Mountains because when two tectonic plates interact they create mountains
Istanbul. It's Istanbul, not Constantinople!
Because it would require more energy to create elements with more protons
In a culture everyone need to think that there is a person spiritually bigger then them to help them with life. For example at funerals people pray to their god hoping the person makes it into the sanctuary, and because everyone wants to go to a sanctuary they follow as they believe there god will bring them to sanctuary if they comply to what their god says.
The poles receive more direct sunshine so it has to do with the angle that the light hits. The Earth is round and when light hits it the light wraps around the earth. At the poles the light is very stretched and at the equator it is very direct hence it is hotter at the poles.
