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There was a piece published in the West Australian on Monday, 13 August 1894 that noted: REVOLT IN MOROCCO. London, August 12. The Kabyles, a mountain tribe in Morocco, have revolted and have killed the local Kalifas. The revolt is due to the extortion practised by the tax gatherers. Of course, the reason it was [...]  Tags: 1894, Africa, colonial, History, Morocco, Peshawar, Technology, Victorian Science Fiction, VSF | 
One comment so far |  Print This Post |  Email This Post |  A couple of Mongolian camels looking for the goat to come and return the horns When Mongolian camels (OK, so they are Bactrian camels but in Mongolia, they are Mongolian ones) drink they inevitably slurp great quantities of water down, then look up. Puujee was telling me that the reason for this comes from [...] In Umnugobi Aimag, there are four mountains. King Mountain (Noyon uul), Queen Mountain (Khatan uul), Prince Mountain (Khuu uul) and a mountain named after the member of court that assists the King, his servant, and organises the King’s domain. In Mongolian this person is known as the Tushmel and so that mountain is called Tushmel [...] |
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