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How did the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution. The birth of modern-day life.  Without it, the world would be quite a bit different than how we know it today.  Manufacturing and even purchasing goods would be vastly altered, as would the workforce.  For many people, the Industrial Revolution was a much-welcomed miracle.  For others, it was a threatening time of change.  But either way, there is one question that can be asked by any of us - how did the Industrial Revolution actually happen?... The Industrial Revolution first began in Great Britain during the latter half of the 18th  century.  Throughout the next century, the process of mechanizing the factory systems, replacing  hand production with machine production processes, and the growing uses of steam and water power  all contributed to the industrialization first of Britain and soon of the rest of Europe  and the United States as British entrepreneurs eagerly exported...

History of Ottoman Empire   The year was 1299 AD when a ruler of the Turkish tribes in Anatolia had a dream of a mighty tree growing out of him and covering the whole world.  This ruler was Osman I, and with the help of his successors, they built the mightiest  Middle Eastern Empire of their time.  The term Ottoman originates from “Uthman” which is Arabic for Osman, named after the  ruler who had the dream of the Ottoman Empire.  We are going to review the historic events that marked the chronology of this mighty  empire. Origins of the Ottoman Empire   the history of the Ottoman Empire begins with  Osman I. . . Bursa became the new capital of the Ottoman state and the Byzantine Empire lost control  over northwestern Anatolia. The Ottoman Turks continued their expansion objectives by conquering the important city  of Thessaloniki from the Venetians in 1387.  Later on, in 1389 , they took over Kosovo which ended the Serbian p...

Founding father of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali   Genghis Khan attacked the Khwarazmian Empire in 1219. The empire stretched from Kazakhstan to iThe reason for this invasion was the massacre of 450 Mongol traders in the city of Uttar, Kazakhstan.  Utrar's governor was behind this massacre. But Khwarazmian ruler Ala ad-Din Muhammad II didn't punish him.  He fuelled Genghis Khan's anger.  In response, Genghis Khan invaded the Khwarizmi Empire with an army.  Genghis Khan's Mongol army destroyed great cities such as Samarkand and Bukhara.  However, the Mongol army met its match in Afghanistan.  The Mongols faced stiff resistance at every step.  The Afghans defeated the Mongols.  This defeated the mighty Mongol Empire. How did all this happen? Ala ad-Din Muhammad II had a son named Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah.  He was leading the Muslim resistance against the Mongols.  He fought his way through Central Asia to Afghanistan and gathered Af...

History of Afghanistan E03 | Who are Pashtuns and why are called Afghans? It lies 11,444 feet above the sea level. This mountain is located in KPK province of Pakistan. Many legends are associated with the Takht-e-Sulaiman.  According to a legend, Prophet Solomon of Israel also visited the mountain.  He made the mountain his throne and controlled the giants from there.  That's why it was called the Takht-e-Sulaiman and the whole mountain range was called Koh-i-Sulaiman.  Locals claim that giants or supernatural powers still exist in the area.  Therefore, those who climb this hill, they say thanksgiving prayers to avoid wrath of giants.  It is said that this grave on the mountain belongs to one of the Companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), Hazrat Qais Abdur Rashid.  He is considered to be the ancestor of all the present tribes of Pashtuns.  So according to this legend, all the Pashtuns in the world or most of them are his descendants.  Qais Ab...