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Taj Mahal  
   

Taj Mahal

Called The Crown Palace. Constructed by Shah Jahan for his favorite wife. I WILL lecture more on this in greater detail upon my return.... Constructed of white marble in 1643. LOOK UP EUROPEAN HISTORY/NEW WORLD HISTORY-WRIOTE DOWN THREETHINGS THAT WERE GOING ON DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
"...Going places I have never been..."

March 17th 2009
Small: Greetings From Agra, By the time you read this we'll be there and gone... I'm typing this right now at almost midnight on the 17th, I can hear a woman singing opera down in the streets below... This is the only time I don't hear the constant chatter of car horns. We are going to watch the sunrise on a famous place here in Agra: 1. What is it? 2. Why is it famous? EXPL ... read more
Asia » India

Indian Flag The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
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