This is an interesting question and something military historians have been trying to answer since more than a 100 years.
Enfield rifles were used by the British Army in the mid 19th Century and most of them used grease made of animal lard.
The East Indian company had conscripted an Army of locals within India. These were made up of mostly Hindu and some Muslims men.
Rumors began to circulate that the grease of made of cow or pig lard. This was highly offensive to Hindus and Muslims alike, since Hindus considered the Cow to be their god and Muslims considered pig to be unclean.
To how large of an extent did this play in turning into the 1857 Rebellion is arguable, however, it did inflame tensions between the occupied and the occupiers.
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<span>The major physical characteristics of Asia are: <span>1.COUNTRIES- is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography. Example: Philippines</span> 2. MOUNTAINS - is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill.Example: Himalayan Range 3. RIVERS is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water.Example: Ganges River4. SEAS - is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land
Example: Sea of Galilee 5. DESERTS- is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life Example: Gobi Desert6.LAKES - is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lakeExample: Abashiri Lake <span> 7. PENINSULAS is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends
</span>Example: Al-Faw Peninsula <span>
8. PLATEAUS - it is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes
</span></span>Example: Bagua Plateau
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</span><span>9.PLAINS - occur as lowlands along the bottoms of valleys or on the doorsteps of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands </span><span>Example: Chengdu Plain </span></span>
The correct answer is A.) electric sewing machine
Electric sewing machines replaced hand sewing and made it so that cloth could be produced at a faster rate than ever before.
