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- Politics of Iran (8863 bytes)
1: ...m]] of the Twelver ([[Jaafari]]) sect is Iran's official religion.
4: Iran's post-revolution difficulties have included an eight-year war with [[Ira...
6: ...982]], a succession of power struggles eliminated first the center of the political spectrum and then ...
8: ...d by hard-liners. This led to incorporation and official activity of many other groups, including hard...
17: ...[mujtahid]]s, which greatly narrows the potential field.
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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
8: ...ier settlements and cultures which were among the first to make use of [[agriculture]].
12: * [[Halaf period]] (or ''Halafian'') - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ... stand erect. Several of the buildings were never finished. F. Stolze has shown that in some cases eve...
12: ...o [[Artaxerxes II]] and [[Artaxerxes III]]. The unfinished one is perhaps that of [[Arses of Persia]],...
18: ... the rulers of the empire, a remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient, and th...
20: ... bears evident traces of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cle...
26: ...thy of Alexander alone. When the king had caught fire at their words, all leaped up from their couche... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]], or Sunni Islamic law), and at times a [[Qadi...
4: ... appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars particul...
6: ...as the ''Rihla'', or "Journey". Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as co...
13: ...which was relatively safe, and he embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes exi...
15: ...meluks), having encountered a holy man during his first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would onl... - 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]]. - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
- Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
9: |style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Term of Office'''
27: ...States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second Afr...
29: ...05]], the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she wa...
31: ...he second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
41: ... led her to call Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc/Phan... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...ble]], the queen of [[Ahasuerus]] (commonly identified with [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] or [[Artax...
12: ...ded with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some office in the household of the Persian king at "[[Susa...
14: ...o traditional Jewish dating this took place about fifty-two years after the Return.
21: ...i are purely conjectural. In addition phonetic difficulties exist in attempting to relate the names Es... - Hyacinth (flower) (2431 bytes)
31: ...uill]], and other plants that were formerly classified in the lily family and have flower clusters bor... - Rose (15436 bytes)
2: ...-07_10a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
25: The [[flower]]s have five petals (with the exception of ''[[Rosa sericea]...
27: ...ds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly [[finch]]es, also eat the seeds.
67: ...essed and filtered to make rose hip syrup, as the fine hairs surrounding the seeds are unpleasant to e...
69: There is no single system of classification for garden roses. In general, however, rose... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
7: ...e of [[Christianity|Christians]] wearing a [[crucifix]] in the form of jewellery, or, as is the case i...
14: This is a jewellery [[timeline]] from the first uses of [[metal]] in [[history]] to the [[Rena...
23: * [[2000 BC]] - First signs of the ''swagging'' technique
42: * [[400 BC]] - Greeks using [[Beeswax]] for filler in repouss鮊* [[350 BC]] - Use of combined p...
44: * [[300 BC]] - [[Diadem]]s are first seen. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ing of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Wes...
3: ...d rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering tha...
16: ...orming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Moquet...
34: ...rtical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs).
41: ...d, angular calligraphy called [[Kufic]], pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque. - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...sic)|chord]]s. The [[hand#The four fingers|index finger]] is used to sound notes on the prima, while ...
30: ...Trinity. This idea, while whimsical, is quite difficult to reconcile when one is confronted with the ... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ...without, ''shoka'' – sorrow). Asoka was the first ruler of ancient [[Bharata]] ([[India]]), afte...
14: ...volting militias and the uprising ended without a fight. (The province revolted once more during the r...
16: ...inga]] and stayed incognito there. There he met a fisherwoman named [[Kaurwaki]], with whom he fell in...
18: ...ated by Buddhist monks and nuns. This is where he first learned the teachings of the [[Gautama Buddha|...
20: ...ed his mother instead. As the folklore goes, in a fit of rage, Prince Ashoka attacked [[Pataliputra]] ... - 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. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
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...
51: ...erated him that he completely demolished its fortifications, although he seems to have spared the live... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...stern part of the [[continent]] of [[Eurasia]], defined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from...
6: The exact boundaries are vaguely defined, especially between Asia and Europe: the demar...
8: ...sland]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s, often excluding [[Russia]].
50: * The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
60: ...a]] and islands in the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]. The countries it contains are: - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
109: * [[Philippines]] (Filipinas) - [[Manila]]
137: * [[Bulgaria]] - [[Sofia]]
141: * [[Finland]] - [[Helsinki]]
217: * [[Bolivia]] - [[Sucre]] (official capital), [[La Paz]] (seat of government)
219: * [[Chile]] - [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] (official), [[Valparaiso]] (legislative) - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ...'''[[Afghanistan]]'s Economy''' has improved significantly since [[2002]] due to the infusion of over ...
6: ... domestic product|GDP]]. A GDP of US$4 billion in fiscal year [[2003]] was recalculated by the IMF to ...
11: ...owing 3 years of drought as well as the sustained fighting, instability in rural areas, and deteriorat...
13: ...ural production and livestock numbers are only sufficient to feed about half of Afghanistan's populati...
15: ...sume. Much of Afghanistan's opium production is refined into [[heroin]] and is either consumed by a gr... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
62: <tr><td>[[Colombo]] <td>[[Sri Lanka]] (official)
73: <tr><td>[[Dodoma]] <td>[[Tanzania]] (official)
90: <tr><td>[[Helsinki]] <td>[[Finland]]
145: ....a. [[Taiwan]]; see also [[Capital of China]]) (Official) - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
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...
125: | Varies || End of [[Ramadan]] || [[Eid ul-Fitr]]
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