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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...ending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]...
4: ...'', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, mea...
6: ...ently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of...
8: ...ting or story-telling. The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
11: ... Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...ctics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland ...
12: ...he English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[167...
17: ...James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conv...
19: ...illiam and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage. - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
5: ... radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest near the end of October that year.
7: ...entually London. There, SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France.
9: ...]. However, in June, both she and Benoist were arrested and Denise Bloch was interrogated and tortured... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...o classify, codify and communicate their experiences [[symbol|symbolically]]. [[Image:Karen_tribe2063c...
6: ...ng to this thinking, one can classify some countries as more civilized than others, and some people as...
8: ...he indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ... criticized) elements of [[high culture]] for repressing "[[human nature]]".
12: ... capitalist]] systems of [[western culture | the West]]. - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ...ddle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...ble]], it is referred to as the Great Sea or the Western Sea. In modern [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], it...
13: Presently, "The Med" is a common English language cont...
17: ...a]], by the [[Dardanelles]] and the [[Bosporus]] respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marmara is ofte... - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ...ins]] and the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
6: .... In terms of [[population]] it is the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The pop...
11: ... mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later ''Europa'' stood for mainland Gree...
13: ...s "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamian]] perspective.
18: ...[United Kingdom]] in building large colonial empires with vast holdings in [[Africa]], [[the Americas]... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ral]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
10: image_coat = Escudo de Espang |
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>1</sup> |
17: largest_city = [[Madrid]] | - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...ar ice]], and the first to mention [[Germanic tribes]].
4: ...nderstood the relationships between tides and phases of the Moon. In northern [[Spain]], he studied th...
6: ...s, Land's End, Plymouth, Isle of Man, Outer Hebrides, Orkneys, Iceland, Britain's east coast, Kent, [[...
8: ...rthage|Carthaginians]] had closed the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] to all ships from other nations. Some historian...
10: ... as referring to the [[British Isles]] as the "Isles of the Pretani." - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...y usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
4: ...[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...l other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measur...
10: ...r a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ... if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
3: This is a '''list of [[politics]] articles''' available for every '''[[country]]'''.
5: ''See also:'' [[List of countries]]
13: ...rain|Bahrain]] - [[Politics of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] - [[Politics of Barbados|Barbados]] - [[Politi...
22: ...tics of Eritrea|Eritrea]] - [[Politics of Estonia|Estonia]] - [[Politics of Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
25: ...na]] - [[Politics of French Polynesia|French Polynesia]] - Flood (7770 bytes)
1: ...lish]] ''flod'', a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German ''Flut'', Dutch ''vloed'' from th...
5: ...When a [[rain]]fall does occur, it can sometimes result in a sudden flood of water filling dry streamb...
7: ... [[Mesopotamia]]ns of the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers.
9: == Main causes ==
10: ...ng in some equatorial countries, such as [[Bangladesh]], due to their extended periods of [[rainfall]]... - Ape (10931 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Apes}}
12: ... = pink | plural_taxon = [[Family (biology)|Families]]}}
17: ...[human]]s. There are two [[family (biology)|families]] of '''hominoids''':
19: ... the Siamang, collectively known as the "lesser apes"
20: ...s, and humans, collectively known as the "great apes". - Ocean (6829 bytes)
6: ...y a line of [[latitude]] with no landmass boundaries.
10: ...led [[sea]]s, [[gulf]]s, [[strait]]s and other names.
12: ...n a piece of oceanic sea floor like the Strait of Gibraltar.)
14: ...lion km?, and its average depth is 3790 m. This does not include seas not connected to the World Ocean...
16: ...he total mass of the hydrosphere is about 1.4 × 10<sup>21</sup> kg, ca. 0.023 % of the Earth's t... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: The eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of [[Llanrhymny]]...
6: ...maica endeavoured to cover the whole under the necessity of allowing the English a free hand to attack...
8: ...is cannon, eluded the enemy's guns altogether and escaped in safety. On his return to Jamaica he was a...
10: ...garrison. Then with 1400 men he ascended the Chagres river, and appearing before the city of Panama on...
12: ...d and conducted to England in [[1672]]. His fortunes turned again, and in [[1674]] Morgan was knighted... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...[[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester John]].
5: ...ted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration, however, the appointment proved ...
7: ...nry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ...]] of the Arabs, made the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brother...
11: ...ands]] in 1420, and at Henry's instigation Portuguese settlers colonized the islands. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
6: ...lius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pompey|Pompeian]] forces of [[Titus Labienus]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompe...
8: ...Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
10: ..., Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery]] overlooking the city.
11: ...apoleon I of France|Napoleon]] as president, becomes the [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of It...
15: ...S Utopia|SS ''Utopia'']] sinks off the coast of [[Gibraltar]], killing 574. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
7: ...413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
8: ...602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, steali...
10: ...Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
11: ...eon I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,00... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...donesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
4: ...l member of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[19...
13: ...ch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...ies]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diver...
17: ...om the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west. - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...es have had the exact same experience in this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
7: ...tems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
9: ...he central planning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its t...
11: ... economic units such as state industrial enterprises and state farms (''sovkhozy''; sing., ''[[sovkhoz...
13: ...inistries and controlled economic units in their respective geographical areas. - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
3: ...exist, or are not independent states but nevertheless have official anthems, are ''italicized''.
55: |[[Bangladesh]]||[[Amar Sonar Bangla]] (My Golden Bengal)
59: ...unity)|Basque Country]]''||<i>[[Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia]] (Anthem of the Basque Homeland)</i>
77: ...nos, el hado propicio]] (Bolivians, A Favourable Destiny)
81: |[[Botswana]]||[[Fatshe leno la rona]] (Blessed Be This Noble Land)
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