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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech archite...
9: ...itical writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
13: ...Aikenhead, Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
14: ...thur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
17: ...ey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: ...ominence came with the erection of the temple in the [[2nd century BC]].
3: ...r cane]] and [[cereal|corn]] account for most of the agricultural industry.
5: ...ubian]]s who were displaced from their land upon the creation of [[Lake Nasser]]. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...d her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoi...
9: ...uding [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] fro...
13: ... [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...ter [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 154... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...rael the coastlines of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]]...
3: ...1605;ملكة الأردنّيّة...
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Hashemitearms.jpg|100px|Coat of Arms of Jordan]]
48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
57: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - Aswan (1042 bytes)
1: [[Image:Spices.jpg|thumb|right|Spices at the outdoor market in Aswan. Photo courtesy of [http:...
6: ...e. It stands on the east bank of the [[Nile]] at the first [[cataract]] and is a busy market and touri...
8: ...erally do not bother to roof all of the rooms in their houses.
10: ... and attempted to determine the circumference of the Earth.
12: ...See also:'' [[Aswan Dam]], [[Elephantine]], [[Kitchener's Island]], [[Nag Hammadi]] - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[...
6: ...i''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz during the early 17th century.
9: ...eak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...r. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious c... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ... source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...rovince'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
7: ...overeign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
1: [[Image:brahe.jpeg|right|]]
3: ...ch institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper mill]]. Hi...
5: ...rahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...anish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had pr...
10: ...ed, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...esy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas...
7: ...]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...[[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...o Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, wat...
11: ...d by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averro... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
1: ...e:Michel-eyquem-de-montaigne 1.jpg|thumb|right|Michel de Montaigne]]
2: ...nd and especially himself as the object of study. He was a [[Skepticism|skeptic]] and a [[Humanism|hum...
6: ... spoke exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class.
8: ...aux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[Étienne de la Boé...
10: ...nherited the Château de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
59: *[[Benvenuto Cellini]] (1500 - 1571)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931) - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...nk Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.
42: ...dence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
51: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Bahrainona]] (Our Bahrain)
61: ...rsian]] name [[Mishmahig]] when it was a part of the [[Persian Empire]].
63: ...of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas. - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ..., or simply '''blacks''', are an ethnic group in the [[United States of America]] whose ancestors, usu...
6: ... Despite its literal meaning, the usual usage of the term does not include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]...
10: ..., [[Gary, Indiana|Gary]], [[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. city ...
15: ... [[Confederate States of America]] which lead to the [[American Civil War]] ([[1861]] - [[1865]]).
17: ...regation]], and with it a wave of lynchings and other vigilante violence. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...rophet [[Muhammad]] over a period of 23 years by the Angel [[Jibreel]] ([[Gabriel]]).
4: == Format of the Qur'an ==
6: ...eds to the longest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
8: == The Qur'an as divided for reading and recitation ==
10: ...r quarters. A different structure is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling paragrap... - Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
2: ...larly by the Assyrians and Babylonians. It used the [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] writing system.
16: ...rapidly as compensation for the disappearance of the original [[Pharyngeal consonant|pharyngeals]].
23: ...rals. In that, it is similar to [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].
27: ...t millennium AD|1st millennium]], possibly under the influence of [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]].
31: *[http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/ A detailed introduction to Akkadian] - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...f [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...nded into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...ar [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided i...
15: ...trol a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon...
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