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- Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...21667). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html]
4: While al-Qāhirah is the official name of the city, in local speech it is typic...
16: ...ings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with hundreds of ancient [[mosque]]s that act...
18: ...government buildings are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching...
28: The first settlement on the location of modern Cairo was... - Greece (54754 bytes)
15: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Greek language|Greek]]
50: ...el|''Ellás''}} ([[IPA]]: [{{IPA|e̞ˈlas}}])), officially the '''Hellenic Republic''' ({{lang|el|Ελ...
65: ... Greece's [[Aegean Sea]] saw the emergence of the first civilizations in Europe, namely the [[Minoan c...
68: ... the eastern Mediterranean. When the Roman Empire finally split in two, the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], ...
82: ...ire]]. Its last emperor, [[Constantine XI]], died fighting on the walls and was buried anonymously alo... - Thomas Aquinas (12692 bytes)
9: In his fifth year he was sent for his early education to th...
11: Finally the family yielded and the Dominicans sent T...
14: ...er, he received the degree and entered upon his office of teaching in [[1257]]; he taught in Paris for...
16: ...aving his great work, the [[Summa Theologica]], unfinished. When asked why he had stopped writing, Aqu...
18: ... On the other hand, the consciousness of the insufficiency of his works in view of the revelation whic... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
8: ===The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia ([[648 BC]]-[...
11: The '''first record''' of the Persians comes from an [[Assy...
13: ... in southern Iran around 650 BC, establishing the first organized Persian [[state]]. The Persians grad...
15: ... and carried his arms eastward into central Asia. Finally in [[539 BC]], Cyrus marched triumphantly in...
19: ...ood for the empire's subjects, but ultimately benefited the Achaemenids, since the conquered peoples f... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ... was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permiss...
7: ..., established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]...
9: ...ings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work of either t...
15: ...order sought refuge in the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]]. Finding themselves becoming enmeshed in the politics...
17: ...y were forced to become a more militarized force, fighting especially with the [[Barbary pirates]]. Th... - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ... Latin]] by making [[Greek language|Greek]] the official language). Numismatists note the monetary ref...
8: ...; son in-law of Constantine I, brother-in-law and first cousin of Constantius II, grandson of Constant...
23: ...d [[474]] - [[491]]) – son-in-law of Leo I (first husband of Ariadne), father of Leo II
84: ...]]) – son-in-law of Constantine VIII (Zoe's first husband)
104: ...– grandson of Alexius I; nephew of John II; first cousin once removed of Alexius II; married Ale... - Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
3: ...the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms|Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms]], were a time of di...
5: .... The '''Northern Song''' ([[960]]-[[1127]]) signifies the time when the Song capital was in the north...
7: ...yed the Song dynasty in [[1279]] and once more unified China, this time as part of a vast Mongol empir...
12: ...supporters were replaced by centrally appointed officials. This system of civilian rule led to a great...
14: ...prestige. The development of paper money and a unified tax system meant the development of a true nati...
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