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- Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
6: ...y II]] Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "first prince of the blood," who would become heir to...
10: ...rs which led to her declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her kingdom.
12: ...ne's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood."
14: ...e conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king's sist...
25: ...t of French monarchs|King of France]] ([[1553]]-[[1610]]) - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ... Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious p...
7: ...was born in [[Rome]], on [[July 8]] [[1593]], the first child of the painter [[Orazio Gentileschi]], o...
10: ...e i Vecchioni]] (''"Susanna and the Elders"'') ([[1610]]), located in the [[Sch?rn collection]] in [[Pom...
14: ... using a device made of thongs wrapped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularl... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...nguage|Arabic]]: '''Maryem''', '''مريم''') is the mother of [[Jesus]] and the [[...
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...
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... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...#1589;رالعربيّة<br>Ǧumhuriyat Miṣr al-&...
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: ...[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one o...
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: ...#1604;إسكندرية''', [[transliteration|transliterated]] ''...
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: ...1575;ت العربيّة المتّ...
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: ...1610;ة الشعبية'''<br>'''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jaz&#...
19: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
21: ...r language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
62: ...n [[Hafsid]]s, and Moroccan [[Merinid]]s. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, [[Spain]] started...
64: ...Mediterranean resulted in the [[First Barbary War|First]] and [[Second Barbary War]] with the [[United... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1577; الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Ha...
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: ...1577; العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-Iraqiyah)'''</...
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: |+<big><big>'''برني دارالسل...
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: ...#1575;للبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah)''...
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... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧībūtī) is a country in e...
4: ...1610;ة جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>R鰵blique de Djibouti''...
19: | '''[[Official language]]s'''
70: ...resident of the tiny Horn of Africa nation, the official news agency, Agence Djiboutienne d'Informatio...
72: ...s second president, Guelleh was first elected to ofice in 1999, taking over from his uncle, Hassan Gou... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...#1587;ْرَائِيل, transliteration: ''{{unicode|Dawlat Isra...
6: ...1604;ة 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)
3: ...f Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Rep...
5: ...1575;ن اسلامي دولت'''<br>'''د...
21: | '''[[Official language]]s''' || [[Persian language|Persian]...
64: ...ellors, who served occasionally as regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay.
72: ...4]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul area. Backed by Pakistan and h... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... '''Republic of Sudan''' (in recent years the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in co...
8: ... = جمهورية السودا...
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: ...1608;ان 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: ...1608;لة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></big>
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... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: ...g from [[decomposition]] by either natural or artificial means, has retained its physical form. This c...
4: ...at have been [[embalming|embalmed]] with the specific purpose of preservation, particularly those in [...
6: ...have been recovered from submerged [[cypress]] coffins packed with medicinal herbs.
12: ...istorians record that the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though this pr...
15: ...:Louvre egyptologie 21.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mummified cat from Ancient Egypt. [[Mus�e du Louvre]], ... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] and [[Span...
38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
52: ...s. Peralta built the [[Palace of Governors]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to prosper, some mi...
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