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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
13: ...ities of gold and other riches"). In [[1534]] he set sail looking for a western passage to [[Asia]]. H...
17: ...ousand Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has bee...
19: ...rival in Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for w...
21: During this winter, Cartier compiled a sort of gazetteer which included several pages on the manner of...
23: ...fathom (1.8 m) thick in the river and snow four feet (1.2 m) deep ashore. To add to the discomfort, sc... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
15: ...tains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be c...
16: ...d|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published.
25: ...[Erwin Rommel]] leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
28: * [[1956]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Hungary]] to crush the [[Hungar... - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: ...f Kom Ombo | temple]]. It was originally a Greek settlement called Ombos, from the Egyptian 'nubt', me... - 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: ...#7716;awwāh 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... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...y by the Moors. The Crusades brought Turkish carpets to all of Europe, where they were primarily hung...
3: ...ries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering tha...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...et 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مصر...
46: | [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br/>[[Ea...
51: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
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 ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... southwest, and [[Morocco]] as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, [[Western Sahara]], ...
3: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الجز...
11: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Algeria|In Detail]])
31: ...area|Ranked 11th]] <br /> 2,381,740 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
47: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1) - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...asion has been disputed by the United Nations Secretary General and politicians in both the USA and th...
3: ...<big><big>'''الجمهورية العر...
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]] - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة الل...
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. - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...ibouti is bordered by [[Eritrea]] in the north, [[Ethiopia]] in the west and south, and [[Somalia]] in...
4: ...1608;رية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>Ré°µblique...
11: ...="center" width="125px" | ([[Flag of Djibouti|In Detail]])
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102: ...all limits crop production to [[fruits]] and [[vegetables]], and most food must be imported. There ar... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة قطر<br>Dawlat Qa...
31: ... by area|Ranked 162nd]] <br> 10,360 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
59: ...istory the arid climate fostered only short-term settlements by nomadic tribes. Bearing tribal monike...
61: ... diplomatic response of the British Protectorate set into motion the political forces that would event... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...el''; [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: دَوْلَةْ اِ...
6: ...#1488;ל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اسرائ...
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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)
3: Between the fall of the [[Taliban]] after the [[U.S. ...
5: ...0; دولت'''<br>'''دولت اسلام...
13: ...enter" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Afghanistan|In Detail]])
28: ...s by area|Ranked 40th]] <br>647,500 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br>0%
48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.af]] - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...e [[Red Sea]] to the northeast, [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] to the east, [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] to ...
8: ...1608;رية 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: ...ig>'''ڤرسكوتوان مليسي...
37: ... by area|Ranked 64th]] <br> 329,750 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 0.3%
60: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
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: ...1583;ولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></bi...
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... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: ...ion]] by either natural or artificial means, has retained its physical form. This can be achieved by e...
11: ==Etymology==
12: ...ient Greek historians record that the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, th...
16: ... placed at his/her final resting place through a set of [[Egyptian burial rituals and protocol|rituals...
31: ...aced into tombs. The incision was covered with a metal plate bearing the [[Eye of Horus]] (wedjat) whi... - Aswan (1042 bytes)
1: ...:Spices.jpg|thumb|right|Spices at the outdoor market in Aswan. Photo courtesy of [http://classroomclip...
6: ...ile]] at the first [[cataract]] and is a busy market and tourist center.
8: ...he last rain here was 6 years ago. In [[Nubia]]n settlements they generally do not bother to roof all ...
10: ...puted the [[Flat Earth]] theory and attempted to determine the circumference of the Earth. - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: ...e west bank of the [[Nile]] approximately 40 kilometres south of [[Cairo]], is a royal necropolis, kno... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ... 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
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