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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...is the [[alluvial plain]] lying ''between'' the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers, in modern [[Iraq]] an...
16: * [[Sumerian Early Dynastic period]]
38: *[[Ancient Near East]] - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
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 [...
38: ...ical geography had four rivers flowing from it: [[Tigris]], [[Euphrates]], [[Pishon]] and [[Gihon]].
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... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...f dark, coarse-grained stone), sandstone, and alabaster. Copper, gold, silver, shells, and a variety o...
8: ...2700 BC were discovered at [[Tell Asmar]]. Many masterpieces have also been found at the Royal Cemeter...
27: ...ands, a group of islands in the Aegean Sea, southeast of [[Athens]]. Cycladic culture developed potter... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
49: ...s]] that separate [[Southwest Asia]] from [[Southeast Europe]]. [[Anatolia]] is situated between the [[...
50: ...hichevan]] and to the northeast; [[Iran]] to the east; and [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]] to the south.
62: ... ways of classifying the history of Turkey. The least disputed classification is based on three global...
72: ...idates may run. To be elected, they must win at least 10% of the vote in the province from which they a...
103: ...al Infantry) and Air Force. The Gendarmerie and Coast Guard operate as the parts of Dept. of Internal A... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...]] to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at [[Umm Qasr]] on the [[Persian Gulf]]. A ne...
49: .... Saddam's absolute and particularly bloody rule lasted throughout the [[Iran-Iraq War]] ([[1980]]&ndas...
97: ...astline with the [[Persian Gulf]]. Close to the coast and along the [[Shatt al-Arab]] there used to be ...
99: ...in the centre of the country, on the banks of the Tigris. Other major cities include [[Basra]] in the sout...
104: ...raq suffered economic losses from the war of at least [[US dollar|US$]]100 [[billion]]. After hostiliti... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
15: [[Architecture of the Far East]]</td></tr>
54: ...ture|Roman]], [[Egyptian]], Persian/[[Sassanid dynasty|Sassanid]], and [[Byzantine]] styles. An early ...
67: ...recious and semiprecious stones as inlay and the vast quantity of white marble required nearly bankrupt...
71: ...irth was that of Persia. The eastern banks of the Tigris and Euphrates was where the capital of the Persia...
73: ...'s design were ''Nowbakht'', a former Persian Zoroastrian, and ''Mashallah'', a former Jew from [[Khora... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...ing through the [[Bulgar]]-[[Kypchak]] zone to [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Crimean peninsula]], and fr...
5: ...ole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was comple...
11: ... century BC|1100 BC]], and the [[nomads]] of the vast Eurasian [[steppe]]-lands had domesticated [[hors...
18: ...world – [[Badakshan]], in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] – as far as [[Mesopotami... - Flood (7770 bytes)
7: ...ile]] river and to the [[Mesopotamia]]ns of the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers.
10: [[Monsoon]] rainfalls can cause disastrous flooding in some equatorial countries, such a...
12: ... metres in the eye of the storm. This type of [[coastal]] flooding occurs regularly in Bangladesh.
16: ...called a [[tsunami]] that causes destruction to coast areas. See the ''[[tsunami]]'' article for full d...
18: Floods are the most frequent type of disaster worldwide. - Bengal Tiger (2114 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = ''[[Tiger| P. tigris]]''}}
11: {{Taxobox_subspecies_entry | taxon = '''''P. t. tigris'''''}}
13: ...| color = pink | trinomial_name = Panthera tigris tigris}}
16: ...'' or '''Royal Bengal Tiger''' (''Panthera tigris tigris'') is a [[subspecies]] of [[tiger]] found through...
18: ... their furs but also to make various traditional East Asian medicines. - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
14: ...font color="slateblue">'''Extinct'''</font>: the last remaining member of the species had died, or is p...
42: * [[Gorilla|Eastern Gorilla]] (''Gorilla beringei'')
101: * [[Tiger]] (''Panthera tigris'')
136: * [[Kiwi]] (''Apteryx australis'', ''A. hastii'', ''A. owenii'')
151: * [[Orange-bellied Parrot]] (''Neophema chrysogaster'') - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...[[Ugarit]], and Mesopotamia down to [[Babylon]], lasted from about 1680 BC to 1200 BC, with an as yet u...
5: The Hittite kingdom, or at least its core region, was apparently called '''Hatti''...
17: ...] announced his results in a lecture at the Near Eastern Society of Berlin. His book about his discover...
27: ...und in various archives in Egypt and then Middle East.
43: ...urrounding areas for themselves, as well as the coastal region of Adaniya, renaming it Kizzuwadna (late... - Trajan (7787 bytes)
24: In [[113]], he embarked on his last campaign, provoked by [[Parthia]]'s decision to p...
26: ...ain would the Roman empire advance so far to the east.
28: ... Trajan. The fortress city of [[Hatra]], on the [[Tigris]] in his rear, continued to hold out against repe... - Tiger (11674 bytes)
1: '''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'') are mammals of the [[Felidae]] family, one of ...
3: ...1_082A.jpg|noframe|250px|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)]] | caption = Tiger }}
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. tigris'''''}}
13: ..._parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Panthera tigris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date =...
35: ..., [[Afghanistan]], [[India]], [[China]] and southeast [[Asia]], including the [[Indonesia|Indonesian is... - History of Sumer (5370 bytes)
3: ...henticated through archaeology. The best-known dynasty, that of Lagash, is not listed there at all.)
12: ==Dynasty of Lagash==
14: ...priests of Lagash made themselves kings, and a dynasty was founded there by [[Ur-Nina]]. In the ruins o...
17: [[Eannatum]], grandson of Ur-Nina, made himself master of the whole of the district of Sumer, together...
34: ...ly tributary to Adab during this time frame. The last of these, [[Urukagina]], was known for his judici... - Ur (11926 bytes)
1: ...located near the mouth of the [[Euphrates]] and [[Tigris]] rivers on the [[Persian Gulf]] and close to [[E...
9: ...]], in the Sumerian [[Sumerian king list|Early Dynastic Period III]], the city was again thriving. Ur b...
11: ... effective rulers of [[Sumer]], in the [[first dynasty of Ur]], which was established by the king [[Mes...
13: .... Not much is known about the following second dynasty, during which the city was in eclipse.
15: The [[3rd dynasty of Ur|third dynasty]] was established when the king [[Ur-Nammu]] (or... - Fertile Crescent (3589 bytes)
1: ...ersity of Chicago]] archeologist [[James Henry Breasted]].
3: ...on of 40-50 million, the region extends from the eastern shore of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] around the ...
5: ...ast of the Fertile Crescent, between the rivers [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]]), also saw the emergence of e...
7: ... seen repeated cycles of decline and recovery as past works have fallen into disrepair through the repl... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
14: ...ist]] contains a traditional list of the early dynasties, much of it probably mythical. The first name...
16: The dynasty of Lagash is well known through important monume...
18: ...he Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. He is the last ethnically Sumerian king before the arrival of th...
24: ...d [[pig]]s. They used [[ox]]en as their primary beasts of burden and [[donkey]]s as their primary trans...
35: ...lls]], and are found throughout the ancient Near East. The most impressive and famous of Sumerian build... - Thor Heyerdahl (6085 bytes)
5: ...vidence, that Polynesia was settled from west to east, migration having begun from the [[Asia]]n mainla...
13: ...Civilisation]] in India with [[Mesopotamia]]. The Tigris was deliberately burnt in [[Djibouti]], on [[Apri...
20: ...actual pyramids. He also discovered their special astronomical orientation. Heyerdahl advanced a theory...
22: ...n [[Azov]], near the [[Sea of Azov]] at the northeast of the [[Black Sea]], to search for the possible ...
29: * [[2473 Heyerdahl|Asteroid 2473 Heyerdahl]] is named after the explorer - River (12397 bytes)
31: ...with fresh [[nutrient]]s. Nowadays, floods are disasters, causing untold property loss each year.
33: ...cipitation going into the ground). This leads to faster [[soil saturation]] and therefore greater[[ ove...
57: ...ith age, levees and dams may suffer seepage or catastrophic failure.
85: * [[Amur]] - principal river of eastern [[Siberia]]
88: * [[Brahmaputra]] - principal river in North East India & [[Tibet]] - Sargon of Akkad (2071 bytes)
1: ...tate. His empire encompassed the region of the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers, and part of what is p...
4: ...st]] as the son of Ikunum and the founder of a dynasty.
8: ...r to Lugal-zage-si and is the founder of a new dynasty; his sons are [[Rimush]] and [[Manishtushu]].
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