Mathematics - Vedic literature is replete with concepts of zero, the techniques of algebra and algorithm, square root and cube root. Arguably, the origins of Calculus lie in India 300 years before Leibnitz and Newton. Astronomy - Rig Veda (2000 BC) refers to astronomy.
Physics - Concepts of atom and theory of relativity were explicitly stated by an Indian Philosopher around 600 BC.
Chemistry - Principles of chemistry did not remain abstract but also found expression in distillation of perfumes, aromatic liquids, manufacturing of dyes and pigments, and extraction of sugar.
Medical science & surgery - Around 800 BC, first compendium on medicine and surgery was complied in ancient India.
Mechanical & production technology - Greek historians have testified to smelting of certain metals in India in the 4th century BC.
Civil engineering & architecture - The discovery of urban settlements of Mohenjodaro and Harappa indicate existence of civil engineering & architecture, which blossomed to a highly precise science of civil engineering and architecture and found expression in innumerable monuments of ancient India.
Shipbuilding & navigation - Sanskrit and Pali texts have several references to maritime activity by ancient Indians.Sports & games - Ancient India is the birth place of chess, ludo, snakes and ladders and playing cards.
Conflict Start: 1946 (U.S. Policy of Soviet Containment)
Conflict End: 1991 (The Collapse of the USSR)
Conflict Belligerents: United States (NATO) and the Soviet Union (Warsaw Pact)
Conflict Winner: United States.
It’s estimated that more than 11 million people were killed throughout all the various proxy wars fought by the United States of America and the Soviet Union.
The term Cold War was coined by English writer George Orwell in his essay “You and the Atomic Bomb”, which he published on October 19th, 1945.
The deadliest proxy war during the Cold War was the Vietnam War, over 3.5 million people were killed.
The nuclear arms race during the Cold War saw a peak in nuclear weapon stockpiles in 1985, where both countries combined had over 50,000 nuclear weapons.
The internet was born out of the Cold War. The United States government funded a project called ARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), which was to develop a method for military computers to share information with one another very quickly.
I hope this is enough facts. If not just tell me and I can tell you some more.
Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote<span> as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
