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- Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
5: ...ze rime'' and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of le...
7: ...onica Franco's life was not without hardship. In 1575, a year of the [[Black Death]], she was forced to... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...ns accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost nothin...
8: ... [[Eastern Orthodox]] traditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult der...
11: ...Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...mp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months Mary returned to her ...
17: ...is little mention of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, an... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ... may not have been the [[first woman]], or Adam's first wife.
6: ...wwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic—...
13: ...ccording to this account, Adam was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed out of the...
17: ... them both were opened" and they made aprons of [[fig]] leaves to cover themselves.
22: ...rtly after their expulsion, Eve brought forth her first-born child, and called him [[Cain]]. Only thre... - 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... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1585;يّة مصرالعربيّة...
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
67: ...ṣr''', the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and official name for Egypt, is of [[Semitic]] origin, and...
69: ...t of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]] by King [...
75: ...ne]] [[1953]] with Gen. [[Mohamed Naguib]] as the first President of the Republic. After Naguib resign... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in...
12: .... This is, for the most part, due to two reasons: first, the lengths of rivers vary over time (especia...
38: ... 1) it flows over 6 groups of cataracts, from the first at Aswan to the sixth at Sabaloka (just north ...
42: ...ediments carried eastward by currents nurture the fishing industries of the Eastern Mediterranean, or ...
46: ...Stone Age]]. Climate change - or perhaps [[desertification|overgrazing]] - about 10,000 years ago [[de... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...lexandria''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], '''الإسكندر...
3: ...d had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
7: [[Image:Alexandria_egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close...
21: ...act knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the...
23: ...t of fishermen and pirates. Behind it there were five native villages scattered along the strip betwe... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...1604;عربيّة المتّحدة...
23: | '''[[Official language]]'''
65: ...he Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to the Al-Nahya...
71: ...ts sources of income and lessen its dependence on finite oil reserves. One result of these efforts is ...
88: ...crude oil. The UAE is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "[[Cradle... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: ...1605;قراطية الشعبية'''<br>...
19: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
21: ...r language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
23: ...lgiers]] الجزائر<br><small>(El Djazaﲬ Al-Jazੲ)<...
62: ...n [[Hafsid]]s, and Moroccan [[Merinid]]s. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, [[Spain]] started... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1617;يّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlak...
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
69: ...ameluks]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Turks, and, finally, the British. At the end of [[World War I]],...
75: ...erritory occupied by Israel and believes that its final status should be determined through direct neg...
77: ...nty and security of the Hashemite state, and open fighting erupted in June 1970. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: ...1585;ية العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-...
17: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
49: ...alist [[Ba'ath]] Party to power. The Ba'ath's key figure became [[Saddam Hussein]] who acceded to the ...
62: ...n troops can remain in control of the country indefinitely despite the transfer of sovereignty. Since ...
64: ...Government has two major tasks ahead of them. The first is to attempt to reign in the insurgency which... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
3: ...theast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC).
5: ...#1583;ارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</big></big...
21: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Malay language]]
60: ...Brunei on the Sultan's payroll to protect the oil fields in the West of the country. There is also a l...
84: ...ving as chairman for the 2000 [[APEC]] (Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum. Stated plans for t... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...1617;ة اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al...
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
71: Lebanon is one of the fifteen present-day countries that comprise what is ...
73: ...ions]] [[French Mandate of Lebanon|mandated]] the five provinces that make up present-day Lebanon to [...
75: ...ebanon's constitution, drawn up in [[1926]], specified a balance of political power among the major re... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...1618; اِسْرَائِيل, transliteration: ''...
6: ...1583;ولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Ara...
60: ...d contains many locations of great spiritual significance in Judaism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Sta...
73: ...ficant [[Immigration to Israel|immigration]]. The first waves of Jewish immigration to the then Turkis... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...#1575;فغانستان) is a country in [[Central Asia]] and is ...
3: ...f Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Rep...
5: ...#1575;فغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<...
21: | '''[[Official language]]s''' || [[Persian language|Persian]...
64: ...ellors, who served occasionally as regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay. - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... '''Republic of Sudan''' (in recent years the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in co...
8: ...1610;ة السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
15: official_languages = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ...
64: ...southern army officers that sparked 17 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] t...
70: ...civilian government. However the civil war intensified in lethality and the economy continued to deter... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: ...1575;ن مليسيا'''</big></big>
24: | '''[[Official language]]'''
80: ...st, thus ending the [[Sultanate of Malacca]]. The first ever Malacca sultan was Parameswara. However, ...
82: ... administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London.
84: ...avoured the merchants of the Straits Settlements. Finally, the [[Pangkor Treaty of 1874]] paved the wa... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al...
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
61: ... Iraqi forces. It took several months before the fire could be controlled.]]
68: ...hip. Kuwait, having amassed great wealth, was the first of the Persian Gulf-Arab states to declare ind...
70: ...in]]) in August [[1990]]. Hussein's primary justifications included a charge that Kuwaiti territory w... - Angola (15614 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Angolan Portuguese|Portug...
48: ...</sup> Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest Internation...
61: ...wanza River in the south. Portugal established in 1575 a Portuguese colony at [[Luanda]] based on the sl...
66: ... the Marxist MPLA and the western-backed UNITA to fight for power.
68: ...ised elections, UNITA claimed there was fraud and fighting broke out again. - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Giraffidae]]}}
16: ...], but is placed in a separate family, the [[Giraffidae]], consisting only of the giraffe and its clos...
25: ...rown, blotched or rectangular spots with poorly defined cream lines. Hocks may be spotted. Range: Ugan...
36: Modifications to the giraffe's structure have evolved, p...
38: ... that may be a week old already; however, for the first two weeks, they spend most of their time lying...
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