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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). - Al Fayyum (5562 bytes)
3: ...' is one of the [[governorates of Egypt|governorates]] of [[Egypt]] located in the centre of the count...
5: ...]]n Desert, its eastern border being about 15 mi west of the [[Nile]].
7: ...ills. The lowest part of the province, the north-west end, is occupied by the [[Birket ci Kerun]], or ...
9: ... bulti (Nile carp), of which considerable quantities are sent to Cairo.
11: ... the lake, many ruins of ancient villages and cities. The Fayum is the site of [[Lake Moeris]] of the ... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...followed by [[Late Antiquity]] and the [[Middle Ages]].
3: ...uneiform script|cuneiform]] possibly being the oldest form of writing. [[Genetic]] evidence, however, ...
15: *[[Byzantines]] (Early Eastern Roman Empire, until 476 BC)
17: *[[Hittites]]
22: *[[Mesopotamia]] - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
3: ...thumb|300px|Downtown Richmond as seen from the James River]]
38: ...all Virginia municipalities incorporated as ''cities'', it is an [[independent city]], not part of any...
44: ...ine]] of the [[James River]]. Like many other cities on the East coast, the location of Richmond was d...
46: ...rd II]]. The name comes from [[Richmond upon Thames]], [[England]].
48: ...nfederate Army and was returned to the United States, becoming part of "Military District #1" during t... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Islam (36809 bytes)
2: ...Abrahamic religion]]s, and the world's second largest [[religion]].
6: ...ission" (understood as submission to God) and is described as a ''Dīn'' or Deen, meaning "way of ...
10: ...n]] as corrective of Jewish and Christian scriptures.
12: ...succession of authority after Muhammad's death; these are known as [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] , [[Shi'a Isl...
14: ...ecome a Muslim, one needs to recite and believe these statements. All Muslims agree to this, although ... - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...ransliterated]] as '''Quran''', '''Koran''', and less commonly '''Alcoran''') is the [[Sacred text|hol...
6: ...gest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
10: ...is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling paragraphs and comprising roughly ten ayat...
14: ...uspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Islamic Arabic; others say that they were ...
16: ...emains to this day the speech used in Qur'anic times, rather than the current spoken dialects. - List of female tennis players (8364 bytes)
14: * [[Peaches Bartlowicz]] (USA)
20: * [[Iveta Benesova]] (Czech Republic)
84: * [[Sabrina Goles]] (Croatia)
110: * [[Ann Haydon-Jones]] (Britain)
115: * [[Sesil Karatantcheva]] (Bulgaria) - Ramesses II (3861 bytes)
4: ...ively [[transcribed]] as '''Ramses''' and '''Rameses''') was an [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]ian [[pharaoh]]...
5: ...omplishments to the semi-mythical [[Senusret III|Sesostris]].
7: ...neptah]] (who succeeded him), and prince [[Kha'emweset]].
8: ...:Egypt.AbuSimbel.01.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Ramesses II]], [[Abu Simbel]]]]
9: ...ed an agreement with [[Hattusilis III]], the earliest known surviving [[peace treaty]], believed to ha... - Holy Land (2739 bytes)
1: ...ch of the Holy Sepulchre]], [[Bethlehem]], the [[Western Wall]], and the [[Dome of the Rock]].
3: The [[Crusades]] were started on the pretext of recovering the H...
5: ...ng a specific religious group (Jews and Muslims, respectively) the right of ownership.
11: ...which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures. O my people! Go into '''the holy land''' which A...
13: ...s "the area between [[al-Arish]] and the [[Euphrates]]", and by [[Ibn Abbas]] as "the land of [[Jerich... - Ancient Civilizations (5780 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mesopotamia 2.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http...
2: ...followed by [[Late Antiquity]] and the [[Middle Ages]].
3: [[Image:Roman_colleseum.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://clas...
4: ...uneiform script|cuneiform]] possibly being the oldest form of writing. [[Genetic]] evidence, however, ...
18: *[[Byzantines]] (Early Eastern Roman Empire, until 476 BC) - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...]]'' who led an expedition that caused the [[conquest of the Aztec Empire|fall of the Aztec empire]] a...
4: ...qués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given t...
6: ...ividual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and ei...
10: ...th the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by to...
14: ... distant relative of [[Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal... - 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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