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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
19: After spending two days among the Hurons of Hochelag...
27: ...be full of [[gold]], rubies and other treasures. After a arduous trip down the St Lawrence river and ...
43: ...muel de Champlain|Samuel de Champlain]] in [[1608|1608]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
38: * [[1995]] - After attending a peace rally in [[Tel Aviv]]'s King...
110: [[af:4 November]]
111: [[ar:4 نوفمبر]] - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: ...''' (كوم أمبو) is an agricultural town in [[Egypt]] famous for... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
6: ...#7716;awwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic...
15: The story is in Genesis, chapters two and three. After his creation, Adam was placed in the Garden of...
17: ... air, which God brought to him for this end. Thereafter the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon him,...
22: ...urces assert that it was less than a day. Shortly after their expulsion, Eve brought forth her first-b...
26: ...lees]], a daughter (Aw⮩ is born to Adam and Eve after the birth of Abel, Seth, a daughter named Az?a... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering t...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
12: ...s type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
21: ...the mid-20th century, chenille carpeting declined after the invention of [[Spool Axminster]] (1878) an...
30: ...tal carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[T... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مصر...
56: ...is a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...the majority of the country is located in [[North Africa]]. It shares land borders with [[Libya]] to t...
71: ...ntrol about [[1250]] and continued to govern even after the conquest of Egypt by the [[Ottoman Turks]]...
75: ... Naguib]] as the first President of the Republic. After Naguib resigned in 1954, [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...Africa]], and the second largest country on the [[Africa]]n continent. It is bordered by [[Tunisia]] i...
3: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الجز...
60: ...dependent of Carthage, only to be taken over soon after by the [[Roman Republic]] in 200 BC. As the [...
62: ...r states, the Algerian [[Zayyanid]]s, Tunisian [[Hafsid]]s, and Moroccan [[Merinid]]s. In the fifteen...
68: ...e [[guerrilla]] [[Algerian War of Independence]]; after nearly a decade of urban and rural warfare, th... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: ...<big><big>'''الجمهورية العر...
23: ...ter of Iraq|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]]</small>
60: *Draft Iraq's new constitution, which will be presented...
64: ... a Sunni Arab, as Vice Presidents. [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]] a Shiite, whose United Iraq Alliance Party w...
70: ...ovince]]s (Arabic: ''muhafazat'', singular - ''muhafadhah'', Kurdish: پاری... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة الل...
32: | [[Najib Mikati]] (resigned after parliamentary elections)
66: The country was named after [[Mount Lebanon]]; the word "Lebanon" (also "L...
73: Following the collapse of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[World War I]], the [[League of Nations]] [[F...
85: ...hey numbered more than 300,000, led by [[Yassir Arafat]]'s [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO)... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...y in eastern [[Africa]], located in the [[Horn of Africa]]. Djibouti is bordered by [[Eritrea]] in the...
4: ...1608;رية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>R鰵blique...
62: ...been occupied by several tribes, currently the [[Afar]] and the [[Somali]] [[Isa]]. These tribes had ...
64: ...ame was changed to the '''French Territory of the Afars and the Issas'''. On [[June 27]], [[1977]], th...
66: A civil war led by [[Afar]] rebels in the early [[1990s]] was stopped by ... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة قطر<br>Dawlat Qa...
57: ...ny new [[emirate]]s in the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. After being dominated by [[Persian]]s for thousands ...
69: ... Qatar was a [[fishing]] and [[pearling]] region. After the introduction of the Japanese cultured pear...
106: ...://english.mofa.gov.qa/ Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs] - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...el''; [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: دَوْلَةْ اِ...
6: ...#1488;ל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اسرائ...
60: ...sh population, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhba's revolt]] in [[135]], E...
68: ...s) in [[638]] CE and attracted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under the [[Umayy...
73: ...d, led to immigration from other parts of Europe. After [[World War I]], the British endorsed a Jewish... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ... ([[Pashtu]]/[[Dari (Afghanistan)|Dari-Persian]]: Afğānistān افغ...
3: ...d the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afghanistan'''.
5: ...hanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan'''</big>
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Afghanistan flag large.png|125px]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:COA Afghanistan.png|110px]] - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...ocratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the...
8: ...1608;رية السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
64: After independence the Arab-led Khartoum government ...
66: ...on [[25 May]] [[1969]]. The coup leader, Col. [[Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiri]], became prime minister, and ...
70: After shortages of fuel and bread, a growing insurge... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: ...ig>'''ڤرسكوتوان مليسي...
80: ...l of Malacca. The British took control of Malacca after the [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824|Anglo-Dutch T...
82: ... Sultan of Kedah. Malacca came into British hands after the Anglo-Dutch Treaty; and two years later th...
84: ...ements saw British government intervention in the affairs of the tin producing states in the Malay Pen...
94: After the [[May 13 Incident|racial riots]] of 1969, ... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: ...1583;ولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></bi...
66: ...ering the affairs of the State, including foreign affairs and taxation/duties. This is unlike most oth...
70: ...n disputed territories. The monarchy was deposed after annexation, and an Iraqi governor installed.
72: ...ian Gulf War]] to reinstate the Kuwaiti [[Emir]]. After six weeks of fighting in the early 1990, Iraq ...
86: Kuwait is divided into 6 governorates (''muhafazat''): - Mummy (16225 bytes)
4: ... a person's [[Ka]] which was essential in one's [[afterlife]].
12: ...anguage|Arabic]] word ''mūmiyyah'' (مومية), which means "[[bitumen]]"...
16: ...ade so that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified individual was placed at hi...
20: ..., so their spirit had a body to guide them to the afterlife.
27: A typical mummification took 70 days in which craftsmen raced to finish the tomb. - Aswan (1042 bytes)
6: '''Aswan''' (أسوان ''Aswān'') ({{coor dm|24|05|N... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [often incorrectly... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
117: * [[1608]]: [[Telescope]]: [[Hans Lippershey]]
182: * [[1816]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]]
228: * [[1849]]: [[Safety pin]]: [[Walter Hunt]]
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