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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
22: ...exander, Jr.|Bill Alexander]] and served in his office until [[1984]]. Lincoln defeated Alexander in ...
24: Lincoln serves on the Senate Finance Committee; Special Committee on Aging; Selec... - Heart (10132 bytes)
21: ... heart wall is made of three distinct layers. The first is the outer ''[[epicardium]]'' which is compo...
30: ... of the atria and ventricles in preparation for refilling with circulating blood.
35: ...ly not the case because their rate of spontaneous firing is considerably lower than that of the other ...
43: ...t. It is sometimes treated by implanting an [[artificial pacemaker]]
50: ...shkansky]] on [[December 3]], [[1967]] became the first [[human]] to receive a [[heart transplant]] (h... - Pancreas (4781 bytes)
21: ...d ''acini'' (singular ''acinus''). The cells are filled with secretory granules containing the digest...
41: :[[Cystic fibrosis]] - Greek language (35285 bytes)
17: ... in the city of [[Rome]] and Koine Greek became a first or second language in the [[Roman Empire]]. Th...
19: ...reek]] during medieval [[Greek history]] as the official and vernacular language of the [[Byzantine Em...
32: ... alphabet]] in c. [[1000 BC]] and, with minor modifications, is still used today.
34: ...century|20th]] centuries. Demotic Greek is the official language of the modern Greek state, and the m...
38: ...n]] words, the foundation of international scientific and technical vocabulary. See ''[[English words... - 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)
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...
82: ... the resignation of Dr. [[Atef Ebeid]] from his office. - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ...Egypt''' begins as the [[Ancient Egypt|ancient unified Egyptian state]] formed around [[3300 BC]]. It ...
15: * [[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynastie...
27: ...another culture of [[hunting|hunters]], [[fishing|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples ...
29: ...zed the benefits of a more sedentary life. Scientific analysis of the remains of their culture indicat...
33: ...not have actually existed and is sometimes indentified with Narmer (the last king of Dynasty 0) or Aha... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ... reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point ...
8: ...nsition into the illusturous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty (Amenemhat I), ...
10: ...t their capital remained at Thebes. Amenemhet pacified any unrest in Egypt by force and curtailed the ...
12: ...e [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybians were subdued.
18: ...t kingdom even more dependent on Egypt. He was deified at the end of the Middle Kingdom and worshipped... - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
2: ... reign comprised the [[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fifteenth]] and [[Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt|Sixteen...
6: ...ran Egypt, led by [[Salitis]], the founder of the Fifteenth Dynasty. This dynasty was succeeded by a g...
8: ...here; his successors held onto their diminished office until c.[[1630s BC|1633 BC]].
10: ... and [[Kamose]], whom tradition credited with the final defeat of the Hyksos. With the [[Eighteenth dy... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
42: ===[[First dynasty of Egypt|1st Dynasty]] 2920-2770===
86: ===[[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]]===
104: =[[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]]=
200: ===[[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|15th Dynasty]] 1633-1525=...
260: ===[[Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt|Tanite 21st Dynasty]]=== - Nile (13738 bytes)
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...
48: ...th century]], when [[John Hanning Speke]] was the first to identify it as Lake Victoria. Various earli... - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
61: ... established coastal ports for the increasing traffic in [[slave]]s destined for the American continen...
67: ...tal destruction of the Biafran populace, Philip Effiong, Chief of Staff of the rebel army accepted the...
71: ...elected [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] as President in its first elections in 16 years. Obasanjo and his party ...
208: ...[Africa]], Nigeria accounts for approximately one-fifth of [[Africa]]'s people. Although less than 25%... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: After briefly being incorporated in the [[First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon]], the Kingdo... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
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...
99: ...in the north. Iraq is considered to be one of the fifteen lands that comprise the so-called "[[Cradle ... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has ...
15: ...a's unity and [[sovereignty]] was assured for the first time in a century, and there was development o...
17: ...his to natural disasters; still others doubt this figure entirely, or claim that many more people died...
25: ...d [[unemployment]] associated with layoffs at inefficient state-owned enterprises, and has introduced ...
40: ...g social problems and exposing corruption and inefficiency at lower levels of government. The Party ha... - Romania (19812 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] |
68: ...]]. [[Union]] of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the [[Treaty of Trianon]] in [[1920]].
74: ...resident on [[December 12]], [[2004]], and took office [[December 20]]. Traian Băsescu managed to...
86: ...ve branch, is also elected by popular vote, every five years (until 2005, four years).
164: ... major [[agriculture|agricultural]] and [[finance|financial]] sector reforms. - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Swahili language|Swahili]...
54: ...to [[Dodoma]] in 1996, although many government offices remain in Dar es Salaam.
63: ...-party rule came to an end when Tanzania held its first ever multi-party election. [[Benjamin Mkapa]] ...
65: ...at least 27 people were killed when police opened fire on [[peaceful protest]]s against [[Elections in...
74: ...onal Assembly are valid for Zanzibar only in specifically designated union matters. - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
17: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Bengali language|Bangla]]
51: | '''[[National Fish]]''' || [[Hilsa]]
73: ...et, but some estimates claim 50,000 deaths in the first three days of the so-called ''[[Operation Sear...
77: ...ecame ready ground for recruitment of the freedom fighters. The headquarters of the Bangladesh Forces ...
81: ...akistan since March, returned triumphantly as the first [[Prime Minister]] of the new nation. India wi...
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