ARMENIAMilitary branches:Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF), Air Force, Air Defense Force (2006)Military service age and obligation:18 to 27 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2004)Manpower available for military service:males age 18-49: 722,836females age 18-49: 795,084 (2005 est.
Surnames in Italy trace their origin back to the 1400s, when it became necessary to add a second name to distinguish between individuals with the same given name. Italian surnames are often easy to recognize because most end in a vowel, and many of them have been derived from descriptive nicknames. If you think your family name may have come from Italy, then tracing its history may yield important clues to your Italian heritage and ancestral village.
Maimonides, in his Laws of Prayer (Mishne Torah, Hilkhot Tefillah 5:11) provides an analogy for a prayer-related Jewish custom, whereby one concludes his Amidah by bowing first to his left and then…
There are five main types of science fair projects: experiment, demonstration, research, model, and collection. It's easier to choose a project idea once you've determined what sort of project interests you. 01 of 05 Experiment or Investigation Blend Images/KidStock/Getty Images This is the most common type of science project, where you use the scientific method to propose and test a hypothesis.
The Rosetta Stone, which is housed in the British Museum, is a black, possibly basalt slab with three languages on it (Greek, demotic and hieroglyphs) each saying the same thing. Because the words are translated into the other languages, it provided Jean-Francois Champollion the key to the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
