» Kltaah It means conical hill add the word «Kestr» (Latin: ceaster) from Old English and means any town «hill town». There is another belief that the designation of origin and language Brythonic mean mother ... 

 

 

 

 

Manchester Airport is the airport that serves the city of Manchester and the North of England in general. It is the busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in the United Kingdom after London airports, it also solves ranked seventh in the order of ten busiest airports in Europe. Aviation service is available for a large number of travel destinations in Europe, North America and the Caribbean, and Asia. Opened another runway at the airport in 2001, has begun a number of ongoing developments at the airport. Although the airport has become a regional airport, but it ranks among the top rating for Airports (Category 10), and this category includes a selection of airports which can receive a number of large aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8. Since September 2010 Manchester Airport has become one of the seven out of ten airports in the world who occupy the Airbus A380, which is the only airport in the United Kingdom, after London Heathrow Airport. Trains constitute an important part of transportation in Manchester. Manchester Piccadilly station (en) were more train stations in the UK's busiest outside London, then fell and became resolved in third place according to the number of passengers ... 

 

 

 

 

 

  The city of Manchester of the best cities Mushtaharah football in England and the whole world and the best sports clubs in the city of Manchester are Manchester United and Manchester City, and grew up between the two teams fierce competition caused by that at the founding of clubs was Manchester City club for the rich while the Manchester United club for the poor and the miners and trains. Making the class struggle goes for sports and games the two teams so far in spite of the changing conditions of the two teams, where is Manchester City is currently one of the richest clubs of the world. [Citation needed] and includes the city are two of the biggest stadiums of Europe are the Old Trafford or the so-called stadium dreams, which golf club Manchester United, as well as the city of Manchester Stadium or the so-called city of Manchester Stadium Waldstadion a Manchester City. And called on the name of the last pitch, a stadium, a Union named interim marketing for Etihad Airways official sponsor of Manchester City. And also there is a club called Manchester United of this club was founded in 2005 and is playing in the FA Cup Trophy or the so-called FA Trophy. It also includes the city of Manchester Stadium on a beautiful golf course called Playgolf Manchester ..

Bruges

Considered the most important cities of Bruges in Belgium. Which culminated in the city in 2002 as the Capital of Culture. A population of about 117327. an area of ​​138.40 square kilometers. In the thirteenth century, was considered an important center of global trading in Europe. Is the most important tourist centers in Belgium Due to retain its medieval character. Your eyes will not Takto old-fashioned distinctive buildings in Bruges is,,,, Old,,, and that the town is famous for all the administrative buildings are still the distinctive style of the medieval ...









The best way to discover the city is walking on legs,,, This ensures you to watch as much of the city without haste,,, and sit on cafes .... You can also take a trip horse-drawn buggy at a cost of 35 euros for a half an hour,,,, exciting experience ... the town is famous for its potatoes and fried,,,,, there are all shapes additives increases Allvedh such as cheese, mayonnaise, pepper and other,,, ..... town is also famous for manual work,,, and there is a market next to the river for cheap things and used (the whole country originally River) as you can see painters scattered around the town,,, and there is also a market for flowers ... Belgian chocolate,,, months to tell about it here,,,, Mntchehrh and shops in abundance in the city,,, advice not in a hurry buy chocolate,,, because every shop sweeter than the second. But watch out; where most of the shops add alcohol to chocolate,,, ask in order to preserve your religion ...

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the second largest city after Istanbul. The population of the city of Ankara suburbs nearly four and a half million souls according to the statistics of 2010. It thus is the forty-fifth place globally in terms of population density. Ankara is located on a plateau of Anatolia, central Turkey, as an average height above sea level 938 meters. Because of the importance of commercial and industrial, and its geographical location was taken by successive Turkish governments have the political capital and the seat of the ministries and government offices and foreign missions. Dating back to the pre 10,000 a year when it was inhabited by primitive man first, and then ruled Alhatheon, and the Hittites, and Alfrejeon, and Allidion then Alokhmignon Persians, and then came the Macedonians and the Chaldeans, and finally seized by the Romans, and after the division of the empire Romania remained under Byzantine rule until the opening of the Seljuks and then fell in the hands of the Mongols to be dominated by the Ottomans in the fourteenth century. Since 1923 declared Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Ankara, capital of the Turkish Republic ...

 



  Return basis naming the city of Ankara to the Greek language when he called Alfrejeon behalf Onkura (Anküra), and mean anchor the ship, and says some of the ancient myths that Midas king of Phrygia found for the first time anchor in Ankara, and states that Alexander the Great passed Onkura in traveling towards the east in 333 (BC), as there is today in the Museum of Anatolian ancient coins dating back to the second century AD, the instrument has a picture of the ship anchor. And as defined by Ankara as well as the name Latin and especially in Western sources on behalf of Onkira or Onkira (Ankyra or Ancyra), respectively, also known in the Abbasid era behalf Amuriyah proportion to battle Amuriyah that erupted between the Abbasid Caliph Billah and Prince Byzantine Theophile, and when dominated by the Seljuk Turks on the city dubbed Ankara ...

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan (Azeri community: Azərbaycan) or officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azeri community: Azərbaycan Respublikası Azerbaijan Respolecassi) is one of six countries, a Turkish independent in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Situated at the crossroads between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, and is bordered by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north and Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. Limits the Nakhichevan enclave of Armenia in the north and east, Iran to the south and west, while limiting short-Turkey borders in the north-west. Surrounded Alusaúd Karki Yukhary Oskabara and Brochdarle and Sofulu Armenia and controlled by war since the Nagorno-Karabakh. The region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian-majority in the south-west of Azerbaijan declared itself independent from Azerbaijan in 1991, but this independence has not been diplomatically recognized by any state is still considered part of Azerbaijan occupied by the rule of law by Armenian forces. Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 158 countries so far and holds membership 38 Dolah.thml Organization observer status in the Non-Aligned Movement and the World Trade Organization and a reporter at the International Telecommunication Union. There are communities of Azerbaijan in 42 countries and there are dozens of centers of ethnic minorities inside Azerbaijan, including (cultural community German "Carl House" and cultural center of Slavic and Azerbaijani society Israeli and Kurdish Cultural Centre and the Association of Talysh International Center Allezgina national "beaver" and Azerbaijani society Tatar community Crimean Tatars etc ...). On May 9, 2006 Azerbaijan was elected to membership of the Human Rights Council, newly created by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The period began mandate of the Council on June 19, 2006 Azerbaijan state with a majority of the Turkish ethnic and religious Shiite. State officially secular and unitary republic with cultural heritage and historic Old. Azerbaijan was the first attempt to establish a democratic republic and secularism in the Muslim world. Azerbaijan is one of the founding members of GUAM and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in September / September 1993 there is a special envoy of the European Commission in the country, which is also a member of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Council of Europe and the Partnership for peace for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ......

Estonia

Estonia (Estonian: Eesti), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a country in the Baltic region of northern Europe. Bounded on the north Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, on the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east of Lake Bebos and the Russian Federation (338.6 km). Across the Baltic Sea is located in the west of Sweden and Finland in the north. The territory of Estonia covers 45227 km2 (17462 square miles), and is affected by seasonal climate moderate. The Estonians are people Finnic, and is closely linked is the official language, Estonian, Finnish. Estonia is a democratic parliamentary republic, divided into 15 provinces. The capital and largest city of the capital Tallinn. With a population of 1290000, and is one of the least developed members in terms of population in the European Union, the euro zone, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Estonia has the highest GDP per capita between the republics of the former Soviet Union. Estonia is listed as a "high-income economy" by the World Bank as "advanced economy" by the International Monetary Fund, in a later member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The United Nations classifies Estonia as a developed country with high human development index too. Also ranked highly in the country for press freedom, economic freedom and political freedom, and education ...
 


 

 


One theory is that the modern name of Estonia originated from Aesti described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his Germania (about 98 m). On the other hand, ancient Scandinavian sagas refer to a land called Estland, close to the German and Danish, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian Estland, term of the country. Copy the old Latin in the early and others of the name are Estia and Hestia. Estonia was a common alternative English spelling prior to independence ...

Croton

Croton (in Italian: Crotone), the city of southern Italy in the eastern region of Calabria overlooking the Ionian Sea near the mouth of the River Lazaro, capital of the province of Crotone, a population of 60.517 inhabitants ...
 


 


Croton has long been one of the most cities of Magna Graecia (Greek colonies of southern Italy) prosperous. Known for their strength physical and population simply moderating their living. Since 588 BC onwards, gave birth to Crotone many generations of heroes in the Olympics and other Greek games, most notably Milo Alkrotona. According to Herodotus, the doctors were preparing Croton most prominent among the Greeks. Pythagoras founded his school Alwithagorsaon Pkrotona in about 530 BC. Among his disciples, one of the first doctors theorists Alkrotona commune, and the philosopher and mathematician and astronomer Philolaus. Alwithagorsaon gained influence as well as the Supreme Council, consisting of a thousand members, which governs the city. The city of Sybaris competition for Croton until 510 BC, when Croton sent to an army of a hundred thousand men led by boxer Milo, destroying Sybaris. Shortly thereafter, he signed insurrection, and the expulsion of Pythagoreans and setting it democracy. In 480 BC, Croton sent a ship to support the Greeks at the Battle of Salamina, however, that the victory of Locri and Rigiom to Crotone in the same year marked the beginning of its decline. And replaced by Araklia headquartered in league Alataluotah. Seized the first tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse to Crotone in the year 379 BC, aiming to dominate Germany Griseia, and grabbed her twelve years. Albrootyon then occupied, with the exception of the castle used by its large population; deficit and those for the defense of the place against the forces of the Carthaginians, they were allowed to withdraw to Locri once surrendering. In the year 295 BC, Croton fell to another Syracusan tyrant Agathocles. When Pyrrhus invaded Italy Alabera (280 to 278.275 BC), Croton was still a considerable city, walls twelve miles in length, but after a half-Prussian War became the city deserted. What left a population submitted to Rome in 277 BC. After the Battle of Cannae in the Second Punic War (216 BC), Croton revolted from Rome, and Hannibal made it his winter for three years; was not recaptured until 205 or 204 BC. In 194 BC became a Roman colony. Heard little about them during the two periods of the Republic and the Empire, despite the fact that the events of one of the most important pieces of work remaining Petronius Alsaterecon signed in Croton ....
 

 

  Totila besieged king of the Ostrogoths city unsuccessfully around the year 550 and later became part of the Byzantine Empire. Muslims are open around the year 870, who called her (Okarotonh). Launched after more than a hundred years Otto II campaign on the south of Italy to expel them and to limit the power of the Byzantines, however, that the army canine defeated near Crotone in the thirteenth of July 982. then seized by the Normans. Then followed by the Kingdom of Naples - including the period of Spanish rule, which is witnessing the castle of Charles V returns to the sixteenth century and overlooking the Croton modern - and then its successor, the Kingdom of Alsqlitan, and captured by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860, Vdmjht in the new Kingdom of Italy in 1861. Crotone's location between the ports of Taranto and Messina, as well as its proximity to the source of hydroelectric power favored industrial development during the period between the two world wars. Doubled the number of its inhabitants during the thirties. But the most important two local companies collapsed. By the late eighties Crotone was in economic crisis, with many residents losing their jobs and their departure to search for work elsewhere. Flood and face a severe blow to the morale of the city in 1996 and since that moment the city is witnessing a renewal of urban and lifted the standard of living ...