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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ... [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly tho...
5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
13: ... he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[...
17: ...Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has been confi...
19: ...Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by ... - 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]]... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...ate, '''Eve''' (or '''Hawa''') was either created from his [[rib]] (Genesis 2.21-22), or created at th...
6: ...#7716;awwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in 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... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
14: ...ds alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular ang...
16: ...uard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of stea...
21: ...r Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invent...
26: The warp threads are set up on the frame of the loom before weaving begins. A number o...
30: ...al carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[Tu... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مصر...
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 الجز...
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]] ... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...eader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from power. Although, the legality of the invasion ...
3: ...<big><big>'''الجمهورية العر...
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 الل...
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: ...1608;رية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>R鰵blique...
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 [... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة قطر<br>Dawlat Qa...
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: ...#1488;ל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اسرائ...
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: ...0; دولت'''<br>'''دولت اسلام...
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: ...1608;رية السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
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: ...ig>'''ڤرسكوتوان مليسي...
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: ...1583;ولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></bi...
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... - 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]]... - Aswan (1042 bytes)
6: '''Aswan''' (أسوان ''Aswān'') ({{coor dm|24|05|N... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [often incorrectly...
3: ..., while the mostly ruined [[Black Pyramid]] dates from the much later reign of [[Amenemhat III]]. The ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
117: * [[1608]]: [[Telescope]]: [[Hans Lippershey]]
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