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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: ...rst to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
30: ...d [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and...
47: ...1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [...
57: *[[Thomas Cavendish]], (died 1592), English sailor and explorer.
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
14: ... walk above ''Takhti Jamshid''. These formed a single building, which was still intact 900 years ago, ...
25: ... Macedonians as the most hateful of the cities of Asia, and gave it over to his soldiers to plunder, all...
26: ...xander it would be the finest of all his feats in Asia if he joined them in a triumphal procession, set ...
37: ...e graves at ''[[Nakshi Rustam]]''. Stolze accordingly started the theory that the royal castle of Pers...
42: ...haemenidae]] remained as a witness to its ancient glory. It is probable that the principal town of the... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
10: ...ally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Ionia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, who was...
20: ...tly ethical questions become the focus. Interestingly, in his most famous work, ''[[Plato's Republic|T...
42: ...ally one continuous evolution, and therefore a single period. Wikipedia's philosophy section therefore...
53: ...philosophy|philosophies]] of "the East," namely [[Asia]], including [[China]], [[India]], [[Japan]], and...
71: [[Category:History by topic|Philosophy]] - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...a]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]], a distance readily surpassing th...
42: ==Southeast Asia and China==
82: ...urce/1354-ibnbattuta.html Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354] — excerpts from H. A....
83: ...Battuta] — Saudi Aramco World article by Douglas Bullis (July/August 2000)
87: [[Category:1304 births]] - Steel (28384 bytes)
54: ... later Europeans, was exported throughout much of Asia.
60: ...resulted was also beyond the capabilities of a single man. To this end, [[waterwheel]]s were employed...
66: ...Spanish ones has been credited as one factor in England's [[1588]] defeat of the [[Spanish Armada]].
68: ...inent. One difference he observed was that the English ore contained some calcareous material, and so...
76: ...content compared to most ores (notably those in England), which allowed for a finer and stronger cryst... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Ger...
6: == East Asian calligraphy ==
10: ...n [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
14: ...a, katakana is more angular and relies on sharp angles. Written Japanese uses both scripts along with ...
16: ...hy has influenced most major art styles in [[East Asia]], including [[sumi-e]], a style of [[Chinese pai... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
22: | [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
58: ...Sinai Peninsula]] (considered part of [[Southwest Asia]]), while the majority of the country is located ...
84: ...nt and the Prime Minister. Egypt holds regular single-candidate presidential and multi-party parliamen...
137: ...torial dispute with Sudan over the [[Hala'ib Triangle]].
146: The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium thr... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...nt]] in both [[area]] and [[population]], after [[Asia]]. At about 30,244,050 [[square kilometre|km²...
18: ...Suez]] and the [[Red Sea]] the boundary between [[Asia]] and Africa. As [[Europe]]ans came to understand...
23: ...ara]] and [[Arabian peninsula]] at the top of the globe]]
26: ...e]] by the [[Mediterranean Sea]], it is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez...
28: ...frica is thus composed of two segments at right angles, the northern running from east to west, the so... - United States (58223 bytes)
11: national_anthem = ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' |
12: ...None at federal level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
52: ...United States has become a dominant [[Geopolitics|global]] influence in contemporary [[economic]], [[p...
88: ...ch is the third largest legislative body in the English speaking world, and has one representative for...
90: ... usually the [[mayor]]. In some states in [[New England]], the [[county|counties]] have little or no p... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...f the [[Arabia|Arabian Peninsula]] in [[Southwest Asia]], comprising seven [[emirate]]s: [[Abu Dhabi]], ...
88: The UAE lies in [[Southwest Asia]], bordering the [[Gulf of Oman]] and the [[Persi...
94: ... remainder being Emirati, Arab, European and East Asian. Some of the natives are originally of [[Persian...
111: ...tyle="background:#efefef;" | [[English language|English]] Name !! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Arab...
152: .../ LookSmart - ''United Arab Emirates''] directory category - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
55: ...Presbyterianism]], [[Congregationalism]], and [[Anglicanism]].
74: In an increasingly weakened position, Ratsiraka acceded to negotiat...
109: During the power struggle after the presidential elections in 2001, five o...
190: Starting in [[1997]], [[globalization]] encouraged the government and Presid...
192: ...nsciously sought to strengthen relations with [[Anglophone]] countries as a means of balancing traditi... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...]ern [[country]] in [[Southwest Asia|southwestern Asia]] encompassing the ancient region of [[Mesopotami...
13: ...otto]]: [[Allahu Akbar]]<br>([[English language|English]]: God is Great)''</small>
108: ...t|GDP]] in [[2001]] was largely the result of the global economic slowdown and lower oil prices. Follo...
112: ...the interim Iraqi National Assembly issued a strongly worded resolution rejecting the Paris Club's ter...
121: ...] are official languages and [[English language|English]] is the most commonly spoken Western language... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
19: | [[English language|English]], [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]], [[Wolof lan...
59: ...clusive trade rights on the [[Gambia River]] to English merchants; this grant was confirmed by letters...
61: ... and throughout the 18th, England and France struggled continuously for political and commercial supre...
114: ...for 60% of the total share of imports followed by Asia at 23%, and Cote d'Ivoire and other African count...
155: ...space.com/ Gambia Gateway ''websites''] directory category - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ... is the largest [[country]] in [[area]] in [[East Asia]] and the [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/f...
21: ...c reformists, succeeded in winning the power struggle, and Mao's widow, [[Jiang Qing]] and her associa...
33: ...he People's Republic of China]], [[Imperialism in Asia]], [[Politics of Taiwan|Politics of Taiwan]], [[H...
40: ...increasingly tolerated. Recently, under increasingly showing himself as conservative Hu Jintao, the P...
61: ...its pilot was killed. The damaged U.S. plane struggled to land on China's [[Hainan Island]], where its... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...ted to dismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, co...
9: ...al languages: [[Afrikaans]], [[English language|English]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]], [[Xhosa language|Xh...
15: ...uage|Greek]], while many [[Asians in South Africa|Asians]] and [[India]]ns in South Africa speak languag...
17: ... African passport currently has only French and English on the front cover and lists the other officia...
19: ...uth African Government will continue to promote English as the preferred dominant language. - Botswana (22276 bytes)
20: | [[English language|English]] (official), [[Setswana]]
102: ...dget deficits]] in [[2002]] and [[2003]], and a negligible level of [[External debt|foreign debt]]. It...
111: ...r or above many countries in central Europe, East Asia, and Latin America.
115: ...overnment of South Africa — became increasingly controversial, and the members renegotiated the ...
130: ...eeping. The United States has been the largest single contributor to the development of the BDF, and a... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
10: ... = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[English language|English]] |
36: HDI_category = <font color="#FFCC00">medium</font> |
51: ...N]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], the [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation]], the [[Or...
56: ''Related articles: [[History of South Asia]], [[History of Iran]], [[History of India]], [[H...
62: ..., after the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]... - Israel (51605 bytes)
87: ..., the armies of six Arab nations attacked the fledgling state.
98: ...raits of Tiran]] (Israel's main shipping route to Asia and other major places of trade) to Israeli shipp...
125: ...d the ongoing efforts of Israeli, Palestinian and global peacemakers.
152: ...tem best classified as "mixed": it has a strong Anglo-American influence, but in some parts has borrow...
190: ...e in ''Haredi'' society, with a small group of single Haredi annually joining in to serve in various f... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...;تان) is a country in [[Central Asia]] and is often included as a part of the [[Middle...
60: ...anistan, often called the crossroads of [[Central Asia]], has had a very turbulent history. Through the ...
96: ...4% of the vote. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3977677.stm] He was inaugurated as president on [...
159: ...[Myanmar]]), part of the so-called "[[Golden Triangle]]).
227: *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1162668.stm BBC News Country Pro... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[English language|English]] |
67: ...e exception of the North, which continues to struggle with a [[Lord's Resistance Army|rebel insurgency...
93: ...ently in use in the country; [[English language|English]] was appointed as the country's official lang...
100: ... culture within Uganda is diverse. A lot of the [[Asia]]ns (mostly from [[India]]) who were expelled dur...
145: ...65672/us559962/ LookSmart - ''Uganda''] directory category
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