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"It's over, it's over, it's not!" Zhang Xuyao spread out her hands depressedly and showed her white hands to the children opposite. At the same time, he secretly regretted his mistake, and he knew that he would have avoided the four little guys.

These little robbers robbed all the deer food she brought over, and so did those big deer and little deer, who were so undisciplined, they were actually taken away by them so lightly, but they turned a blind eye to her and ignored her.

Standing up and patting off the grass clippings sticking to the hem of her long skirt, Zhang Xuyao looked up at the sky, and soon a brightly colored helium airship entered her field of vision, and spit out her little tongue mischievously: "Hey, it's really a good time for work and leisure!"

"Isn't that good?" another gentle female voice came from the side.

"Ahh

"I didn't see it, but I seem to hear it, those cookies were given to my son by some 'pretty sister'?"

was poked on the spot, and Mr. Zhang couldn't help blushing, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Well, I'll also enjoy it, what is it like to bask in the sun at the level of a female president." ”

As he spoke, he walked a few steps briskly to the other party's side, and also found a chaise longue to lie down with his eyes closed, and hung his body upright in the late summer sun in the mountains.

This is the Dolomite, a famous skiing mecca in northeastern Italy, but it's still summer, so it's not suitable for skiing.

Although you can still see a lot of white snow when you look up, it is only snow covering the top of the mountain, and you can't see it with light. After all, skiing is not only about snow, it also needs the right terrain and weather, and there are also requirements for the thickness and structure of the snow layer.

Fortunately, the Dolomites, one of Italy's "only" four natural heritage sites, are part of the Alps, and you won't get bored at all when you are in a postcard or landscape in the summer. It's fun to bask in the sun, enjoy exotic food and entertainment, and treat these semi-domesticated sika deer to deer food prepared by the store. They are no different from their Asian counterparts, just as elegant and beautiful, just as kind, provided you have their favorite deer biscuits.

Of course, the most famous summer leisure activity is mountain biking and donkey walking in the mountains, and a large number of travelers from Germany, France, Italy and even other countries come here every summer to enjoy cycling. It's a pity that that kind of activity is not suitable for them, the security does not agree, but now they can't even get their favorite deer feeding, which also makes Zhang Xuyao depressed, and secretly decides in his heart to go to Nara to feed the deer next time, and he must not go with the four small children of the Ma family.

Despite its narrow territory of 300,000 square kilometres, Italy is home to as many as 47 (three of which are shared internationally) World Heritage Sites, the largest number in the world. Under the Alps, the Lombardy region where Milan is located, Sicily in the south and Garibaldi in central Florence are the top three.

And just this month, the little boot-like island of Sicily has added a new World Heritage Site: the Arab-Norman religious ensemble in the province of Palermo.

In the 12th century, after the Arab conquest here, the church was converted into a mosque according to tradition, and later recaptured by the Normans and turned into a church again.

The gentle calm of the Mediterranean greatly reduced the difficulty of pointing out the "sea" technology tree, and with the help of the sea to transport troops and food, the ancient Romans realized the great cause of intercontinental expeditions. But in the same way, the calm seas also leave the Mediterranean coast undefended for a long time, making it vulnerable to foreign invasion.

Thousands of years ago, the ancient Arabs had conquered North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (now Spain) in the southeast corner of the European continent along the Mediterranean Sea all the way to the west, and established a huge empire from the Indus River in the east, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the north, and the Sahara Desert in the south.

In the 8th century, the empire was divided over the issue of succession, and became Dong'a led by Baghdad and Xi'a led by Córdoba, and the two coexisted for hundreds of years, until the more capable Mongols came to Central Asia and destroyed Dong'a (1258). Sia, the main body of the Iberian Peninsula, was divided into small states as early as the 11th century, such as the Kingdom of Granada.

The latter continued his life through several dynasties, and was eventually defeated by the marriage of Aragon and Castile (1492). The two principalities later merged to form the Kingdom of Spain, and their leaders, Ferdinand II and Isabella I, were also known as the "Two Kings of Spanish Catholicism" for their historical exploits in unifying the peninsula, expelling the Moors, financing the expeditions of Columbus, and laying the foundation for Spanish hegemony in the 16th century.

Because of this history, after hundreds of years, we can still see buildings with distinct Moorish styles in cities such as Córdoba and Granada, such as the Mosque of Córdoba and the Alhambra Palace (Red Fort) of Granada, which are also World Heritage Sites. At the same time, they are also a fusion of various styles, the former was rebuilt on the basis of ancient Roman temples and Gothic churches, and the latter as a Moorish palace also incorporated many local cultures into the Arab court style, which can be called the Spanish Forbidden City.

Interestingly, on our most commonly used 014 Arabic numerals, there are also traces of Sia Dong'a.

They were originally learned and refined by the ancient Arabs from India and eventually spread to Europe, and it is surprising that these simple decimal numbers, although accepted by the majority of peoples, were rejected in the Arab world, where "Arabic numerals" prevailed.

In fact, the two are very similar, both are decimal system, both have "0", both are written from left to right, and they can be replaced accordingly, which is naturally because they have zài cousin relationship between them.

More than a dozen centuries ago, the ancient Arabs learned the Punjabi numerals of ancient India with only 01 and their decimal arithmetic, and developed to fill in the numbers that followed, forming the original Indo-Arabic numerals. Later, because of the division of the empire, there were two versions of the numbers, Dong'a and Xi'a, and European mathematicians improved the modern numbers on the basis of Xi'a, while the modern Arabic numerals retained more of the characteristics of the original Dong'a numerals: only the three numbers 4, 5, and 6 were different, and the other numbers were the same, 0 were all points, 1 was vertical, 7 was like V, 8 was like ∧, and 9 was like Q, which was full of handwriting beauty.

In a sense, Arabic numerals themselves are a testament to the rise and fall of this civilization, and without the invasion and penetration of Europe by the Arab Empire and the policy of embracing the science and culture of various countries, Arabic numerals would not be what they are today.

In the same way, without the collection and interpretation of ancient Greek texts by the ancient Arabs, there would not have been a Renaissance hundreds of years later. It is also because of the original policy of cultural tolerance that the Christian architecture on the territory of Europe has not been destroyed and destroyed, so that it will not be completely erased from the map, like the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan and the ancient city of Hatra in Iraq. Then the Cathedral of Palermo had a chance to wait until the Normans recaptured.

The latter were not native to Italy, but the Normans meant northerners, referring to the Vikings from the northern Scandinavian peninsula (present-day Denmark, Norway), who began to raid the coasts of Western Europe in the 8th century, leaving behind numerous legends of Vikings with horned helmets and red beards.

Later, some Vikings occupied the lower Seine plain area, established the Duchy of Normandy, nominally submitted to the Kingdom of France and changed to speak French and converted to Christianity, but their love of war and aggression was not put down, and in 1106 they laid down the British Isle and established the "Norman (Bottom) Dynasty" that ruled Britain for nearly a hundred years, which laid the groundwork for the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

The other Vikings were not weak chickens, and some went all the way east to establish Kievan Rus', which became the birthplace of the later Russian states. Others entered the warmer Mediterranean and traded with the powerful as mercenaries, such as assisting in the assault on Constantinople (the capital of the Byzantine Empire, present-day Istanbul, Turkey), where Norman mercenaries gradually acquired land in Italy and established small fiefdoms, eventually annexing Sicily and southern Italy through wars to form the Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1861).

The beautiful legend of Sicily is not the pursuit of Atletico Madrid, who aims for historical places that are famous all over the world.

Speaking of which, one of the main reasons why Atletico Madrid brought their family to Italy for a holiday is the abundance and density of World Heritage sites.

Bee is working with Google to work with these heritage stewards to capture the beautiful landscapes and beautiful buildings in panoramic imagery so that people on the other side of the world and future generations can see them in real life with GuòVR devices.

In fact, in order to promote the development of tourism, there are already many scenic spots doing such things, and at the Milan Expo, some exhibitors have come up with a VR version of the tourism promotional video for visitors to experience. Most of these videos are handled by Bee Mirage, after all, they have the most professional panoramic photography team in the world.

And these videos and the wonderful performances at the World Expo, as well as the obvious effect of driving tourism afterwards, have also become a powerful tool for bees to impress more parks.

Then, because of the friendly cultural exchanges between China and Italy and other reasons, Atletico Madrid, the behind-the-scenes wave of Atletico Madrid, was found out and became a mascot on various platforms, so naturally he had no time to hide in North America or the southern hemisphere.

Fortunately, these activities are not densely packed every day, just attend once every three or five times, if you are willing to be a trapeze, you can come and sign on the same day. However, neither this tight schedule nor the safety risks of frequent flights are something that Atletico is happy about, so he simply pulled his family to Italy, which can be regarded as a work-life balance.

Of course, there are naturally others who actually do the work, and his appearance here is more to show his attention.

The Dolomites, named after the 18th-century French geologist Dieudonnedolo, who studied the geology of the area. It was found that the mountain is composed of light-colored limestone (calcium carbonate), rich in dolomite (calcium magnesium carbonate), from which the scientific name of the latter dolo is derived. Because of the large difference in the corrosion resistance of the two kinds of stones, under the action of glacial erosion over time, the mountain shape here is like a crumpled paper ball, full of "painful and tangled" situation, strange peaks and strange rocks and cliffs and valleys emerge in endlessly, with unique tourism resources, and is famous for winter skiing and summer hiking.

In fact, even if the natural environment here is ordinary, relying on the unique cultural environment here, it can still be selected as a World Heritage Site, at most it is more than ten years or decades late.

South Tyrol, where the Dolomites are located, was originally the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the two sides were originally in the camp of the Central Powers during World War I, but later Italy decisively rebelled and crossed the mountains to attack its former allies in the north. Later, with the victory of the Entente camp, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which ignited the Balkan powder keg and caused World War I, fell apart, and the Dolomites became the spoils of war for Italy.

Because of the former Austrian territory, Austrian-style architecture can be seen everywhere in the area, and the official language is Italian and German, because only a quarter of the 500,000 locals speak Italian, while nearly 70% speak German, and another 4% speak Latin. Under the agreement reached with Austria in 1972, Italy granted a large number of local rights and established the province of Bolzano, which was considered to have quelled the local revolt.

Atletico's linguistic "talent" is at home in this place, with the ability to drink an Aperitif with an Italian speaker, a beer with a German speaker, and his communicative skills can work even for a rather rare Latin. Their Latin, though few speakers, is a variant of Old Latin and does not need to be learned from scratch.

The status of Latin in the academic world is very important, whether it is to learn literature, history, philosophy or natural science, it is inseparable from it, and the Latin literature in Boss Ma's mind is almost at the TB level, so he naturally does not worry about not being able to understand it. Speaking of which, this is the first time he has used it to talk to people since he learned this language, and it feels like talking to people in Chinese, which feels amazing. For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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