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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...d, extending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]...
11: ...nt on a ''[[hajj]]'' – a pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Once done, however, he continued travelling, e...
13: ...g that city he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion.
15: ...o prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. An additional ...
17: ...ad]]. After four days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim... - Asia (16910 bytes)
1: ...:LocationAsia.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Asia]]
4: ...[[geology|Geologically]] and [[geography|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent...
6: ...s, through the [[Kuma-Manych Depression]]), the [[Caspian Sea]], the [[Ural River]] (according to othe...
8: '''Asia''' as a political division consists of the part of Eurasia and nea...
24: ...rline cases between Asia and Europe, Asia and Africa and Asia and Oceania. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...|alphabetically]], [[List of national capitals|by capital city]], [[List of countries by population|by...
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:'''
7: ==[[Africa]]==
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more cont...
15: *[[Cameroon]] (also spelled Cameroun) - [[Yaound靝 - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
1: ...(politics)|capital]]s''' of the world in alphabetical order.
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
6: *[[list of historical national capitals]]
20: <tr><td>[[Antananarivo]] <td>[[Madagascar]] - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, ...
6: ...etermined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
8: ... Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United King...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: *[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]: UTC − 8 (... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...ies by area|seventh largest]] country by geographical [[area]].
3: ...the past two decades the country has grown significantly, in its economic and military roles, regional...
5: ...rsian]] version of ''[[Sindhu]]'', the historic local appellation for the river [[Indus river|Indus]];...
13: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. From [[180 BC]], a series of invasions from [[...
21: ...First War of Indian Independence]], most of India came under the direct administrative control of the ... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
10: ...ria|Algeria]] - [[Politics of American Samoa|American Samoa]] - [[Politics of Andorra|Andorra]] - [[Po...
16: ...Cook Islands]] - [[Politics of Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] - [[Politics of C?d'Ivoire|C?d'Ivoire]] - [[Pol...
19: ...ca]] - [[Politics of the Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]
31: ... Holy See (see [[Politics of the Vatican City|Vatican City]]) - [[Politics of Honduras|Honduras]] - [[...
37: [[Politics of Jamaica|Jamaica]] - [[Politics of Japan|Japan]] - [[Politics of J... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...b|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ... to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they take on the charact...
8: ==Causes==
10: ...by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami. - Equator (3944 bytes)
8: ...ost southerly equivalent is named the [[Tropic of Capricorn]].
9: ...[Image:Equator_2.jpg|right|thumb|250px| Kenya Africa, the equator marked on the sides of road]]
10: ...tor are wet throughout the year, although seasons can vary depending on a variety of factors including...
12: ... 3 ?C, in part to make the "equatorial" and "tropical" areas more equal in terms of territory covered....
14: ...fall in concert with the astronomical seasons). Locations near the equator are good sites for potentia... - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
15: |''[[Acadia]]''||''[[Ave Maris Stella]] (Star of the Sea, ...
21: ...||''[[Let_us_all_unite_and_celebrate_together|African Union Anthem]]
27: |''[[American Samoa]]''||''[[Amerika Samoa]]''
29: |[[Andorra]]||[[El Gran Carlemany]] (The Great Charlemagne)
99: |[[Cambodia]]||[[Nokoreach]] - Archipelago (3081 bytes)
1: ...ghbour them. Archipelagos are often [[volcano|volcanic]], forming along [[ocean ridge]]s or [[Hotspot...
3: ...r) and ''pelagos'' ([[sea]]). The Aegean Sea is located between [[Greece]] in the west and [[Turkey]] ...
5: ...inental islands. Oceanic islands are mainly of volcanic origin. Continental fragments correspond to la...
14: *[[American Samoa]]
19: *[[Canary Islands]] - State of Palestine (7675 bytes)
2: ...territory at the time, it did not fulfill the typical requirement of an autonomous [[state]] — b...
20: | [[Capital|Proclaimed capital]]
22: | capitals_coordinates = 31° 47′ N, 35° ...
33: ...tly mentioned SC 242 and other UN resolutions and called only for withdrawal from "[[East Jerusalem|Ar...
39: The following are listed in alphabetical order by region. - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ...ively small island. Groups of related islands are called [[archipelago]]s.
4: ...nental''' islands, '''river''' islands, and '''volcanic''' islands. There are also some [[artificial i...
6: ...o the [[Latin]] ''insula'' (which is not etymologically related), Latin being considered a more presti...
9: ...], [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad]] off [[South America]], [[Sicily]] off [[Europe]], [[Sumatra]] and [[J...
11: ...t]]ed. The best example is [[Madagascar]] off Africa. The [[Kerguelen Islands]] and some of the [[Seyc... - List of countries (20527 bytes)
1: ...rea that connotes an independent [[politics|political]] entity, with its own [[government]], administr...
3: ...[[national symbols]] such as [[flag]]s, and political rights such as [[citizenship]]. There are curren...
5: ...tions (or, at least, some parts of the population call themselves a nation), in spite of some of them ...
7: ...try in everyday speech. Ireland is also sometimes called a country, even though it consists of one nat...
9: The terms country, nation, state and land are casually used as [[synonym]]s, but in a more strict ... - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
1: ...sland nation]]s''', political entities that are located on [[island]]s or island-[[continent]]s.
4: ===By political status===
12: *[[Cape Verde]]
16: *[[Dominica]]
17: *[[Dominican Republic]] - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
22: |10||[[Argentina]]||[[Aconcagua]]||6,960m
26: |12||[[Peru]]||[[Huascarᮝ]||6,768m
34: |16||[[Canada]]||[[Mount Logan]]||5,959m
58: |28||[[Indonesia]]||[[Carstensz Pyramid]] (Puncak Jaya)||5,030m
70: |34||[[Rwanda]]||[[Volcan Karisimbi]]||4,519m
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