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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Chinese global infrastructure project Belt and Road Initiative Abbreviation BRI Formation 2013 ; 12 years ago (2013) 2017 (2017) (Forum) 2019 (Forum) 2023 (Forum) Founder People's Republic of China Legal status Active Purpose Promote economic development and inter-regional connectivity ...
The village was originally called Bugsworth, from the Old English Bucga's Worth ("Bucga's Enclosure"), [2] but in the early 20th century some residents began to dislike the name of their village; their cause was championed by the local vicar, Dr J R Towers, and the village school headmaster, Mr W T Prescott. As a result of the efforts of these ...
Depending on the region and period, they were called by a variety of names including khan, funduq and wikala. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa and Southeast Europe , most notably the Silk Road .
Railway bridge on the Trans-Siberian across the Kama River near Perm. The Eurasian Land Bridge (Russian: Евразийский сухопутный мост, romanized: Yevraziyskiy sukhoputniy most), sometimes called the New Silk Road (Новый шёлковый путь, Noviy shyolkoviy put'), is the rail transport route for moving freight and passengers overland between Pacific seaports ...
Cash's original records at Kingfield Road were destroyed by a bomb, [4] but many of the company's subsequent archives are in the Coventry local history centre, in The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. [c] In 1996, the 150th anniversary of the opening of the company's first factory was celebrated by an exhibition at The Herbert, 'A Woven Image'. [3]
It supplied 1,000 yards (910 m) of velvet for King George V's coronation and in 1976 new velvet curtains for the President Ford White House. During the Second World War Lister's produced 1,330 miles (2,140 km) of real parachute silk, 284 miles (457 km) of flame-proof wool, 50 miles (80 km) of khaki battledress and 4,430 miles (7,130 km) of ...
On 22 September 1934, a twin-engined biplane named Youth of New Zealand of Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Displays, crashed into a field near the canal at Aston Clinton. [3] The Youth of New Zealand had just departed from Heston Aerodrome after being refuelled when it crashed, killing all four crew. The probable cause was the failure of a ...
A wave of Anglian colonists followed this military conquest and their settlements are identified by the "ton" Old English suffix to local place names. [4] Royton , Crompton , Moston , Clayton , Ashton , Chadderton and Middleton are a number of settlements northeast of Manchester suggested to have been founded as part of this colonisation. [ 4 ]