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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is pu...
24: ... II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States C...
29: ... to be retrievable and she dies a few hours later from stress and overheating.
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathematician (d. [[1836]])
58: *[[1923]] - [[Freddy Heineken]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businessman... - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: ... [[Aswan]] gave it some control over trade routes from [[Nubia]] to the Nile Valley, but its main rise...
5: ...arge population of [[Nubian]]s who were displaced from their land upon the creation of [[Lake Nasser]]... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...Arabic]]: '''Maryem''', '''مريم''') is the mother of [[Jesus]] and the [[betroth...
8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
19: ...Acts 1:14). From this time she wholly disappears from the historical biblical accounts, although it i... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...ate, '''Eve''' (or '''Hawa''') was either created from his [[rib]] (Genesis 2.21-22), or created at th...
5: ...257;m in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]&...
15: ... Garden of Eden to cultivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of t...
17: ...r tradition made into Satan) to eat the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, for "the se...
20: ...[[Jesus]] was born, the flaming sword was removed from the Garden of Eden, making it possible for [[hu... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
4: ...the name of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the l...
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: ...1605;هوريّة مصرالعرب...
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... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...1585;بيّة المتّحدة<br>Al-Imā...
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: ...1585;ية الديمقراطية ا...
21: ... || [[Berber language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administratio...
38: | From [[France]]<br>[[July 5]], [[1962]]
60: ...Berber]]s (or Amazigh) since at least 10,000 BC. From [[1000 BC]] on, the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] ... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1617;ة الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlakah al Urduniya...
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: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ال...
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: ...#1575;رالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</big></big>
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: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة ا...
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]]. - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ... the Red Sea, on the [[Arabian Peninsula]], 20 km from the coast of Djibouti, is [[Yemen]].
4: |+<big><big>'''جمهورية جي...
20: | [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[French language|French]]
45: | [[Djiboutian Franc|Franc]] ([[ISO_4217|DJF]])
64: ...de]]. In [[1967]], the name was changed to the '''French Territory of the Afars and the Issas'''. On [... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
5: ...1608;لت اسلامی افغانس...
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: native_name = جمهورية ال...
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: ...1587;كوتوان 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... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: ... is a preserved [[corpse]] that, due to shielding from [[decomposition]] by either natural or artifici...
6: ... [[China]], preserved corpses have been recovered from submerged [[cypress]] coffins packed with medic...
8: ...rved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period in [[Peru]].
12: ... of bitumen.) The Arabic word was itself borrowed from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''mū...
15: ...gyptologie 21.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mummified cat from Ancient Egypt. [[Mus�e du Louvre]], [[Paris]]... - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ...h century]], in search of a home where they could freely practice their [[Puritan]] style of religion ...
3: The various members of the group had broken away from the [[Church of England]], feeling that the Chu...
5: ...n [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[Plymouth]], bound for the [[United States|Ame...
10: ...er years and the [[Gunpowder Plot]] occurred in [[1605]]) and suspicion of Spanish intentions continued ...
12: ...[Virginia]] granted by one of the Brewster family friends in the [[London Company]]. This grant would ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i... - Monsoon (5846 bytes)
2: ... to label the [[season]] in which this wind blows from the southwest in [[India]] and adjacent areas t...
5: ...rom the southwest during one half of the year and from the northeast during the other.
10: ...ow pressure, an ''extremely'' constant wind blows from the ocean. The [[rainfall]] is caused by the mo...
18: ...pical]] continents of Asia, [[Australia]], and [[Africa]] and the adjacent seas and oceans. It is with...
23: ...esterly to southerly. Moisture is drawn northward from the [[Gulf of California]] into northern [[Mexi...
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