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- Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
1: [[Image:JeanneIII.jpg|frame|right|Jeanne d'Albret]]
2: ...on, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry IV of France]].
4: ...ew up at the French court. When she was thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this ...
6: ...rince of the blood," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.
12: ...he siege of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: '''Cairo''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: القاهرة; [[romanizati...
6: ...invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are e...
26: The current location of Cairo was too far from the ancient course of the Nile to support a cit...
28: ...t]], which lay close to an ancient Egyptian canal from the Nile to the Red Sea.
30: ...Abbasid]]s, and contains the first [[mosque]] in Africa. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1610;ّة مصرالعربيّة<br>...
22: | [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]],...
56: ...s a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...he majority of the country is located in [[North Africa]]. It shares land borders with [[Libya]] to th... - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ...;695|1 134|2 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]...
4: ...604;نيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] ...
8: The word "Nile" comes from the word ''Neilos'' (Νει&lambda...
12: ...partly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[S...
14: ...ely 6695 km (4160 miles) long. Measuring instead from Lake Victoria gives a length of approximately 5... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...ia''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], '''الإسكندري...
14: * The Roman era from [[80 BC]] until the arrival of the Arabs in [[6...
15: * The Arab city from [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrived (y...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
21: ...ects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the monsters away. - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...1593;ربيّة المتّحدة<br>Al-...
65: ...pointed 40-member Federal National Council, drawn from all the emirates, reviews proposed laws. There ...
67: ... bin Sultan Al Nahyan]] was the union's president from the nation's founding until his death on [[2 No...
71: ...as [[Burj Al Arab]] and [[The Palm Islands]], and friendliness to the West have led many to call it th...
151: *[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aetoc.html Library of Congress - Country Stud... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... is derived from the name of the city of Algiers; from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''al-jaz...
3: ...1602;راطية الشعبية'''<br>'''Al-J...
21: ... || [[Berber language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administratio...
23: ...[[Coordinates]]:||[[Algiers]] الجزائر<br><small>(El...
38: | From [[France]]<br>[[July 5]], [[1962]] - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1583;نّيّة الهاشميّة...
48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
77: ...ion -- 700,000 in 1966 -- grew by another 300,000 from the West Bank. The period following the 1967 wa...
79: ...ver the ''fedayeen'' in July 1971, expelling them from the country.
88: ...er Chamber of Deputies, elected by [[universal suffrage]] to a 4-year term, is subject to dissolution ... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...eader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from power. Although, the legality of the invasion ...
3: ...1605;هورية العراقية'''<br>...
29: ... '''[[Independence]]''' || [[1 October]] [[1919]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]]
30: [[3 October]] [[1932]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]]
44: ...>''(Citizens have [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]])'' || [[Islam]] - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...and]] of [[Borneo]], in [[southeast Asia]]. Apart from its coastline with the [[South China Sea]], it ...
5: ...1610; دارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</bi...
50: | 673 ''('''080''' from Malaysia)''
55: ...was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[protectorate]] from [[1888]] to [[1984]].
60: ...e early 1960's and was put down by British troops from Singapore. A garrison of [[Gurkha]] soldiers ar... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...1608;ريّة اللبنانيّة...
23: | [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]], [[Armenian l...
66: ...word "Lebanon" (also "Loubnan" or "Lebnan") comes from the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] word ''laban''...
73: ...e provinces that make up present-day Lebanon to [[France]].
77: ...try gained independence in [[1943]], and [[France|French]] troops withdrew in [[1946]]. - Qatar (10610 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة قطر<br>Dawlat Qatar''' ...
59: ...d each other for lucrative oyster beds and lands, frequently forming and breaking coalitions with one ...
61: ...a tacit recognition of Qatar?s status as distinct from Bahrain. The man chosen to negotiate with Colo...
63: ...ompelled Qatar to resign and declare independence from the coalition that would evolve into the seven-...
65: ...of sociopolitical liberalisation, including the enfranchisement of women, a new constitution and the c... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines o...
6: ...1577; اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by t...
60: ...ncia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ...
68: ...], before becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the centuries the s... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
5: ...r>'''دولت اسلامی افغا...
36: | From [[United Kingdom|the British]]<br>[[1919]]
55: ...Afghanistan. The remainder of the name originates from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''stā...
64: ...ans. The Mohammadzay furnished the Saddozay kings frequently with top counsellors, who served occasion...
72: ...an were able to capture 90% of the country, aside from [[Northern Alliance]] strongholds primarily in ... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...cratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the ...
8: ...1605;هورية السودان <br> Jumhuriy...
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[Jan...
64: ...7 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] to [[1972]].
66: ...s born of the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic) and has a strong ec... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: ...1603;وتوان مليسيا'''</big></big>
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[1...
66: ...wly-built [[Putrajaya]]</small><br> <small>2. 020 from [[Singapore]]</small>
76: The earliest recorded Malay kingdoms grew from coastal city-ports established in the [[10th ce...
78: ...by a prince (Parameswara) from Palembang who fled from the island Temasek (now known as Singapore). Wi... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: ...big><big>'''دولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt...
41: | [[June 19]], [[1961]] from the United Kingdom
65: ...igrated to the northern shore of the Persian Gulf from the Najd, their famine-stricken homeland in cen...
66: .... The current rulers of the country are descended from Sabah I, who was chosen by the community, which...
68: ...was occupied by tribes and used for spice trading from [[India]]. By the [[18th century]], most of the... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
16: Native to [[Africa]], the giraffe is related to [[deer]] and [[ca...
26: ...ground, running down to the hooves. Range: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.
28: * West African or Nigerian Giraffe (''G.c. peralta'') &mdash...
30: ...ubian and Rothschild's, and Angolan and Southern African giraffes, respectively, into single subspecie...
34: ...ny structure of the neck is essentially unchanged from that of other mammals: there are no extra verte...
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