Literature. Part hundred thirty eight.

                                              Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

This adventure novel was published in 1872.

Phileas Fogg and his servant Jean Passepartout decided to go on a trip. They wanted to travel around the world in eighty days.

During this time, the characters met different people and had adventures. Phileas and Jean visited many countries. They traveled by train, elephants, sled, and etc.

This book has been translated into various languages. Also, there are many movies and cartoons about this story.

Chaos.

Chaos (χάος) is an original state of the world. There are myths and legends about this condition.

Eros, Gaia, Erebus (Ἔρεβος), Tartarus (Τάρταρος), Nyx, Uranus are gods and goddesses who had relation to Chaos.

Uranus.

Uranus (Οὐρανός ) was a god of the sky in Ancient Greece. His father was Chaos (χάος). His mother was Hemera (Ἡμέρα).  

Uranus was the first ruler of the world in Greek mythology. He lived in the sky. Uranus had a wife Gaia (Γαῖα).

He had many different children. The Titans, the Giants, the Cyclops, the Meliae, and etc.

Literature. Part eighty seven.

                                              "The Loveliest Rose in the World" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a queen. She had a garden with many different roses.

When the queen became very ill, she needed the loveliest rose in the world. Then everyone who could went to the queen with different roses, but there was no such rose.

The flower continued to be search for, but still to no avail. People have already to speculate where this rose might be. There were some versions.

Suddenly, the queen's son entered the room. He read a book to his mother, and then a rose grew there. It was the loveliest rose in the world.

World Health Day.

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7 April.

Great people: Archimedes.

 Archimedes of Syracuse (Ἀρχιμήδης;) was a Greek scientist. He was interested in mathematics (μᾰθημᾰτικά), geometry (γεωμετρία,), astronomy (ἀστρονομία), engineering, philosophy, and physics (φυσική). 

Archimedes was born on c. 287 B. C., in Sicily. Also, he lived there. Archimedes studied in Alexandria.

This scientist made many important things for science in ancient Greece. There is the Archimedes' principle "Any object, totally or partially immersed in a fluid or liquid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object." There is a formula bout this principle.

Archimedes said "Eureka!" when he understood it.

"Give me a lever and a place to stand, and i'll move the world" (δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω) his quote, too.

Archimedes created different scientific writings.

He died on c. 212 B. C., in Sicily.

Cosmonautics Day.

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Dystopia.

Dystopia is a literary genre. It's an opposite of utopia.

Dystopia is described with fear. Maybe world in the future will have diffent problems. Also, this genre has many themes, such as: society, family, nature, and etc.

Writers can use fantasy characters or people. They may suffer. Some could human dreams are unreal, distopia could show real problems.

There are many illustration about this literary genre. Movies and cartoons show distopian world, too.

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Utopia.

Utopia is a type of literary genre. It has similar tings with science fiction.

Thomas More wrote a book Utopia ("A little, true book, both beneficial and enjoyable, about how things should be in the new island Utopia") (1516). This satirical book became an example for all literature.

It's ideal world with unreal things, such as: economy, science, technology, and etc. Also, known as the Golden Age. Since ancient times people dreamed about impossible life. But utopia is still only a dream.

Many writers wrote books about the future and fictional characters. Artists drew paintings of an ideal world. There are many movies and cartoons about human dreams.

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Elizabethan era.

Elizabethan era was an important for history. Many different events happened during this period.

Queen Elizabeth I of England was coronated on January 15, 1559. Also, Elizabethan era was called a golden age. Because culture development during this era.

Big dresses and collars were very fashionable during this historian period.

Travellers found new lands in the world. England had conflicts with other countries, too. New things about religion appeared.

Elizabeth I died on March 24, 1603. Queen's nephew became king after her.

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Cartoon.

Cartoon is a type of modern art. Illustrations and animation are important for it. Alsom cartoons can be drawn by artists oe animators.

This thing begun to develop in XIX and XX centuries. Pictures move and talk in cartoon. Sometimes in cartoons, puppets are used.

Plot is an important of work. Screenwriters write a script for cartoons. Or the famous fairy tale turns into an animation.

In cartoons, different genres are popular, such as: comedy, tragedy, fantasy, drama, and ect. Cartoons can be improved, in the modern world.

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Great people: Mahatma Gandhi.

Mahandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in India. His parents were Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi and Putlibai.

Future politician married Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia. Afterwards, he wanted to fight for Independence of his Motherland, India.

Mahatma Gandhi lived in South African for twenty one years. He fought against injustice in this country.

Also, Gandhi saw First World War and Second World War. In 1942 he was arrested. Two years later his wife Kasturbai died.

On Junuary 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, in New Delhi, India.