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 Rannikot Fort  The Great Wall of Sindh Location Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan.                 Rannikot is a historical Talpur fort near Sann, Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan.[2] Ranikot Fort is also known as The Great Wall of Sindh and is believed to be the world's largest fort.[3][4] with a circumference of approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi). The fort's ramparts have been compared to the Great Wall of China.                   The site was nominated in 1993 by the Pakistan National Commission for UNESCO world heritage status, and has since been on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[6] The fort is listed as a historical site under the Antiquities Act, 1975 and its subsequent amendments, and is provided protection.                  The entire structure has been built with stone and Lime mortar, and was said to be reconstruct...

                      Mansa Musa born in 1280 a Muslim  , African ruler who ruled the ancient Malian Empire in 1312 . Mansa means Sultan in native language of Mandinka . Mansa Inherited and expanded the Malian Empire annexing 24 Cities . The land in the empire had a lot of gold that made the empire too much wealthier,  which back then became the world's currency . Mansa Musa controlled the half of gold of the world in 14th century according to the British museum.  To put in perspective that means he was worth a estimated 400 Billion dollars . Twice as much as Jeff Bezos 200 billion boggles the mind world .                        And under the rule of Musa, the prosperous empire grew to span a sizeable portion of West Africa, from the Atlantic coast to the inland trading hub of Timbuktu and parts of the Sahara Desert. As the territory grew while Musa was on th...

               Zarina Baloch was a teacher, Sindhi Sufi/revolutionary singer, poet, artist, feminist icon and a political worker grounded in the struggle of women and oppressed Sindhi and Baloch masses. She was one the leading founders of Sindhiani Tehreek, Women’s Action Forum and Sindhi Haree committee. She had been a lifelong political worker and her struggle against the ruling classes, feudals, martial laws in the country and her struggle against women’s oppression earned her the title of JiJi (mother) of Sindhi people.               She was born in a conservative Baloch family. Her mother died when Jiji Zarina was just 6 years old and her family arranged her marriage with her distant cousin at the age of 15 just. After the birth of her two children she developed differences with her husband who didn’t allow him to acquire further education and thus got separated from him.          ...

                 Sheedi , Hush Mohammed: The famous Surmo of Sindh and General Hoshu Sheedi, who chanted the slogan of 'Mursun Murson Sindh na Disson', have passed away during the Talpur period. Hoshu Sheedi , Talpur ruler Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur was an army soldier for military purposes. There have been several Anak soldiers in South India and Delhi Government. Alana, the renowned writer, writes the year 1801, the birth of Hoshu Sheedi. However, the birth of Seal Kathilvi Hoshu Sheedi is estimated in 1782 AD. According to William Napier, Hoshu learned the art of Tobacchi from the French armies, who were among the leading European subjects trained in various states of Mysore and Punjab, India during that period.                Hoshu Sheedi appeared in the court of Sindh in 1811. At that time the ruler of Sindh was Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur. Hoshu's son , Mir Fateh Ali Talpur's son Mir Subedar Ali and ...

             The study of how people allocate their limited resources to satisfy their unlimited wants . The study of how people make choices Resources .              Resources  :  Things used to produce other things to satisfy people’s Needs: necessary for survival Air, food, shelter Wants: item we desire but do not NEED to survive Choices: Choosing/opting/allocating resources for selective/essential needs/wants .           Wants :  Things used to produce other things to satisfy people’s wants . What people would buy if their incomes were unlimited . With limited income (resources), people must make choices to satisfy their wants. We never have enough of everything, including time to satisfy our every desire.  Individuals, businesses, and nations face alternatives, and choices must be made. Economics studies how these choices are made. Five Economic Questions WHAT to produ...

               Leonidas was a warrior king of Sparta, one of the most dominant ancient Greek cities. He was not destined by birth to become king at all, and did so only because his older half-brother Cleomenes died without male issue. During his reign, King Xerxes of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece, after his father’s failed attempt. By 480 BC, Xerxes had built up an enormous army of some one hundred and fifty thousand men and a navy of six hundred ships. The invasion led to the Battle of Thermopylae, which is considered one of the most famous battles in European ancient history. Unlike other battles, however, it was not a victory for the Greeks, but a defeat. Its fame is derived from being one of the most courageous last stands by the vastly outnumbered defending army of Greek city states led by King Leonidas of Sparta against the invading Persians under King Xerxes.                 The Greek fo...

              A great scholar and traveller from south Africa who visited India in 1333 AD during the reign of Muhammad Tuglaq and wrote a chronicle on him . He spent eight years in India on his way to china.           Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveller. He was known for his traveling and undertaking excursions called the Rihla. His journeys lasted for a period of almost thirty years, covering nearly the whole of the known Islamic world and beyond. They extended from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance readily surpassing that of his predecessors. After his travels he returned to Morocco and gave his account of the experience to Ibn Juzay           Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on the 24...