The Transcaspian Railway is a railway built by the Russian government from Krasnovodsk on the east side of the Caspian Sea, along the south side of the Kara-kum desert to the oasis of Merv. The line was opened in 1886 and has since been extended with branch lines. Research Transcaspian Railway
The Iomud (also known as the Iomudskaya or Yamud) is a breed of Turkmenistanhorse originating from the ancient Turkmenian horses. It was developed by the
Iomud tribe in the Tashauz oasis in southern Turkmenia. As the breed occupied the margin of the Turkmenian breed area, it was influenced by steppe breeds. During the 14th century, it was further influenced by Arabian stallions. In contrast to the Akhal-Teke, the Iomud breed is kept in herds in the desert and semi-desert. The Iomud stands 15 hands high, has a large clean-cut head, sometimes Roman-nosed, a medium-long neck; medium-high withers, a solid back with small curve to the withers, nicely turned and regularly sloping croup, a shallow chest; clean fine legs, often bowed; a sparse mane and tail and delicate skin. The colour is grey or chestnut, rarely golden chestnut or black. The Iomud is a long-lived healthy horse. It shows soft 'floating' action. The purebred population has declined substantially. Stud farms to preserve the Iomud genotype were set up in Turkmenia in 1983. They are charged with protecting the breed and restoring the breedingnucleus to a size of 240-250 mares from the present 140 mares. A conservation farm is being established in
the Kyzyl-Atrek district. Research Iomud
Frederic Cailliaud was a French explorer. He was born in 1787 at Nantes and died in 1869. During an expedition to Egypt in 1815 he located the ancient emerald mines of Jebel Zubara, and made other important archaeological discoveries in the oasis of Siwah. Research Frederic Cailliaud
Givovanni Battista Belzoni was an Italian traveller. He was in 1778 at Padua in 1778 and died near Benin in 1823. In 1803 he emigrated to England, where, being endowed with an almost gigantic figure and commensurate strength, he for a time gained his living as an athlete. In 1815 he visited Egypt, where he made a hydraulic machine for Mehemet Ali. He then devoted himself to the exploration of the antiquities of the country, being supplied with funds by Mr. Salt, the British consul-general. He succeeded in transporting the bust of Memnon (Rameses II) from Thebes to Alexandria, from whence it came to the British Museum; explored the great temple of Rameses II at Abu-Simbel; opened the tomb of Seti I, from which he obtained the splendid alabastersarcophagus bought by Sir John Soane for 2000 pounds; and he also succeeded in opening the second (King Chephren's) of the pyramids of Ghizeh. He afterwards visited the coasts of the Red Sea, the city of Berenice, Lake Moeris, the Lesser Oasis, etc. The narrative of his discoveries and excavations in Egypt and Nubia was received with general approbation. He died during a projected journey to Timbuctoo. Research Giovanni Belzoni
The Saryks or Sariks are a Turcoman tribe of central Russian Asia. About 1800 they controlled the whole Merv oasis but were driven out in 1850 by the Tekke Turcomans and in 1884 submitted to Russia. Research Saryks
Ammon was an ancient Egyptian god. He was depicted as a human with a ram's head or simply with the horns of a ram. He was one of the chief gods, and was adopted by the Greeks as Zeus and the Roman's as Jupiter.There was a celebrated temple of Ammon in the Oasis of Siwah in the Libyan desert. Research Ammon
RM/COBOL is an implementation of a CSA-certified COBOL that is based on the ANSI 74 standards. It executes on more than 35 operating systems, including PCDOS, MSDOS, TRS-DOS, RM/COS, OASIS, and Unix. The program is used often for accounting applications. RM/COBOL is available on the MC68000, Z80, 6809, Z8000, 8086, 9900, PDPll, LSI-11, and the IBM 30xx, 43xx, and 370 mainframes. A major advantage of RM/COBOL is its ability to develop an application on the mainframe for use on the PC or vice versa. Software developed in RM/COBOL on one system can execute on any
RM/COBOL system. RM/ COBOL supports all standard COBOL file-access methods at the highest ANSI 74 level. Research RM/COBOL
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