2017-08-08 Asian Geographic JUNIOR

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DAY 7 DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 3 Centre of Historic Bukhara Itchan Kala Fortress Capital City of Tashkent Traditional P ...

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion” Alexander the Great “The o ...

CONTENTS On the cover: Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore Art work by: Rivy Lee Majulah Singapura! Young Explorer La ...

Publisher John Thet | [email protected] EDITORIAL Editor Alex Çampbell | [email protected] Editorial Intern Sarah Chew | intern@ ...

Write to Us Thank you for your letters! We always love hearing from our young explorers, parents and teachers. Tell us what you ...

Did You Know? It would take around three years of non-stop pedalling on a bicycle to reach the moon “Arachibutyrophobia” is the ...

Sri Lanka Legend has it that one of Buddha’s teeth was stolen from his grave 1,700 years ago and smuggled to Sri Lanka. This fes ...

AUGUST 30 – SEPTEMBER 4 SEPTEMBER 11– Bhutan Tsechu (Bhutanese for the “tenth day”) signifies the tenth day of the Bhutanese lun ...

Majulah Singapura! AS WE USHER IN SINGAPORE’S 52ND YEAR, WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST COLOURFUL FUN FACTS ABOUT THE LITTLE ...

INDEPENDENCE DAY In August 1965, Singapore separated from the Federation of Malaysia, and the then-secretar y- general of Singap ...

THE LINGUA FRANCA During the early years of independence, nation-building and developing the economy were key priorities. Stabil ...

THE LION CITY “Singa” is derived from the Sanskrit word simha, which means lion – much like the lovable character of Simba in Di ...

AT YOUR SERVICE In December 1965, the People’s Defence Force (PDF) Bill was passed, which called on militar y volunteers to trai ...

TIME WATCH Did you know that Singapore has changed time zones six times since 1905? Singapore was seven hours ahead of GMT betwe ...

SHAPE SHIFTER Back in 1965, Singapore’s geographical shape looked rather dif ferent to what it is now! The former post of fice ( ...

Power to the people TAKE A LOOK AT THE POWER SHIFTS TO INDEPENDENCE IN OTHER PARTS OF ASIA 1932 1945 1946 1947 1948 1952 1961 19 ...

THE WAY WE DRAW BORDERS WITHIN OUR WORLD HAS CHANGED: SOME COUNTRIES THAT EXIST TODAY DIDN’T A CENTURY AGO! AS THE SEAT OF POWER ...

Included: modern-day Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Hungary, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, parts of A ...

Included: modern-day Iraq, Syria, Turkey and northern Egypt Assyria became one of the most power ful empires in the ancient Midd ...