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- Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
5: ...ze rime'' and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of le...
7: ...onica Franco's life was not without hardship. In 1575, a year of the [[Black Death]], she was forced to... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ...ies of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, are based on [[fa...
11: ...Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
23: == Roman and Eastern Orthodox traditions ==
25: ...Madonna'' respectively). Among Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox she is called ''[[#Theotokos|Theotoko...
31: According to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition, between three and fifteen ... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
6: ...wwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic—...
17: ...ecorded act of Adam was his giving names to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, which God...
20: ...] and a flaming sword, which turned every way. [[Eastern Orthodox]] tradition says that from the time [...
46: ... he promises God that he will lead as many humans astray as he can, to which God replies that those who...
48: ...llowed to live as they pleased there, but not to taste the fruit from a certain tree. However, they bot... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ... Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.03333, 31.21667). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/...
16: ...overnment buildings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with hundreds of ancient [[mosq...
18: ...ter systems have also allowed the city to expand east into the desert. Bridges link the Nile islands o...
20: ...mids]], including the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] (last surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the Wor...
26: ...es, Egypt|Thebes]], and, under the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]], [[Alexandria]]. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1585;يّة مصرالعربيّة...
46: ...T]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br/>[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[Coordinated Uni...
56: ...ect]]) is a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...o the northeast. It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Red Sea]],...
60: The vast majority of Egypt's population inhabits the banks... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in...
18: [[Image:Nile_boat.jpg|thumbnail|left|East Africa, showing the course of the River Nile]]
20: ...oth branches formed on the western flanks of the East African Rift, which is the southern African part ...
36: ... Khartoum. The Nile is also unusual in that its last tributary (the Atbara) joins it approximately hal...
42: ...y currents nurture the fishing industries of the Eastern Mediterranean, or used to before the Aswan Hig... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...(now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canop...
3: ...he Great]], and as the seat of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic]] rulers of Egypt quickly became one o...
7: ... Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
21: A number of the more fantastic foundation myths are found in the [[Alexander R...
23: ...ley]]. If such a city was to be on the Egyptian coast, there was only one possible site, behind the scr... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...[[Middle Eastern]] country situated in the south-east of the [[Arabia|Arabian Peninsula]] in [[Southwes...
8: ...1604;عربيّة المتّحدة...
61: ...Trucial Sheikdom States of the [[Persian Gulf]] coast granted the [[United Kingdom]] control of their d...
71: ...the [[Singapore]] or [[Hong Kong]] of the Middle East.
88: ... of vast desert wasteland; with mountains in the east. Its strategic location along southern approaches... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...g to the four islands which lay off that city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
3: ...1605;قراطية الشعبية'''<br>...
23: ...lgiers]] الجزائر<br><small>(El Djazaﲬ Al-Jazੲ)<...
33: |'''[[Land borders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]'''||6,343 km<br>998 km
60: ... Empire]] then retained a precarious grip on the east of the country until the coming of the [[Arab]]s ... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...t Bank]] to the west. It shares with Israel the coastlines of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Dead Sea]...
3: ...1617;يّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlak...
79: ...tional airliners hijacked and held in the desert east of [[Amman]] -- prompted the government to take a...
92: ...s a symbol of unity and stability for both the [[East Bank]] and [[Palestinian]] communities in Jordan....
121: ...a also touch the country, and thus Jordan has a coastline of 26 km. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...]] to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at [[Umm Qasr]] on the [[Persian Gulf]]. A ne...
3: ...1585;ية العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-...
49: .... Saddam's absolute and particularly bloody rule lasted throughout the [[Iran-Iraq War]] ([[1980]]&ndas...
70: ...t'', singular - ''muhafadhah'', Kurdish: پاریزگه ''Pⲩzgah'')...
97: ...astline with the [[Persian Gulf]]. Close to the coast and along the [[Shatt al-Arab]] there used to be ... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...th China Sea]], it is completely surrounded by [[East Malaysia]].
3: ... one of the members of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) and the [[Asia-Pacific Ec...
5: ...#1583;ارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</big></big...
60: ...ans of Brunei|title has passed within the same dynasty]] since the 15th century, is the head of state a...
75: ... part, only about 10,000 live in the mountainous eastern part, the district of [[Temburong]]. Major tow... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...ea]] (on the west), bordered by [[Syria]] on the east and north, and [[Israel]] on the south.
4: ...1617;ة اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al...
83: ...ernity, was called the [[Paris]] of the [[Middle East]] before the outbreak of the [[Lebanese Civil War...
108: ...nese agencies.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4383321.stm]
116: ...//www.nytimes.com/2005/03/08/international/middleeast/08cnd-beirut.html], [http://www.latimes.com/news/... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], ...
6: ...1583;ولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
68: ...im]] [[Caliphate]] conquered the land from the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] ([[Byzantine]]s) in [[638]] CE ...
73: ...vided the mandated territory into two parts. The eastern portion, called [[Transjordan]], became the Ar...
89: ...ded into a western part annexed by Israel and an eastern part annexed by Jordan. Jordan's annexation o... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ... and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poore...
5: ...#1575;فغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<...
30: | '''[[Land borders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]''' || 5,529 km<br>none
68: The last period of stability in Afghanistan lay between [[...
72: ...ern Alliance]] strongholds primarily in the northeast. The Taliban sought to impose a strict interpreta... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...o the east, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] to the southeast, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[C...
8: ...1610;ة السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
98: ...hr al Jabal]], [[Blue Nile, Sudan|Blue Nile]], [[East Equatoria]], [[Junqali]], [[Kassala (state)|Kassa...
106: ...y flat plains, though there are mountains in the east and west. The climate is tropical in the south; a...
113: ...1999, Sudan began exporting crude oil and in the last quarter of 1999 recorded its first trade surplus,... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...Federation of Malaysia''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions d...
5: ...] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
8: ...1575;ن مليسيا'''</big></big>
69: [[Image:KLCC_PetronasTowers.JPG|thumb|300px|Kuala Lumpur's landmark, the...
74: ... [[Malay Peninsula]] developed as a major [[Southeast Asia]]n commercial centre related to China. [[Pto... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
2: ... in the north. Kuwait is located in the [[Middle East]].
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al...
72: ...eded US $5,000,000,000. Certain buildings and infrastructural facilities (including Kuwait Internationa...
80: ... and Saudi Arabia were the only remaining Middle Eastern countries without womens' suffrage. It is unc...
172: ...com/ KuwaitPast.com - Information about Kuwait's Past] - Angola (15614 bytes)
1: ...ngo-Kinshasa]], and [[Zambia]], and with a west coast along the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The [[exclave]] pro...
61: ...e. The Portuguese gradually took control of the coastal strip throughout the 16th century by a series o...
62: ...links to communist parties in Portugal and the [[Eastern Bloc]];
81: ...illion) mirror the collapse of administrative infrastructure as well as many social institutions. The o...
131: ... up the largest non-Angolan population, with at least 30,000 (though many native-born Angolans can clai... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
20: ...eep red and may also cover the legs. Range: northeastern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia.
24: ...s or below the hocks. Range: eastern Sudan, northeast Congo.
27: ...d or leafy spots extend to the lower leg. Range: eastern Zambia.
38: Giraffe [[gestation]] lasts between 14 and 15 months; a single calf is born....
44: ... amble, though when pursued it can run extremely fast. However, the small size of its lungs prevents it...
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