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- 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: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مص...
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... - 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: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الج...
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: ...1606;ّيّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al...
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. - Andorra (11532 bytes)
59: ...ty]] in south-western [[Europe]], located in the eastern [[Pyrenees]] mountains and bordered by [[Franc...
73: ... France|Henry IV]] of France, he issued an edict (1607) that established the head of the French state an...
101: Befitting its location in the eastern [[Pyrenees]] mountain range, Andorra consists ... - 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: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية الع...
49: .... Saddam's absolute and particularly bloody rule lasted throughout the [[Iran-Iraq War]] ([[1980]]&ndas...
70: ...dish: پاریزگه ''Pā²©zgah''). Particularly in Iraqi government ...
97: ...astline with the [[Persian Gulf]]. Close to the coast and along the [[Shatt al-Arab]] there used to be ... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...ea]] (on the west), bordered by [[Syria]] on the east and north, and [[Israel]] on the south.
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة ال...
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/... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...a, on the [[Arabian Peninsula]], 20 km from the coast of Djibouti, is [[Yemen]].
4: |+<big><big>'''جمهورية جيب...
70: ...rcent of approximately 197,000 registered voters cast their ballots - at 200 voting booths - across the...
102: ...location and status as a free trade zone in northeast Africa. Two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the...
104: ...ta consumption dropped an estimated 35% over the last seven years because of [[recession]], [[civil war... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...o the east, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] to the southeast, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[C...
8: native_name = جمهورية الس...
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,... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [oft... - Maine (17312 bytes)
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ... is that the people living on islands along the coast of Maine used to speak of going to the mainland a...
38: ...e [[Province of Maine]] in [[1622]] land patent. Eastern Maine north of the [[Kennebec River]] was more...
45: ...States)|Democratic]] in four straight elections, casting its votes for [[Bill Clinton]] twice, [[Al Gor...
64: ... (the easternmost city in the United States is [[Eastport, Maine]]), bordered on the west by [[New Hamp... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
46: ...ement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on ...
59: ... changed, making it necessary for men to own at least fifty acres (200,000 m²) of land in order to...
61: ... By the time of the Constitution of 1901, which lasted longer than any other state constitution, the '...
96: ...esapeake Bay]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the east, by [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] to the s... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
24: founded = [[1607]] |
43: Santa Fe was founded in [[1607]], making it the oldest capital city and the seco...
49: ...of crows, bulls, elephants, livestock and other beasts, all over town. The styles run the whole spectru...
68: ...al art, in addition to older [[Russia]]n, [[Taos Masters]], and [[Native American]] pieces. - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
33: *[[Juda Quastel|Quastel, Juda]], British/Canada biochemist
42: ...linus the Elder|Quellinus, Erasmus, the Elder]], (1607-1678), painter
47: ...uetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...s a small [[astronomical object]] similar to an [[asteroid]] but composed largely of ice. Comets typica...
5: ...their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ...and the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...ens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese orac...
29: ...{{hnote|Kronk, '3D/Biela'}}, were named after the astronomers who calculated their orbits rather than t... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...]] that focuses on [[weather]] processes and forecasting. [[Meteorological phenomenon|Meteorological ph...
10: ...called "Book of Signs", was published by [[Theophrastus]], a pupil of Aristotle. It was centered more o...
12: ...ilei|Galileo]] constructed a [[thermometer]] in [[1607]], followed by [[Torricelli]]'s invention of the ...
14: ...basis, and was one of the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily basis.
22: ...mputers became feasible. The first [[weather forecast]]s derived this way used [[barotropic]] (that mea... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
992: *[[Erasmus Quellinus the Elder]] ([[1607]]-[[1678]]) - 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)
29: ...a Queen's Counsel, but missed the appointment of Master of the Rolls. During the next few years, his f...
35: However, Bacon's services were rewarded in June 1607 with the office of Solicitor. In 1610 the famous ...
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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
9: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Popham Colony]] in [[Maine]]
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