BBC has just updated its Timeline: The Maldives. If you are interested about South Asia and Maldives then you can check the link and bookmark the page. It has mentioned about the important events since 12th century to 2006. Well, I am not happy at all as it did not cover the time before the 12th century. According to Wikipedia, Maldives has a rich history:
“Heyerdahl's research indicates that as early as 2,000 B.C. Maldives lay on the maritime trading routes of early Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Indus Valley civilizations. Heyerdahl believes that early sun-worshipping seafarers, called the Redin, first settled on the islands. Even today, many mosques in Maldives face the sun and not Mecca, lending credence to this theory. Because building space and materials were scarce, successive cultures constructed their places of worship on the foundations of previous buildings. Heyerdahl thus surmises that these sun-facing mosques were built on the ancient foundations of the Redin culture temples.”
So, I feel that BBC should carry out an update and include the history before the introduction of Islam in Maldives.
Dear Razib,
I would like to find out about contributing to your blog. I am civil defense attorney in Tampa, Florida, but have solid experience in print journalism and am interested in blogging. I started my own blog earlier this month at http://nadiaahmad.blogspot.com/ I would also like your advice about it. I am a member of the South Asian Bar Association of Florida.
Just a little more information about me:
As an Orlando native, I love the Sunshine State. I've been to Disney World over one hundred times. I could walk out my childhood home and see the NASA space shuttle launches. I recently graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and am now practicing civil litigation defense in Tampa. Previously, at the University of California at Berkeley, I majored in Comparative Literature with language emphases in English and Latin. I've dabbled in writing, editing and publishing over the years. First, for The Orlando Sentinel as a youth correspondent, then on to The Daily Californian and the Inaugural News Team Board of TEEN PEOPLE. I served on the editorial board of the Florida Journal of International Law while at UF. Also, I compiled a 9/11 anthology, Unveiling the Real Terrorist Mind.
Posted by: Nadia Ahmad | September 17, 2006 3:53 AM | Permalink to Comment