Football is the most popular sport in the world. It is estimated that around 250 million people regularly play whilst many millions more watch the gam...
People in India brought the idea of thowing the knucklebones(膝关节) of sheep or pigs to tell the future, or to play a game of skill like jacks(抓子游戏) , w...
One of the earliest known writing systems came from India, probably around 2500 BC. Unfortunately, we can't read the Harappan(哈拉帕的) writing yet. B...
People in India wore mostly cotton clothing. India was the first place where cotton was grown, even as early as 2500 BC in the Harappan(哈拉帕的) period. ...
The earliest Indians, the Harappans, probably ate mainly wheat and rice and lentils(扁豆) , and occasionally(偶尔,间或) cows, pigs, sheep, and goats, and ch...
An important new industry, oil refining(炼油) , grew after the Civil war. Crude oil(原油) , or petroleum(石油) - a dark, thick ooze(软泥) from the earth - had...
The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in c...
When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence(本质上,大体上) , play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for, as we all have ob...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the major professional basketball league in the world, with teams from the United States and Canada. With...
The International Olympic Committee created by Paris Congress on 23rd june 1894, is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement. It has its headquat...