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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
5: Luwian is significant as it appears to prove that the [[Proto-Indo-... - 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... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
12: ...roviding false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of cred...
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21: ...oston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...
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25: ...movement, protesting against widespread racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in t... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...Bhutto''' (born [[June 21]], [[1953]]) became the first woman to lead a [[Muslim]] country in modern t...
6: The daughter of former [[Pakistan]]i premier [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], Benazir was educated in the west...
8: During her time at Oxford, she was the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Un...
13: ...ber 2]], becoming the youngest (35 years old) and first woman to head the government of a Muslim-major...
15: ... PPP coalition, thus returning Bhutto back into office till [[1996]] when once again her government wa... - 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. - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
6: ...th and the [[South American Plate]] to the south, first an [[island arc]], and then continuous dry lan... - 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) - 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]] - Jordan (20715 bytes)
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.
79: ...n ministers meeting at Cairo had arranged a cease-fire beginning the following day. Sporadic violence ... - 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 ... - 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... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
59: ...n peninsula and camped on the coasts within small fishing and pearling villages. The clans battled ea...
61: ...ense of political self although it did not gain official standing as a British [[protectorate]] until ...
63: ...e in 1961. Seven years later when the British officially announced that it would disengage (politica...
69: Before the discovery of oil Qatar was a [[fishing]] and [[pearling]] region. After the introdu... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...m, ittihÄd, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[E...
16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
74: ...llowed to return to India and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also inv...
85: ...d the United States supported anti-Soviet freedom fighters (called [[Mujahideen]]) in Afghanistan, and... - Israel (51605 bytes)
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...
78: ...e one government. The policy was viewed as a significant defeat for the Jewish side, as it placed seve...
83: ...ecided to withdraw from the Palestine Mandate. Fulfillment of the [[1947 UN Partition Plan]] would hav... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
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...
72: ...omsday scenario advocated by [[Carl Sagan]]. The fires took over nine months to fully extinguish, and... - Luxor (8772 bytes)
7: ...ation, both in its own right and as a starting or finishing point for Nile cruises. It is the site of ...
13: ... and younger member was usually confused or identified with [[Khonsu]], the Moon. Quite paradoxically,...
20: ...hed to link the parts of their vast empire in a definite way.
28: ... magnetized Europeans came to rediscover the magnificence of the yet untold story of Waset.
32: ...and remained depressed for at least the following five years. - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
3: ...g Territory]] in the [[United States]] became the first modern polity where equal suffrage was extende...
4: ...en first achieved the right to stand for public office in [[South Australia]] in [[1894]], along with ...
13: ...rst women's suffrage (with the same property qualifications as for men) was granted in [[New Jersey]] ...
15: The first unrestricted women's suffrage in terms of voti...
17: The first to grant universal suffrage and allow women to... - Desert (21206 bytes)
10: In the [[K?n climate classification]] system, they are classed as (BW).
14: Most classifications rely on some combination of the number of ...
18: ...nated as specifically different from the simple definition of a desert: a place where evaporation exc...
24: Deserts are also classified by their geographical location and dominant wea...
59: ...ial ice cap of the north polar area. Smaller dune fields occupy the floors of many large craters in th...
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