English: He crossed borders between West- and East-Germany, academic disciplines (history, cartography, economy), and different fields when he published a historical atlas (Synchronoptical World History, 1952 ff.), drafted maps (Peters-projection, 1974 ff.) and designed (but never realized) a so-called ‘Synchronoptikum’ (mid-1960s to mid-1990s). Although he never wrote or published a classical historical work nor left an opus, his contemporaries called him a polyhistor. In brief, Peters’ aim was the equal representation of time and space in history and geography. He was vehement in his criticism of the Europe-centred character and constant use of the Mercator-projection. Peters was a critic of the historical focus on the last 500 years of world history as well as its concentration on western civilizations and on politics. Both maps and history books mislead readers to accept Europe and Western civilizations as the history’s core, thus leading to ignorance of 90% of world history and the majority of people living in the Southern hemisphere. Later he dealt with economics and developed a concept of a democratic economy, based on an equivalent exchange of goods. He identified modern societies with market economies as non-equivalent economies. The concept of equal representation of goods came high on Peters’ agenda, after time and space. This article reviews the fields of Peters’ work, explicates his idea of world history and gives a biographical sketch. While the Peters-projection has widely been discussed and criticized, the article focuses on the un-translated Synchronoptical World History, which reminds us of the 18th century synchronistic tables. The design of a building (Synchronoptikum) resembling a panorama museum, characterized Peters as crossing the border between history as academic discipline and social intervention. Spanish:
Cruzó las fronteras entre Alemania Occidental y Oriental, disciplinas académicas (historia, cartografía, economía) y diferentes campos cuando publicó un atlas histórico (Synchronoptical World History, 1952 ff.), Redactó mapas (Peters-projection, 1974 ff. ) y diseñó (pero nunca se dio cuenta) de un llamado 'Synchronoptikum' (mediados de la década de 1960 hasta mediados de la de 1990). Aunque nunca escribió ni publicó una obra histórica clásica ni dejó una obra, sus contemporáneos lo llamaron polihistor. En resumen, el objetivo de Peters era la representación equitativa del tiempo y el espacio en la historia y la geografía. Fue vehemente en su crítica del carácter centrado en Europa y el uso constante de la proyección de Mercator. Peters fue un crítico del enfoque histórico en los últimos 500 años de la historia mundial, así como su concentración en las civilizaciones occidentales y en la política. Tanto los mapas como los libros de historia inducen a error a los lectores a aceptar a Europa y las civilizaciones occidentales como el núcleo de la historia, lo que conduce a la ignorancia del 90% de la historia mundial y de la mayoría de las personas que viven en el hemisferio sur. Posteriormente se ocupó de la economía y desarrolló un concepto de economía democrática, basado en un intercambio equivalente de bienes. Identificó las sociedades modernas con economías de mercado como economías no equivalentes. El concepto de representación equitativa de los bienes ocupó un lugar destacado en la agenda de Peters, después del tiempo y el espacio. Este artículo revisa los campos del trabajo de Peters, explica su idea de la historia del mundo y ofrece un bosquejo biográfico. Si bien la proyección de Peters ha sido ampliamente discutida y criticada, el artículo se centra en la Historia mundial sincrónica sin traducir, que nos recuerda las tablas sincrónicas del siglo XVIII. El diseño de un edificio (Synchronoptikum) parecido a un museo panorámico, caracterizó a Peters como cruzar la frontera entre la historia como disciplina académica y la intervención social.
They have to wait for the right weather to dig a grave. If it looks asthough it is about to rain then they will know that all of the soil will fall inside the grave.
Tropical, subtropical, temperate, and alpine vegetation can all be found in the Himalayas, and each variety predominates in a region primarily influenced by elevation and precipitation. The species found in each zone vary significantly due to local variations in relief, climate, and exposure to wind and sunlight.
The humid Himalayan foothills in the east and center are the only places where tropical evergreen rainforest can be found. The evergreen dipterocarps, a group of common trees that produce resin and timber, thrive on a variety of soil types and steepnesses in hill slopes. Oaks (genus Quercus) and Indian horse chestnuts (Aesculus indica) grow on the lithosol (shallow soil made up of imperfectly weathered rock fragments), which covers sandstones from Arunachal Pradesh westward to central Nepal at elevations of 3,600 to 5,700 feet. Mesua ferrea, a species of Ceylon ironwood, grows on porous soils between 600 and 2,400 feet (180 and 720 metres) (1,100 to 1,700 metres). On the steeper slopes, alder trees (genus Alnus) can be found growing alongside watercourses. Higher elevations cause certain species to succumb to mountain woods, where Himalayan screw pine serves as the predominant evergreen (Pandanus furcatus). Aside from those trees, it is thought that the eastern Himalayas are home to 4,000 species of blooming plants, 20 of which are palms.
