An elephant is an extremely powerful and quite symbolic animal that is currently the largest of land mammals. At present there are two species of elephants: African and Indian. A number of world religions consider elephant as a symbol of wisdom and strength. There are some reasons for this: elephants have well-developed intellect, memory and, what is more important, they have their own complex system of communication and relationships. A group of elephants never leaves their dying congener while a lost baby elephant is able to recognize the signals of its mother at a distance of kilometers.Elephants, particularly Indian, respond well to training. At the age of Alexander the Great Indians used elephants as their strike force. Time has passed, but people still use the incredible power of these huge creatures.Слон – невероятно могучее и довольно символичное животное, в настоящее время самое крупное из сухопутных млекопитающих. Существует два современных вида слонов: африканские и индийские. Целый ряд мировых религий считает слона символом мудрости и силы. На это есть свои причины: слоны обладают хорошо развитым интеллектом, памятью и, что более важно, – у них своя сложная система общения и отношений. Стадо слонов никогда не покинет своего умирающего сородича, а потерявшийся слонёнок распознать сигналы своей матери на расстоянии километров.Слоны, в особенности индийские, хорошо поддаются дрессировке. Ещё во времена Александра Македонского индийцы использовали слонов в качестве своей ударной силы. Времена сменились, а человек по-прежнему пользуется невероятной силой этих огромных созданий.
Tower of London Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison from 1100 (Ranulf Flambard) until 1952 (Kray twins),[3] although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under Kings Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late 13th century remains despite later activity on the site.
