Question

Mark any five of the following Historical places on the outline map of the world provided to you and add an explanatory note on each marked place in two sentences each. 

(a) Babylonia 

(b) Mecca 

(c) Constantinople 

(d) Cape of Good Hope

(e) London 

(f) Paris 

(g) Waterloo 

(h) Hiroshima

Answer 1

(a) Babylonia : It is an ancient Akkadian speaking state based in present Iraq. 

(b) Mecca : It is in Saudi Arabia. It was the birth place of Prophet Mohammad, the founder of Islam. 

(c) Constantinople : It was the capital of Roman/Byzantine and also of the brief Latin and later Ottoman Empires. 

(d) Cape of Good Hope : It is in Southern most tip of Africa. It was discovered by Bartholomew Diaz. It was centre of the Industrial Revolution. 

(e) London : It is the capital of England. It was centre of the Industrial Revolution. 

(f) Pairs : It is France's capital and home to 12^th century Gothic Notre-Dame Cathedral. 

(g) Waterloo : It is located in Belgium. The Battle of Waterloo was fought here. 

(h) Hiroshima : USA dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 9, 1945.