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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...iate south, the [[Zagros Mountains]] and the [[Caucasus]] mountains to the north.
6: ...Iran's Heart" and the metropol [[Ctesiphon]], the capital of [[Iran|Persia]], was situated in Mesopota... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
17: ...([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: ''Chava'' "life"), because she was the mother of all living. Being induce...
22: ... subject of much debate). [[Judaism]] holds the [[Cave of Machpelah]] in [[Hebron]] as the traditional...
26: .... In ''The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan'', Cain's twin sister is named Luluwa, and Abel's twin ...
28: ...re are a number of [[Pseudepigrapha|pseudepigraphical]] works about Adam and Eve:
32: *The Gnostic [[Apocalypse of Adam]]. - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...enerally rare and had to be imported from other locations.
11: ... Hammurabi. The head has the wide open eyes, typical of the time period.
13: ...visible if viewed from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in northern [[Mesopotamia]]),...
16: ...lette, which was used for mixing eye make-up, was carved in relief, and portrayed the victory of [[Upp...
18: ...he most famous is the [[Great Sphinx of Giza]], located near the pyramids. It is about 60 feet high a... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
9: image_map = LocationTurkey.png |
10: capital = [[Ankara]] |latd=52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=...
33: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $7,900 |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =76th |
38: HDI_category = <font color="#FFCC00">medium</font> | - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...on of Iraq|invasion]] led by [[United States|American]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] forces which dr...
15: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[Image:LocationIraq.png]]
19: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Baghdad]]
42: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' || 964
49: ...foundation. A coalition of Kurds and [[Shi'ites]] came to power (both groups were repressed by Saddam'... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
22: ...olved from [[Islam]] as a social, cultural, political and religious phenomenon. Hence the term encomp...
24: ==Classification of Islamic architecture==
26: Islamic architecture can be classified according to
37: *extensive use of decorative [[Arabic calligraphy]]
40: ...side [[mosque]]s indicating the direction to [[Mecca]] - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...[[Syria]], as well as other points. Its influence carries over on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventual...
3: ...ugh the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
5: These exchanges were critical not only for the development and flowering of th...
7: ...n [[1992]], when the international railway communication [[Almaty]] - [[Urumqi]] opened.
11: ...ound [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later. - Flood (7770 bytes)
4: ...lood.jpg|thumb|right|Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina in July 1916]]
5: ...absorb water. When a [[rain]]fall does occur, it can sometimes result in a sudden flood of water fill...
7: ...ile]] river and to the [[Mesopotamia]]ns of the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers.
9: == Main causes ==
10: [[Monsoon]] rainfalls can cause disastrous flooding in some equatorial countri... - Bengal Tiger (2114 bytes)
2: ...Image:BengalTiger.jpg|none|275px|Bengal Tiger]] | caption =}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Carnivora]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = ''[[Tiger| P. tigris]]''}}
11: {{Taxobox_subspecies_entry | taxon = '''''P. t. tigris'''''}}
13: ...| color = pink | trinomial_name = Panthera tigris tigris}} - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
1: ...ull pile, ca1870.png|thumb|right|300px|The [[American bison]] numbered as few as 750 in [[1890]] due t...
4: ...these laws are [[Controversy|controversial]]. Typical areas of controversy include: criteria for placi...
6: A listing as an endangered species can backfire, as it makes a species more valuable an...
8: ...nservation status]]''' of a [[species]] is an indicator of the likelihood of that endangered species c...
12: ... encyclopedia. They are loosely based on the IUCN categories. - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ...non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ... the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
11: ==Archaeological discovery==
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets fo...
14: ...ith the biblical Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the ea... - Trajan (7787 bytes)
3: ...nly called '''Trajan''', was the second of the so-called "[[five good emperors]]" of the [[Roman Empir...
5: ...ly had settled in the province of [[Hispania Baetica]] in what is now [[Andalusia]]. Trajan himself wa...
7: ...n [[September 18]], [[53]], in the city of [[Italica]]. As a young man, he rose through the ranks of t...
11: ...deal of private property which Domitian had confiscated; a process begun by Nerva before his death. Hi...
13: ...to him a year later, after Trajan took the Dacian capital [[Sarmizegetusa]]. Trajan then returned to R... - Tiger (11674 bytes)
1: ...g or extinct. Tigers are [[predator|predatory]] [[carnivore]]s.
3: ...50px|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)]] | caption = Tiger }}
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Carnivora]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. tigris'''''}}
13: ...nk | binomial_name = Panthera tigris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}} - History of Sumer (5370 bytes)
3: ...al, and only a few of the names have been authenticated through archaeology. The best-known dynasty, t...
6: ...whose historical existence is attested archaeologically is that of [[Enmebaragesi]] of [[Kish (Sumer)|...
10: ...sannepada also defeated Uruk and Kish, thereafter calling himself by the title "King of Kish".
14: ...]ian work and onyx plates. These were "booty" dedicated to the goddess ''Bau''. One inscription state...
19: The so-called "Stele of the Vultures," now in the [[Louvre]... - Ur (11926 bytes)
1: ...on the [[Persian Gulf]] and close to [[Eridu]]. Because of marine regression, the remains are now well...
9: ...rrigation]] works to survive the dry spell. Ur became such a center, and by around [[2600 BC]], in th...
11: ...2] were constructed. Eventually the kings of Ur became the effective rulers of [[Sumer]], in the [[fir...
15: ...g the [[code of Hammurabi]]. After his death he became a hero-figure: one of the surviving works of Su...
17: ...r Ur]] commemorates this event. Later [[Babylon]] captured the city. Nanna was known to the Babylonian... - Fertile Crescent (3589 bytes)
1: ...ertile Crescent" was coined by [[University of Chicago]] archeologist [[James Henry Breasted]].
3: ... the [[Jordan river|Jordan]], [[Euphrates]] and [[Tigris]] rivers and covering some 400-500,000 square kil...
5: ...ast of the Fertile Crescent, between the rivers [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]]), also saw the emergence of e...
9: ...four of the five most important species of domesticated animals - [[cow]]s, [[goat]]s, [[sheep]], and ...
15: [http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/bandstra/RTOT/INTRO/INT_FA.JPG Map ... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
5: ...ed as a [[language isolate]] in [[Linguistics]] because it belongs to no known language family, as com...
10: ...us [[city-state]]s, each centered on a temple dedicated to the patron [[god]] of the city and ruled ov...
14: ...ome to suggest that Gilgamesh really was a historical king of Uruk.
16: ...at of '''Eannatum''' of Lagash, who annexed practically all of Sumer, including Kish, Uruk, Ur, and [[...
18: ...n Gulf to the Mediterranean. He is the last ethnically Sumerian king before the arrival of the Semiti... - Thor Heyerdahl (6085 bytes)
1: ...h he sailed by raft 4,300 miles from [[South America]] to the [[Tuamotu Islands]].
5: ...nthropologists continue to believe, based on physical and [[genetic]] evidence, that Polynesia was set...
7: ...cean. The documentary of the expedition won an [[Academy Award]] in [[1952]].
11: ...l across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[Central America]].
13: ...ging on every side in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa. In Heyerdahl's open letter to the Secretary of t... - River (12397 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nile_river.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A Feluca sailing down the nile river.Image provided by [ht...
4: ...e level]], commonly called its mouth, a river typically widens at its end and forms what is known as a...
7: ...nd leaving a remnant, [[oxbow lake]]. Rivers that carry large amounts of [[sediment]] develop conspicu...
13: ...he area drained by a river and its tributaries is called its [[watershed]].
22: ...vers are much different from those of the ocean because the water is [[fresh water|sweet]] (non-salty)... - Sargon of Akkad (2071 bytes)
1: ..., and part of what is present-day [[Turkey]]. His capital was [[Akkad]].
6: ...n's father as La'ibum. It describes how Sargon became the cupbearer of [[Ur-Zababa]], the king of [[K...
8: ...her was a gardener, the cupbearer of Ur-Zababa, became king, the king of Agade, who built Agade; he ru...
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