The Bible describes the Ark as made of acacia or shittah-tree wood. It was a cubit and a half broad and high, and two and a half cubits long (about 130 cm × 78 cm × 78 cm or 4.29 × 2.57 × 2.57 feet, for Egyptian royal cubit was most likely used). The Ark was covered all over with the purest gold.
Middle Eastern: Israel
People: Joshua, Samuel, Solomon
Cubit
Cubit is the name for any one of many units of measure used by various ancient peoples and is among the first recorded units of length.
The cubit is based on measuring by comparing – especially rope and textiles, but also for timber and stone – to one's forearm length. The Egyptian hieroglyph for the unit shows this symbol. It was used through antiquity, the Middle Ages up to early modern times.
The distance between thumb and another finger to the elbow on an average person is about 24 digits or 6 palms or 1½ feet (45.72 cm or 18 inches). This so-called "natural cubit" of 1½ feet is used in the Roman system of measures and in different Greek systems.
Over time, units similar in type to the cubit have measured:
From late antiquity, the Roman "ulna", a four-feet-cubit (about 120 cm) is also known. This is the measure from a man's hip to the fingers of the outstretched opposite arm.
The English yard has a long legal history, but its origin is not known. The English ell is essentially a kind of great cubit of 15 palms, 114 cm, or 45 inches (3.75 ft).
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
The Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ministry's headquarters are in what used to be the Bundeskanzleramt (the Federal Chancellor's Office building) in Bonn, with a second office in the Europahaus, in Berlin.
The BMZ was founded 1961, as the Ministry for Economic Cooperation. Lots of different ministries had a little to do with helping the economies of foreign countries. These jobs were all taken away and given to the new ministry. It became the "Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development" on 23 January 1993. The change was to show that Germany was not just interested in working with Less Developed Countries, but in helping those countries as well.
The BMZ main job is help to other countries to develop and become richer. It does this by giving money and other aid.
The BMZ also oversees giving money to international organisations and private charities which can help the BMZ's main job.
The money that Germany gives to the European Development Fund, the World Bank and regional development banks is paid by the BMZ.
The BMZ also makes sure that countries which get money are democratic and have a good human rights record.
Germany thinks that giving this help is so important that the BMZ is a member of the Federal Security Council, which helps to make sure that Germany is safe and at peace.
Haskovo
Haskovo is a town in southeastern Bulgaria. Around 96,000 people live there. It celebrated the 1,000th anniversary in 1985.
Archeologists (people who study stuff from long ago) say that people started to live in the Haskovo area about 7,000 years ago.
During the 9th century, a fortress was built, and soon after, a town was built around the fortress. The town was located on a big piece of land between the Klokotnitsa, Harmanliyska, and Maritsa rivers.
In 1395, the "Eski camii" (the Old Mosque) was built as one of the first in the Balkans.
In 1782, the town was known as Marsa (Arab name).
Most Bulgarians started living in Haskovo in the 19th century. The town was a trading center for merchants (people who sell stuff) from Edirne, Enos, and Istanbul. The area became known for producing cotton, silk fabrics, and carpets.
Athens, Alabama
Athens is a city in Limestone County, Alabama. It is also the county seat of that county.
In the year 2000, Athens had a population of about 21,000 people. Athens has an area of about 39 miles and sits at 798 feet above sea level.
Athens (disambiguation)
Athens is the capital city of Greece.
Athens may also refer to:
In the United States:
In the United Kingdom:
Ell
The English unit of length ell is usually 45 inches. That means 1.143 m (for the international inch). It came from the length of the arm from the shoulder (or the elbow) to the wrist, although the exact length was never defined in English law.
Several different national forms existed, with different lengths: the Scottish ell (about 37 inches), the Flemish ell (about 27 inches) and the Polish ell (0.78 metres, about 31 inches).
This unit has mostly fallen out of use, as have others based on the human arm:
Sometimes "ell" is used as an other word for the cubit.
An ell-wand or ellwand was a rod of length one ell used for official measurement. Edward I of England ordered that every town should have one.
Ell (disambiguation)
Ell or ELL may refer to:
In science and technology:
In places:
In people:
In transport:
In other:
Unit of length
A unit of length is a way of measuring length or distance.
Common units of length in the International System of Units (SI) are:
But there are a lot of units that do not fit in the SI-System:
Common Imperial units and U.S. customary units of length include:
In addition, the following are used by mariners:
Surveyors in the United States continue to use:
Horse racing keeps alive:
Astronomical measure uses:
Physics also uses:
Old units of distance are:
In everyday conversation, and in informal literature, it is common to see lengths measured in units of objects of which everyone knows the approximate width. Common examples are:
Mettau, Switzerland
Mettau was a municipality, in the new municipality of Mettauertal and district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Möhlin
Möhlin is a municipality of the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Mönthal
Mönthal is a municipality of the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Moosleerau
Moosleerau is a municipality of the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Möriken-Wildegg
Möriken-Wildegg is a municipality in Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Muhen
Muhen is a municipality of the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Gorgona, Italy
Gorgona is an island in the Tuscan Archipelago, a group of islands off the west coast of Italy.
It is one of only five islands in the world on which the Corsican Finch is found.The island is famous for its anchovies. Tradition holds that monks from Gorgona rescued the relics of Saint Julia of Corsica before they were carried to the mainland in the 8th century.
Mühlau
Mühlau is a municipality of the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Mülligen
Mülligen is a municipality of the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Tuscan Archipelago
The Tuscan Archipelago is a chain of islands between the Ligurian Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea, west of Tuscany, Italy.
The archipelago contains the islands of Elba (the largest island of the group), Pianosa, Capraia, Montecristo, Giglio, Gorgona and Giannutri, all of which are protected as part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park.
Pianosa
Pianosa is a small (about 10 km) island in Italy's Tuscan Archipelago. The name is derived from the latin word "planasia" (plain) because its highest point is some 22 meters over sea level. Pianosa has no permanent residents. It is known in Italy for a maximum-security prison, where especially dangerous Mafia criminals are held. For administration, Pianosa is part of the Elba island municipality. On clear days, it can be seen from that island as a dark blue line over the lighter blue sea.
In the novel "Catch-22", a U.S. Army Air Corps bomber squadron is based on the island during World War II,
There is another, even smaller island called "Pianosa" off the Adriatic coast of Italy.
Capraia