Important terms and event

Machu Picchu

is an od Inca villiage. It is situated in peru.Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.The Incas started building it around AD 1430

The roman Forum

The city center.Big open space surrounded by Temples,shops, buildings.Center of social and political life.

The Circus Maximus

The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome.

Mecca

is the holiest meeting site of the Islamic religion. Mhummad was born there.

Pompeii

Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples.Pompeii was destroyed, and completely buried, during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius

Medina

It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and it is historically significant for being his home after the Hijrah

Hijrah

The Hijra (هِجْرَة) is the migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622

Colosseum

In rome.Capable of seating 50,000 spectators. the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. As well as the gladiatorial games, other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions

Oseberg ship burial

a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm , norway.

The battle of hastings

It was fought between the Norman army of Duke William of Normandy, and the English army led by Harold Godwinsion. William won

The back death

Europe between 1348 and 1350

The Alhambra Palace

In spain. Many carvings etc

Herculaneum

Another town burried by Mount Vesuvius.

Sutton Hoo

the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries of the 6th century and early 7th century, one of which contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of artifacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance.

The battle of maldon

The Battle of Maldon (991AD) took place on the shores of the River Blackwater in Essex. There was a heroic stand by the Anglo-Saxons against the Viking invasion which ended in utter defeat for Brithnoth and his men.