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Why do priests and kings swap positions in the caste system?
Back in the day, when they caste system was invented, priests were more important than Kings because religion was strongly felt and religion mattered a lot to many people. Even much more than the King / Queen and country.
What are the TWO trade routes to the Orient that existed before Prince Henry?
Well, the TWO trade routes to the Orient that existed before Prince Henry are: By land across China through the Middle East. Also by water across the Mediterranean; by land to the Red Sea or Persian Gulf; by water to India and China.
What was the purpose of the Berlin Blockade?
In 1948 and 1949, Stalin decided to impose a blockade on West Berlin as part of an overall plan to bring West Berlin, then the whole of the western portion of Germany (still occupied by French, British, and American forces), into union with Soviet-controlled East Germany. By closing land-access to West Berlin, Stalin considered that the city would soon require Soviet assistance and thereby come under Soviet control.
What year did the Queen go online with the first royal email message?
London Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has sent her first royal thank-you by e-mail to 23 young people around the world to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth. The recipients all responded to a Buckingham Palace invitation to write an internet blog on the royal website about their typical day and their thoughts on the contemporary meaning of the Commonwealth, the alliance of 53 nations founded in 1949. Accounts came from as far afield as Belize, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica and the Solomon Islands, but also from large member states Canada and Australia. For 12-year-old Katrina Barber in Australia, the queen is the “boss” of the Commonwealth. Katrina, who lives on a remote cattle station 200 kilometres from Alice Springs, wants the queen to visit, so she can ask her what it’s like to swap a palace for the Australian bush. “I am heartened by your messages to see that the special spirit of the Commonwealth if alive and well among so many talented and enthusiastic young people,” the Queen said in her e-mail reply, headlined “A Message from Her Majesty the Queen” and signed “Elizabeth R.” The Queen, who sent her first e-mail in 1976 and posts her Christmas message on YouTube, uses e-mail regularly for private correspondence with family and friends — but never so far for an official thank-you and reply.
