Sunday, April 21, 2019

Jupiter - Roman and Greek Religion



Jupiter , also known as Jove, was the god of the sky and thunder and king of the gods in Ancient Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire. In Roman mythology, he negotiates with Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to establish principles of Roman religion such as offering, or sacrifice.

Jupiter is usually thought to have originated as an aerial god. His identifying implement is the thunderbolt and his primary sacred animal is the eagle, which held precedence over other birds in the taking of auspices and became one of the most common symbols of the Roman army (see Aquila). The two emblems were often combined to represent the god in the form of an eagle holding in its claws a thunderbolt, frequently seen on Greek and Roman coins. As the sky-god, he was a divine witness to oaths, the sacred trust on which justice and good government depend. Many of his functions were focused on the Capitoline Hill, where the citadel was located. In the Capitoline Triad, he was the central guardian of the state with Juno and Minerva. His sacred tree was the oak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome


http://oxfordre.com/religion/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-114

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/pagans-christians-jews/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-religion

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/modules/hist6113.page

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Queen Elizabeth - Britain's Biggest Ever Warship


To be commissioned in 2018

It is aircraft carrier,
Will carry 40 planes
crew 1600
expected service life 50 years

cost 3.5 billion pounds ($4.5 billion)

Record World Cereal Production in 2016-17


2.6 billion metric tonnes of cereal crop was produced in 2016-17.
Surplus production 682 million tonnes.

India also will produce record 250 millions compared to earlier high of 246 million tonnes in 2013-14.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Knol Month of Regional Content - August

Based on India Independence Day on 15 August, August month was promoted as Knol Month of Regional Content on Knol in 2010. Knol Month of Regional Content - August

Knol Month of Regional Content - August

Knol has very good content on many countries in the world. Knol also has lot of interesting and popular content in many languages. Browse various collections to find all the interesting content. Click on the search link and you can see up to 800 knols on the topic.

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Narayana Rao - 20 Jul 2011


Updated on 31 July 2016, Prompt was given by FaceBook,
Earlier update  30 April 2012

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

China - Reforms and Growth from 1979



http://www.discourseinprogress.com/age-of-ambition/


China's GDP since 1980
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/23/china-gdp-since-1980




                                                1980 -     1990 -     2000 -          2011 -          2016

Real GDP growth (annual %) 7.9          3.8 8.4
Gross domestic product,
current prices (US$, billions) 202.46 390.28 1198.48 6988.47 11779.98
Gross domestic product
per capita,
current prices (US$)              205.12 341.35 945.6 5183.86 8522.86
Industry,
value added (% of GDP)         47.10     42.83          45.76          46.75



China Economic rise
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33534.pdf



Updated 8 March 2016, 4   Jan 2015