Around 1174-1193 CE, in what is now Afghanistan, the people of the Ghurid Dynasty (a medieval Muslim empire) built a large tower. It’s construction was a symbol of peace and understanding between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Today it stands in a location where this peace has been nearly lost.
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Around 1915, during the First World War, a small bear cub was smuggled into Britain. Lt. Harry Colebourn, of The Fort Garry Horse Canadian cavalry regiment and aforementioned smuggler, named her after the town he grew up in: Winnipeg.
Harry Colebourne and Winnie
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