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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ...y; a [[fire]] was lit at night. As it can be seen from images of the Lighthouse on Roman coins struck ...
9: ...ed. Probably more accurate is the claim the light from the lighthouse could be seen 35 miles (56 km) o...
13: ... [[Romance languages]], such as [[French language|French]] (''phare''),
20: ...by remnant disappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], used the rubble to help bu... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ... km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur...
4: ...s, the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from far and near.]]
6: ...al buildings, all constructed of dark-grey marble from the adjacent mountain. The stones were laid wit...
8: ...of these seven tombs were kings might be inferred from the sculptures, and one of those at ''Nakshi Ru...
18: ...remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient, and the real capitals were [[Susa]]... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...am]]ic scholar and [[Jurisprudence|jurisprudent]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]...
6: At the instigation of the Sultan of Morocco, [[Abu Inan Faris]], several years aft...
8: ... all that is known about Ibn Battuta's life comes from one source – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn...
13: ...ney to Mecca was by land, and followed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite closely...
17: ...joined up with a caravan travelling the 800 miles from Damascus to [[Medina]], burial place of [[Muham... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...ale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
7: ...d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
14: ...ari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1186]] to 1190. She was the eldest daughter o...
9: ...aldwin of Ibelin]], rebuffed Philip's advances. Affronted, Philip left Jerusalem to campaign in [[Anti...
11: ...]], the emperor previously receiving confirmation from his niece, the [[dowager queen]] [[Maria Comnen...
17: ...pt by Raymond and Bohemund, her political rivals, from marrying her daughter into the rival court fact...
21: ... succeed. Sibylla herself though was not excluded from the succession. Guy had become very unpopular a... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: '''Calligraphy''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] καλ...
4: Calligraphy should be distinguished from the studies of [[epigraphy]] or [[palaeography]...
12: ...uan-shu and contained more than 3,000 characters. From that time to the present, there have been five ...
14: ... as a guide, hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In t...
52: ...clerical script is highly stylised, a development from seal script form. They are highly angular in ap... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
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.
32: ... settlement grew into a small city. The [[North Africa]]n [[Shiite]] [[Fatimid]] Dynasty conquered Eg... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
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...
119: ... August]] || Accession of [[H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan-al Nahyan]] ||
151: *[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aetoc.html Library of Congress - Country Stud... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...aintained independence during the [[Scramble for Africa]], and continued to do so until [[1936]], when...
40: ...gdom|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ethiopia/pankhurst/history_of_northern_ethiopi...
59: ...at powers of his time. It was at this time that [[Frumentius]] introduced [[Christianity]] into the co...
61: ...r]]), basing their claims on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheba]].
67: ...ntrance of the Red Sea, was bought from the local sultan in March 1870 by an Italian company, which by [[1... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
36: | From [[Ethiopia]]<br /> [[May 29]], [[1991]]<br...
53: ... Having achieved independence on May 24, [[1993]] from [[Ethiopia]], it is one of the youngest indepen...
57: ...ΑΙΑ (''Erythra'), which derives from ΕΡΥΘΡΑ Θ[...
66: ...cement, reduced economic development, and one of Africa's more severe landmine problems. The [[Ethiop...
71: ...s entirely populated by members of the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). This assem... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...]'''<br> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...and]] of [[Borneo]], in [[southeast Asia]]. Apart from its coastline with the [[South China Sea]], it ...
25: | '''[[Sultan of Brunei|Sultan]]''' || [[Hassanal Bolkiah]]
45: | ''[[Allah Peliharakan Sultan]]''
50: | 673 ''('''080''' from Malaysia)''
55: ...was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[protectorate]] from [[1888]] to [[1984]]. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
62: ...nions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of the [[Panjshir province|Panjshir]]...
64: The Kushan kingdom stretched from modern-day [[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India...
69: ... by the [[Mughals]] from [[1526]] until [[1739]]. From 1739 until the early [[19th century]] the entir...
72: ... the British by the Muslim leader [[Tipu Sultan]] from 1749 to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Em... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
5: ...red to the south by [[Indonesia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
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: ... Singapore). With [[Malacca]] as its capital, the sultanate controlled the areas which are now [[Peninsula... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
11: ...afre's successor, which is about half as tall. Khafre's pyramid appears the tallest on some photograph...
17: ...length, and 12 [[arcsecond|seconds]] in [[angle]] from a perfect square. The sides of the square are a...
19: [[Image:Giza_4.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|[[Khafre's Pyramid]]. Image courtesy of
22: ... of the limestone casing was removed by an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortres...
26: ...rrow shafts, about 20 centimeters wide, extending from the chamber to the outer surface of the pyramid... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ... known by the nicknames ''The Bambino'' and ''The Sultan of Swat'', was an American [[baseball]] player an...
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
22: ...the entire range of architecture that has evolved from [[Islam]] as a social, cultural, political and ...
25: [[image:Mahan.jpg|right|frame|Mahan, Kerman, Iran. Built in the 1300s.]]
45: [[image:Small-isfahan.jpg|frame|right|Watch the animation "Isfahan The Movie" ...
48: ...e art as Allah's work is matchless. Foliage is a frequent motif but typically stylized or simplified ...
49: ...he interior of a building by providing quotations from the [[Koran]]. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: ...the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
51: ...ror of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Empe...
61: ...re, particularily in the [[acritic songs]], where frontiersmen (ακρίτε&#... - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
10: ...f the city in Paradisi. The road network radiates from the city along the east and west coasts.
12: ...rocky, arable sandy strips exist where [[citrus]] fruits, [[wine]] grapes, vegetables, and other crops...
21: ...], but by this time Rhodes had withdrawn entirely from the conflict and had decided to go her own way.
41: ... Knights had built withstood the attacks of the [[Sultan]] of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[...
43: In [[1912]], Rhodes was seized from the Turks by the [[Italy|Italians]], and in [[1... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
9: ...nci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his work...
18: ...with his assistant, Salai, "Did you play the game from behind which the Florentines love so much?"
20: ...ntimately involved with any woman, nor in a close friendship with one. He also surrounded himself with...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 year old son of a [[Lombar...
23: ... [[Niccolchiavelli]], [[Cesare Borgia]] and [[Franchinus Gaffurius]].
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