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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...ge:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...h of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that branch.
5: ...as alive at the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
9: ... the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|200px|Although technically in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become ...
2: ...|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31&de...
4: ...1605;صر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...oyed in attempts to invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusad...
11: ...gypt, seen as a large bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1607;وريّة مصرالعربي...
6: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt 1984.png|125px|Flag of Egy...
10: ...0px" | [[Coat of Arms of Egypt|The Great Seal of the Republic]]<!--
21: | '''Other widely spoken languages'''
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[192... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...outhwest, [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
14: ... = [[Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan]] ("We Are the Army of God and of Our Land") |
39: established_events = - Date |
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[January 1]], [[1956]] |
58: ...oms called northern Sudan home in ancient times. These kingdoms were influenced by, and in turn influe... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]],...
5: ...Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]], a mathematician and musician.
7: ...nd [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveri...
10: ...primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...o Koyré¬ the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought expe... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...esman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verula...
4: ...d with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
8: ...ose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ..., living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
12: ...cious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper." - 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. - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...a]]s instead of [[bandana]]s, using [[AK-47]]s rather than [[cutlass]]es.
4: ...ndian Ocean|Indian]] oceans, and specifically in the straits of [[Strait of Malacca|Malacca]] and [[Si...
6: ==Other terms for pirates==
8: ...ight when [[Henry Morgan]] came. He later became their governor. Buccaneers were also occasionally emp...
10: ...oup d'etat|coups]] and then finally came to mean the disruptive parliamentary maneuver of talking with... - 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... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
4: ... from here that a colonising party went to found the city of [[Tyre]].
6: ...t-Shem-Ba‘al'' '‘Ashtart the name of the Lord', a title also found in an [[Ugaritic]] text...
8: ...|Romans]] in the years before [[Jesus]]. [[Herod the Great]] visited Sidon; both Jesus and [[St Paul]]...
10: ...ain destroyed by the [[Mongols]]. The remains of the original walls are still visible. - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...-33. (''Easter'' can also refer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follow...
4: ...perhaps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
6: ...s a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of any link.
57: ... in a few states, all of which had dropped it by the [[1980s]].
59: ... not identical—to the [[Hebrew Calendar]]. The precise date of Easter has often been a matter fo... - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
1: The [[geographer]]s are listed below in [[English language|Englis...
22: * [[Eratosthenes]] (Greece, [[276 BC|276 B.C.]] - [[194 BC|194 ...
33: * [[David Harvey (geographer)|David Harvey]] (United States, Great Britain, b...
46: * [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] (Greece, fl. circa [[150]])
48: * [[Pytheas]] (Greece, fl. circa [[360 BC|360 B.C.]]) - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...ent [[Middle East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], a...
4: ...us, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of...
6: ...aintaining their embassies in [[Tel Aviv]] or in the [[suburb]]s.
7: ...tinian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
9: ...nail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]] - Industry (5421 bytes)
2: ...fore any [[profit]] can be realized, also called "heavy industry."
4: ...agriculture]]'s share, but now less than that of the [[service]] sector.
10: ...h American Industry Classification System]] and other national variants identify sectors of economic a...
15: ... is together with the second largest category of the Wilshire 5000.
29: ...ncial services is by far the largest category in the [[Wilshire 5000]] index of 6,700 publicly traded ...
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