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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...f King [[Henry II of France]], of the [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and moth...
13: Catherine unwittingly had vast influence on fashions for the next 350 years when...
19: ...ry to dwell upon it. She died on [[January 5]], [[1589]], a short time before the assassination of Henry...
21: In her taste for art and her love of magnificence and luxury,...
23: ... were merged into the French royal domain by her last surviving son, Henry III. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ... Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.03333, 31.21667). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/...
4: ...e of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local di...
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... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1607;وريّة مصرالعربي...
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... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...o the east, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] to the southeast, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[C...
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,...
122: ...rom the southern war zone as well as western and eastern drought-affected areas. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
54: ...el [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall ...
68: ...|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...eksei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
111: *[[Yoannis XIV of Alexandria]], ([[1573]]-[[1589]]), Coptic Pope - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...e has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," ...
7: ...culty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explo...
16: ==Astronomy==
18: ...g businesses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1610]] in a ...
22: ...dditional observations of them in [[1620]]. Later astronomers overruled Galileo's naming of these objec... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
23: ...pid progress at the Bar, and in his receiving, in 1589, the reversion to the Clerkship of the Star Chamb...
29: ...a Queen's Counsel, but missed the appointment of Master of the Rolls. During the next few years, his f...
37: ...B. showed a failure of character in striking contrast with the majesty of his intellect. He was corrupt...
40: ...was the justest judge, that was in England these last fifty years. When the book of all hearts is opene...
56: ... Bacon's Personal Life Story" and Mark Twain's last book , "Is Shakespeare Dead" are good starting po... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
22: ...nry III of France|Henry III]] was assassinated in 1589, and Montaigne then helped to keep Bordeaux loyal...
33: ...nally involved, his disdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from ... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...type|stereotypical]] pirate with [[cutlass]] and masted [[sailing ship]], today most pirates get about ...
4: ...ted by pirates, the advent of the United States Coast Guard has nearly eradicated piracy in American wa...
14: ...]]s''', which in modern Arabic is قرصان from the Turkish '''''Korsan''''',...
46: ... when not in battlestations, the ship's [[quartermaster]] usually had the real authority.
50: Pirates readily accepted outcasts from traditional societies, perhaps easily recog... - 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}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
50: ... with legal verses being particularly long. Contrast the Makkan verses above with a verse such as [[al...
123: ... as it projects current Sunni orthodoxy onto the past -- much as if [[New Testament]] scholars were ded...
125: ... tumultuous early centuries of Islam, with their vast conquests and bloody squabbles between rivals for...
155: ...tion in Islam, a Muslim is required to learn at least some [[sura]]s of the Qur'an (typically starting ...
182: ...581;فص عن عاصم), [[Warsh]] (ورش ع... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...t is on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast, about 25 miles north of [[Tyre]] and 30 miles so...
12: ...ecame part of the French [[Protectorate]] in the Eastern Mediterranean.
15: ...y-silted ancient port is now used only by small coastal vessels. There is also a refinery here.
20: ...st home of the [[Phoenicia|Phoenicians]] on the coast of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial rela...
27: * [[Jesus]] visited the "coasts" of [[Tyre]] and Sidon (Matthew 15:21; Mark 7:24... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...his holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]].)
4: ...aps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
6: ...[pagan]] [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of thi...
8: ==Date of Easter==
11: ..."padding-right: 1.5em;"align=center|'''Dates for Easter Sunday, 2000-2020''' - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
68: * [[Martin Zeiller]] (Germany, [[1589]] - [[1661]]) - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...o [[names of Jerusalem]]) is an ancient [[Middle East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s ...
43: ...750) and [[Abbasid Dynasty|Abbasid]] (750-969) dynasties, the city prospered; the [[geographer]]s [[Ibn...
47: ... belief. So let it suffice to say this much, at least, that in the Temple and porch of Solomon, men rod...
49: ...city during that time. The Kingdom of Jerusalem lasted until [[1291]]; however, Jerusalem itself was r...
65: ...ly on the slope above the [[Western Wall]] (southeast), and the Armenians lived near the [[Gates in Jer... - Industry (5421 bytes)
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