Part 42 Article: Timeline My Blog Title: The untold the retold Click on PDF to download from Part 1 COLUMN Q 960 AD to 1279 AD Song Dynasty China 18 Emperors Duration: 319 Years • Toltec empire Mesoamerica 496 AD to 1122 AD • Wari empire Peru 500 AD to 1100 AD • Gurjara Pratihara Dynasty India 600 AD to 1136 AD • Arab–Byzantine Wars Middle East North Africa Southern Europe [death toll 130,000÷3 ] 629 AD to 1050 AD • First Bulgarian empire: Balkans Southeastern Europe 680 AD to 1018 AD • Srivijaya empire: Malay Archipelago Sumatra, Indonesia 683 AD to 1293 AD • Khazar Khaganate empire: North Caucasus 700 AD to 1000 AD • Kanem empire: northeast of Lake Chad in modern-day Chad Africa 700 AD to 1387 AD • Reconquista Iberian Peninsula (Christian Muslim War) [death toll 7,000,000÷5 ] 711 AD to 1492 AD • Pala empire: Bengal East India located between the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal 750 AD to 1174 AD • Rashtrakuta empi...
Part 8 Article: Human Discovery My Blog Title: The world, from the past to the present, retold from the timelines. Click on PDF to download from Part 3 Part 8 is the continued introduction to the timelines. We briefly question, observe and review our world before we delve into the timelines. A nor'easter is a strong winter storm combining heavy snowfall, strong winds, and very cold temperatures. It blows from the northeast along the East Coast of the U.S. and Canada. A strong nor’easter is called a blizzard. The Great Blizzard of 1888 was perhaps the worst in U.S. recorded history. Winds of up to 72 kph (45 mph) whipped the East Coast from Chesapeake Bay to as far north as Nova Scotia, Canada. More than 147 centimeters (58 inches) of snow fell across the region, causing freezing temperatures and massive flooding as the snow melted. The Great Blizzard of 1888 shut down roads and rails along the East Coast of the United States. Many people were confined to their homes for a week. T...