Zamzam Well

Examples of Zamzam Well in the following topics:

• Arabian Cities

  • The most important of these cities was Mecca, which was an important center of trade in the area, as well as the location of the Kaaba (or Ka'ba), one of the most revered shrines in polytheistic Arabia.
  • Up to the 7th century, this journey was undertaken by the pagan Arabs to pay homage to their shrine and drink from the Zamzam Well.

• Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization

  • The Indus River Valley Civilization contained urban centers with well-conceived and organized infrastructure, architecture and systems of governance.
  • The remains of the Indus Valley Civilization cities indicate remarkable organization: there were well-ordered wastewater drainage and trash collection systems, and possibly even public granaries and baths.
  • Individual homes drew water from wells, while waste water was directed to covered drains on the main streets.

• The Five Emperors

  • Some of his achievements include the institution of Chinese characters--and therefore literacy--the development of silk (from silkworms), and the establishment of the principles of traditional Chinese medicine (though Shennong, one of the Three Sovereigns, is sometimes credited with this as well).
  • Zhuanxu is credited with the creation of the Chinese calendar as well as the introduction of religion and astrology.
  • The inscription reads: "The Yellow Emperor created and changed a great many things; he invented weapons and the wells and fields system; he devised upper and lower garments, and established palaces and houses. "

• Babylonian Culture

  • The walls were brilliantly colored, and sometimes plated with zinc or gold, as well as with tiles.
  • The MUL.APIN contains catalogues of stars and constellations as well as schemes for predicting heliacal risings and the settings of the planets, as well as lengths of daylight measured by a water-clock, gnomon, shadows, and intercalations.
  • Women as well as men learned to read and write, and had knowledge of the extinct Sumerian language, along with a complicated and extensive syllabary.
  • Vocabularies, grammars, and interlinear translations were compiled for the use of students, as well as commentaries on the older texts and explanations of obscure words and phrases.
  • The Babylonian text Dialogue of Pessimism contains similarities to the agonistic thought of the sophists, the Heraclitean doctrine of contrasts, and the dialogs of Plato, as well as a precursor to the maieutic Socratic method of Socrates.

• Rationalism

  • Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) rejected the dogmas of both rationalism and empiricism and tried to reconcile rationalism and religious belief, individual freedom and political authority, as well as map out a view of the public sphere through private and public reason.
  • His work continued to shape German thought, and indeed all of European philosophy, well into the 20th century.
  • Leibniz, Spinoza, and Descartes were all well-versed in mathematics as well as philosophy, and Descartes and Leibniz contributed greatly to science as well.

• Art and Literature in the Roman Republic

  • As the Republic expanded, authors began to produce poetry, comedy, history, and tragedy as well.
  • The writing he produced from approximately 80 BCE until his death in 43 BCE exceeds that of any Latin author whose work survives in terms of quantity and variety of genre and subject matter, as well as possessing unsurpassed stylistic excellence.
  • His philosophical works were the basis of moral philosophy during the Middle Ages, and his speeches inspired many European political leaders as well as the founders of the United States.
  • Vast numbers of Greek statues were also imported to Rome as a result of conquest as well as trade.
  • The most well-known surviving examples of Roman painting consist of the wall paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum that were preserved in the aftermath of the fatal eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

• Etruscan Artifacts

  • Additionally, the depiction of married couples on many sarcophagi provide insight into the respect and freedoms granted to women within Etruscan society as well as the emphasis placed on romantic love as a basis for marriage pairings.
  • It is evident, however, from Etruscan visual art that Greek myths were well known.

• The Silk Road

  • Silk was certainly the major trade item from China, but many other goods were traded as well.
  • By this century the Chinese had become very active in the silk trade, though until the Hans provided sufficient protection, the Silk Road had not functioned well because of nomad pirates.

• Culture in Classical Sparta

  • Civil and criminal cases were also decided by ephors as well as a council of 28 elders over the age of 60 called the gerousia.
  • Male Spartans began military training at age seven that was designed to encourage discipline and physical toughness as well as emphasize the importance of the Spartan state.
  • If a syntrophos did exceptionally well in training, he could be sponsored to become a Spartiate.
  • Only native Spartans were considered full citizens and were obliged to undergo military training as prescribed by law as well as participate in and contribute financially to one of the syssitia.

• Trade and Currency Under the Yuan

  • During the Pax Mongolica, European merchants like Marco Polo made their way from Europe to China on the well-maintained and well-traveled roads that linked Anatolia to China.
  • On the Silk Road, caravans with Chinese silk, as well as spices such as pepper, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg came to the West from the Spice Islands via the transcontinental trade routes.
  • Indian muslins, cottons, pearls, and precious stones were sold in Europe, as well as weapons, carpets, and leather goods from Iran.