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- Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ... language|Arabic]]: القاهرة; [[romanization|romanized]]: ''al-...
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: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مص...
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... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... is derived from the name of the city of Algiers; from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''al-jaz...
3: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الج...
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: ...1606;ّيّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al...
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 ... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
22: | '''[[List of Co-Princes of Andorra|French Co-Prince]]''':
56: ...er" | <small><sup>1</sup> Prior to 1999: French [[franc]] and Spanish [[peseta]]. Some of their own cu...
59: ... eastern [[Pyrenees]] mountains and bordered by [[France]] and [[Spain]]. Once isolated, it is current...
63: The name "Andorra" probably originates from a [[Navarre|Navarrese]] word ''andurrial'', whi...
69: ...dispute arose between the bishop and his northern French neighbour over Andorra. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...eader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from power. Although, the legality of the invasion ...
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية الع...
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]] - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة ال...
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 جيب...
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 [... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...cratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the ...
8: native_name = جمهورية الس...
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... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [oft...
3: ..., while the mostly ruined [[Black Pyramid]] dates from the much later reign of [[Amenemhat III]]. The ... - Maine (17312 bytes)
36: ...[France|French]] province of [[Maine (province of France)|Maine]]. Another possibility for the name 'M...
38: ... the union kept the balance between [[slave]] and free states. Maine's original capital was [[Portland...
43: ...al election, 1936|1936 presidential election]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] received the Electoral Votes...
47: ...ey]] from [[1975]] to [[1979]] and [[Angus King]] from [[1995]] to [[2003]]). The [[United States Refo...
53: Famous politicians from Maine include [[James Blaine]], [[Edmund Muskie... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...ate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...aylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footn...
46: ...ement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on ...
48: ...overnor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1776]], the [[V...
50: ...a is one of the states that [[secession|seceded]] from the Union to become the [[Confederate States of... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
7: ...n. Many contemporary houses in the city are built from lumber, concrete blocks, and other materials bu...
24: founded = [[1607]] |
43: ..., or "The Royal City of the Holy Faith of [[Saint Francis of Assisi]]".
45: ...1848 New Mexico was acquired by the United States from Mexico, and in 1912 New Mexico became that coun...
49: ... all over town. The styles run the whole spectrum from [[Baroque]] to [[Post-modern]]. - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
29: *[[Francis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet
42: ...linus the Elder|Quellinus, Erasmus, the Elder]], (1607-1678), painter
45: *[[Francois Quesnay|Quesnay, Francois]], economist
89: ...an篩se]], (b. 1935), French author with pen name Fran篩se Sagan - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ..."dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]]...
5: ...ances from the sun consisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; t...
9: ... the ion tail (gas) always pointing directly away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affecte...
11: ...hs of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, ...
21: ...ncke]] has an orbit which never places it farther from the Sun than [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Shor... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
10: ...' goes back to the book ''Meteorologica'' (dating from about [[340 BC]]) by [[Aristotle]], who combine...
12: ...ilei|Galileo]] constructed a [[thermometer]] in [[1607]], followed by [[Torricelli]]'s invention of the ...
14: ...Franklin]]'s kite experiments with [[lightning]]. Franklin was also the first American to keep accurat...
18: ...d]]. These were solved when [[Luke Howard]] and [[Francis Beaufort]] introduced their systems for clas...
20: ...]], introducing the idea of [[front (meteorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries betwee... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]],...
10: ...tters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the prima...
12: ...eo's experiments, in particular the distinguished French [[History of science and technology|historian...
14: ...esearch into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality...
24: ... on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Earth when it was on the Earth-side of the ... - 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... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
9: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Popham Colony]] in [[Maine]]
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
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