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- Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...beknefru]] and Pharaoh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her (though the latter is not certain to have ru...
4: ...ghout Egypt. She also began rebuilding Egypt's trade networks which had been disrupted by the [[Hyksos...
10: ...fe of Amun'' before either parent died. After the death of her father in [[1492 BC]] she married her h...
11: ...ose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis before his death.
13: ...t it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch of the Tw... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...ntry's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had se...
5: ...|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated ...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
19: ...in. Alexander's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that...
21: ...t the foundation, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowle... - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...timated at 454,225,000. It can be geographically defined by subtracting [[South America]] from the [[...
6: ..., but let's remain careful --> considered to include Canada and the United States, but not Mexico or a...
7: In Latin America, the Americas are considered as one continent and therefore North America i...
9: ...entral America as a region of North America, considering it too small to be a continent of its own.
14: ...theast; and the varied eastern region, which includes the [[Appalachian Mountains]], the coastal plain... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...e signing of the [[Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abys...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia'''</big><br>
5: <big>'''Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik'''</big><br>
9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" - Luxor (8772 bytes)
7: ...touring [[Upper Egypt]], and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a starting...
11: ...al of them never came to be true, like the golden obelisk of [[Hatshepsut]], but who says that the Mankind ...
13: ... a debate in metaphysics. And yet, on the other side of the river, the supreme masters of [[Kemet]] &m...
16: ...of [[Ay]], the high priest of Amun, since he intended to ascend to the throne of Thebes through such a...
18: ...ny more, but rather the whole city was to be considered as an entire mausoleum and therefore venerated... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
4: .... However, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter...
7: ...f Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
10: In the mid-[[15th century]] it was decided that the old basilica should be rebuilt. [[Pope ...
12: ...aderno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance.
16: ==Details== - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ... numerous [[victory column]]s, both ancient and modern.
3: ... the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 stairs provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The cap...
5: ...elf, which disappeared in the [[Middle Ages]]. On December 4 1587, the top was crowned by [[Pope Sixtu...
11: ...Victory]] writing on a shield flanked on either side by Trophies. Otherwise, the scenes on the frieze ...
13: ...ta]] or catapult for example. The emperor Trajan, depicted realistically (not superhuman), makes 59 ap... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[15...
5: ...iscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and several slaves, both native Americ...
8: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
10: ... in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds of Indians.
12: ...ado thought he did so, and was executed. Other guides led him further to Quivira, and he reached a vil... - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...he world in terms of area and population. Its borders are coextensive with the [[Holy See]], the eccl...
3: ...Vatican City]] (sometimes referred to as the President of Vatican City). Currently, they are [[Pope B...
7: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
8: ...itatis Vaticanæ<br>Stato della Città del Vaticano'''</big></big>
10: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:... - Axumite Kingdom (5328 bytes)
3: ...o Amlak]], who killed the last Zagwe king and founded the [[Solomonid dynasty]] traced his ancestry to...
6: ...n Northern Ethiopia). Other important cities included Adulis and Matara, in what is today Eritrea.
14: ...pices]]. It utilised its position to profit in trade between various African ([[Nubia]]), Arabian ([[Y...
20: ...vileged position in international and regional trade, but it still had relatively good relations with ...
23: The Kingdom of Aksum developed its own [[alphabet]] ([[Geez]] or Ge'ez). - Assyria (13688 bytes)
1: :''For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring ar...
3: ...ter, as a nation and Empire, it also came to include roughly the northern half of [[Mesopotamia]] (the...
8: ...as founded by Asshur the son of [[Shem]], who was deified by later generations as the city's patron go...
10: Besides Asshur, the other three royal Assyrian cities we...
12: ...Assyria as an independent kingdom was perhaps founded ca. [[1900 BC]] by Bel-kap-kapu.
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