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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...8th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...res [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...iam III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont...
11: ...Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
15: ...[Persian language|Persian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis'').
19: ... but strictly speaking that name belongs only to the rush-leaved [[Jonquilla Narcissi]] and its cultiv...
21: [[Daffodil]]s are the large trumpeted varieties of narcissi. - Painting (4567 bytes)
1: ...] is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the [[Western world]].]]
2: ...idered by many to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
4: ...ce by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...There are examples of [[cave painting]] all over the world.
34: ...etermines the general working characteristics of the paint, such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...during the 20th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made...
7: ...ten there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...he combined chronology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quo...
16: * The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Ma...
17: ... Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987), taking his low chronology. - Nile (13738 bytes)
1: {{River|Nile|[[Image:Nile_river.jpg|290px|]]<br>The Nile in Egypt
2: ...sp;134|2 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egy...
4: ...1604; ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on [[Earth]].
8: ...omicron;ς), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
12: ...the [[Atbara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...as 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It h...
3: ...ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to li...
5: ...ia egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: ...ounding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue). - Australia (39438 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Country|the=|
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffer...
27: established_events=-[[Commonwealth of Australia Constitution...
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1901]]<...
35: national_anthem=[[Advance Australia Fair]]| - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...rael the coastlines of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]]...
3: ...1603;ة الأردنّيّة اله...
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Hashemitearms.jpg|100px|Coat of Arms of Jordan]]
48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
57: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...[southeast Asia]]. Apart from its coastline with the [[South China Sea]], it is completely surrounded ...
3: ...ciation of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC).
5: |+<big><big>'''برني دارالس...
44: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
55: ...14th]] through [[16th century]], covering the southern [[Philippines]], [[Sarawak]] and [[Sabah]]. [[E... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...Syria]] on the east and north, and [[Israel]] on the south.
4: ...1577; اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnan...
53: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
66: ...to snow-capped mountains. An Arabic cognate of the word ''laban'' also means "[[yogurt]]".
71: ...volved in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...he country. It is among the poorest countries in the world.
3: ...nstitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afgha...
5: ...#1601;غانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''D...
36: | From [[United Kingdom|the British]]<br>[[1919]]
46: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || ''[[Sououd-e-Melli]]'' - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...outhwest, [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
8: ...1577; السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
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]] | - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ... consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ...y and the second-link bridge]] on the south with the island of [[Singapore]];
5: ...sia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
8: ...#1585;سكوتوان مليسيا'''</b...
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[1957]] - 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]] - Virginia (23198 bytes)
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36: ... Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwealth]].
38: ...while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylo...
44: ...in]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]]. - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...ry diseases properly named '''influenza'''. For the digestive-system diseases commonly called "stomac...
2: ...d flu virions. These were the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]]
3: ...(or as it is commonly known, '''the flu''' or '''the grippe''') is a contagious
4: ...gy|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disease.
8: There are three types of the virus: - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...ntences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.
5: ...hape, or pronunciation of each character. Due to the nature of Chinese characters, linear sorts are pa...
8: ...ontaining the 2000 most frequently used words in the English language).
11: There are many different types of dictionaries, inclu...
14: ...ish language may either be printed and sorted in the native order, or [[Romanization|romanized]] and s... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - 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... - 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...
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