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- Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...r dm|31|12|N|29|15|E|}}, 208 km (129 miles) northwest of [[Cairo]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]]...
3: ...s of Egypt quickly became one of the greatest cities of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] w...
5: ...right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated i...
19: ...er's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city w...
21: ...knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the mon... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...efore 1971, they were known as '''the Trucial States''' or '''Trucial Oman''', in reference of a ninet...
8: |+<big>'''الإمارات ال...
21: ...ound: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationUnitedArabEmirates.png]]
26: | '''[[Capital]] and largest city'''
29: | '''[[List of countries by area|Area]]''' - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
18: *[[Yamamoto Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
19: ...[Akira Yamaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
20: ...saki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: ...ant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
10: ...te. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there wi...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...aper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
5: ... his surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...itten Tÿcho). He was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]]...
10: ...tempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless uncle and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in t...
12: ...ctatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De tri... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ... in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
9: ...his own bark. At age 23 Drake took his first voyages to the [[New World]] under the sails of the Hawki...
11: == First adventures ==
12: ...nst Spanish forces, which claimed many English lives but earned Drake the favour of [[Elizabeth I of E...
13: ...y acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake's era. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - Origami (9154 bytes)
3: ...all kind of paper folding, even those of non-Japanese origin.
5: ...mes cutting the paper during the creation of the design ([[Kirigami]]) or starting with a [[rectangle|...
9: ...92]]-[[1573]]). That of [[Europe]]an origami, represented by a little bird (Pajarita in [[Spanish lang...
11: ...aterials other than just paper and foil. The Japanese do not see origami as an art form, but rather as...
13: ...aper that were folded into spirals and curved shapes, have influenced modern origami artists like [[Ku... - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ...the south and [[Algeria]] and [[Tunisia]] to the west. Its [[capital]] city is [[Tripoli]]. The three ...
3: ...all of [[North Africa]] west of Egypt, and sometimes referring to the entire continent of [[Africa]].
6: ...1588;عبية الإشتراكية...
26: | '''[[President of Libya|President]]''' || [[Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani]]
30: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>- Total || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 16th]] <br> 1,759,540 [[square kil... - Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
6: ...ending. The texture and outline of Perrault's leaves is dry and tight compared to their 19th-century n...
9: .... In Late Antique and Byzantine practice, the leaves may be blown sideways, as if by the wind of Faith...
11: ...osphere is rich and festive, with more opportunities for variation than the other orders.
15: ...tecture)|abacus]] upon the capital has concave sides to conform to the outscrolling corners of the cap...
17: ...roadway-post-office-detail.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Festive Corinthian capitals on the richly-appointed G... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
2: ...ely. The [[philosopher's stone]] was the key in these goals. This mythical substance, which could just...
8: ...by contrast with the "Red land", the surrounding desert), so it is thought that such a borrowing in Ar...
11: ... available, relying instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and m...
13: ...station. So the [[alchemical symbol]]s and processes often had both an inner meaning referring to the ...
15: ...cal, spiritual and [[astrology|astrological]] themes that was characteristic of medieval alchemy. - September 23 (7397 bytes)
5: ... (run by [[Phidippides (Marathon runner)|Phidippides]])
7: ...irst major battle of the English [[Wars of the Roses]], fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]], [...
9: *[[1642]] - First commencement exercises occur at [[Harvard University]].
10: ...e British ships of war ''[[Serapis]]'' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of [[England]]
11: ... [[John Andre]] arrested as a spy by [[United States|America]]n soldiers exposing [[Benedict Arnold]]'... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...02;دس''' '''al-Quds'''; see also [[names of Jerusalem]]) is an ancient [[Middle East]]ern ...
4: ...pdf]), it is a richly [[heterogeneous]] city, representing a wide range of national, religious, and so...
6: ...and enforce this view by maintaining their embassies in [[Tel Aviv]] or in the [[suburb]]s.
7: ...part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
9: ...alem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
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