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- Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: ...'Veronica Franco''' ([[1546]]-[[1591]]) was a [[poet]] and [[courtesan]] of Venice during the sixteent...
3: ...e "catalog," ''Il Catalogo di tutte le principale et piu honorate cortigiane di Venezia''.
5: ...5 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and collected the works of other leading writ...
7: ...n her house and possessions were looted. On her return in 1577 she was to face a trial before the [[I...
13: Eight books of poems and letters by Veronica Franco may be found at - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ... and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theol...
6: ...ugh not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept not...
8: ...raditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
11: ...Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle. - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...hich part of Genesis is read and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she ...
6: ...wwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic—...
11: ...t|''Adam and Eve'', by [[English poetry|English poet]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[William Blake]] ([[1...
20: ... of Eden, making it possible for [[humanity]] to return to Paradise.
22: ...tation of how long a "year" is meant to be interpreted is the subject of much debate). [[Judaism]] hol... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...tan areas by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at...
6: ...t Mars during the foundation of the city. The planet Mars, asssociated with destruction was called "Al...
28: ...rt]], built about [[150|AD 150]], built near the settlement known as [[Babylon-in-Egypt]], which lay c...
32: ... the city Al-Qahirah after the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] which was rising on the day the city was ...
38: ...in [[1517]], but the ruling [[Mameluks]] quickly returned to power as nominal vassals to the Ottoman S... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1585;يّة مصرالعربيّة...
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67: ... god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]. For details see the article ''[[Copt]]''.
69: ...nnia. The last native dynasty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Persia]]ns in [[341 ... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in...
12: ... considered the longest river in the world, but whether the Nile is actually longer than [[South Ameri...
20: ...m equatorial East Africa, and the Blue Nile, from Ethiopia. Both branches formed on the western flank...
24: [[Lake Victoria]], which lies between [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] is con...
30: ...u; the rest of the year the great rivers draining Ethiopia to the Nile (Sobat, Blue Nile, and Atbara) ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...pic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city...
19: ...in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, pa...
21: ...with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frighten...
23: ...e five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mareotis and the sea, according to a his...
25: ...ion, Alexander left Egypt for the East and never returned to his city. His general, Ptolemy (later [[P... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...n''', in reference of a nineteenth-century truce between the British and some Arab [[sheikh]]s. It bor...
8: ...1604;عربيّة المتّحدة...
15: ...="165px" | <font size="-1">([[Flag of the UAE|In Detail]])</font>
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61: ...ontrol of their defense and foreign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties. In [[1971]], six of these ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... southwest, and [[Morocco]] as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, [[Western Sahara]], ...
3: ...1605;قراطية الشعبية'''<br>...
11: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Algeria|In Detail]])
23: ...lgiers]] الجزائر<br><small>(El Djazaﲬ Al-Jazੲ)<...
31: ...area|Ranked 11th]] <br /> 2,381,740 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1617;يّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlak...
11: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jordan|In Detail]])
12: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Jordan|In Detail]])
35: 92,300 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>
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1: ...asion has been disputed by the United Nations Secretary General and politicians in both the USA and th...
3: ...1585;ية العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-...
10: ...lign="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Iraq|In Detail]]) || align="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat o...
25: ... by area|Ranked 57th]] <br> 437,072 [[square kilometer|km²]]<br> 1.1%
40: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.iq]] - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...oastline with the [[South China Sea]], it is completely surrounded by [[East Malaysia]].
5: ...#1583;ارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</big></big...
13: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Brunei|In Detail]])
28: ...by area|Ranked 163rd]] <br /> 5,765 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 8.6%
47: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.bn]] - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...1617;ة اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al...
11: ...ign="center" width="140" | ([[Flag of Lebanon|In Detail]])
12: ...ter" width="140" | ([[Coat of Arms of Lebanon|In Detail]])
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91: ...chir Gemayel, who was regarded as secretly sympathetic to Israel. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...1618; اِسْرَائِيل, transliteration: ''...
6: ...1583;ولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
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68: ...zantine]]s) in [[638]] CE and attracted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under th... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...#1575;فغانستان) is a country in [[Central Asia]] and is ...
3: Between the fall of the [[Taliban]] after the [[U.S. ...
5: ...#1575;فغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<...
13: ...enter" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Afghanistan|In Detail]])
28: ...s by area|Ranked 40th]] <br>647,500 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br>0% - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...e [[Red Sea]] to the northeast, [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] to the east, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] to ...
8: ...1610;ة السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
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66: ...ic stagnation, and ethnic dissidence. Much of the ethnic conflict is born of the North (Arab, Muslim) ... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: ...1575;ن مليسيا'''</big></big>
37: ... by area|Ranked 64th]] <br> 329,750 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 0.3%
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69: ...ers.JPG|thumb|300px|Kuala Lumpur's landmark, the Petronas Twin Towers, one of the tallest buildings in...
80: ...the attacks only stopped in [[1641]], when the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] (allied to the Sultanate of Johor... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al...
12: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Kuwait|In Detail]])
35: ... by area|Ranked 152nd]] <br> 17,818 [[square kilometre|km?]] <br> Negligible
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61: ..., most of Kuwait's oil wells were set on fire by retreating Iraqi forces. It took several months befo... - Angola (15614 bytes)
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61: ...ost for anti-Portuguese states. In 1648 Portugal retook Luanda and initiated a process of military con...
63: ...acional de Liberta磯 de Angola'', FNLA), with an ethnic base in the Bakongo region of the north and l... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
14: ...]. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5 [[metre]]s (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 900 [[kilogram]]s (2000 pou...
20: ...y also cover the legs. Range: northeastern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia.
36: ... complex pressure-regulation system called the [[rete mirabile]] prevents excess blood flow to the bra...
38: ...ulthood; those that do have a life expectancy of between 20 and 25 years.
40: ...hat it can without inconvenience live on other vegetable food. A giraffe can eat 63 kilograms (140 po...
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