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- Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of...
9: ...y College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
16: ...r as he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped reconcile the King...
27: ...en wished to put a member of the popular Tudor dynasty to death. Mary attempted to remove Elizabeth fro...
33: ...Catholic rites. Elizabeth I's coronation was the last one during which the Latin service was used; futu... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
5: ...7695;ām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic language|Ar...
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... - 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: ...1577; المتّحدة<br>Al-Imārāt al-‘Arabī...
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: ...1575;ئرية الديمقراطي...
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 ...
62: ...[Spain]] started attacking and taking over many coastal cities, prompting some to seek help from the [[... - 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: ...1604;كة الأردنّيّة ال...
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. - 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: |+<big><big>'''برني دارالسلا...
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... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
1: ...#1591;ر) is an [[emirate]] in the [[Middle East]]. Situated on a small [[peninsula]] off the larg...
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة قطر<br>Da...
59: ...through the Arabian peninsula and camped on the coasts within small fishing and pearling villages. The...
61: ...icipation and dominion as the ruling family, a dynasty that continues to this day. The negotiation res...
78: ...w, barren plain, covered with sand. To the southeast is the spectacular Khor al Adaid or 'Inland Sea',... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], ...
6: ...#1512;אל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اسرا...
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: ...5;ي دولت'''<br>'''دولت اسلا...
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: ...1585;ية 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,... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
2: ... in the north. Kuwait is located in the [[Middle East]].
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكو...
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] - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...re's literary achievement is not confined to his mastery of the poetic and dramatic form; his ability t...
14: ... to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of En...
21: ...to the marriage. There appears to have been some haste in arranging the ceremony: Anne was three months...
23: On [[May 26]], [[1583]] Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, was baptise...
25: ...layers hyde'', supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you: and beeing... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...an''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heres...
7: ...a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572...
15: ...uno's feats of memory were apparently based, at least in part, on an elaborate system of mnemonics, but...
19: In [[1583]], he went to [[England]] with letters of recomme...
21: ...rts to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spy master, have been found in surviving records of Walsin... - Archery (18991 bytes)
9: ...irst recorded archery competitions began around [[1583]] in [[England]]. Archery has been an [[Olympic G...
35: During competition, there are usually at least two archers per target. This is to allow for "dou...
60: ...less crowded, country roving marks was a popular pastime and military training. Marks would have been a...
66: ...s stand within 12 feet of the bottom of a 90 ft. mast and shoot almost vertically upwards with 'blunts'...
92: ..., and used it to dominate the Asian steppes, and eastern Europe. Horse archers would fire while approac... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
2: ...ew Kingdom]], the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties.
4: ... Valley, with most of the important tombs in the East Valley. The West Valley has only one tomb open to...
18: ...f tomb robbers. Because of this, it was also the last year that the valley was used for burial. - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...he [[Persian Gulf]] ([[Southwest Asia]]/[[Middle East]], [[Asia]]). [[Saudi Arabia]] is to the west and...
65: A strategic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and pearl d...
67: ...e bigger region of Ahsa, Qatif (both are now the eastern province of Saudi Arabia) as well as Awal (now...
109: ...low central escarpment, in the [[Persian Gulf]], east of [[Saudi Arabia]]. The highest point is the 12...
111: ...ary with another country but does have a 161 km coastline and claims a further 12 [[Nautical mile|nm]] ... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
14: ... in [[1927]] marked the beginning of the roller coaster as one of the most popular attractions for amus...
19: ...king of all amusement parks, closed down for the last time.
25: ...nborg, north of [[Copenhagen]]. It was founded in 1583.
36: ...Roller_coaster.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Roller coaster]]
38: ...e park-concept as well as rotating new [[roller coaster]]s and modern thrill rides. Also during the mid... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta񄤔]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}}
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