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- Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
3: ... to the profession of courtesan and quickly rose through the ranks to consort with some of the leading...
5: ...ze rime'' and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of le...
7: ...onica Franco's life was not without hardship. In 1575, a year of the [[Black Death]], she was forced to... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...f [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theology]] concerning her is '''[[Mario...
6: ...Hebrew, Mariam in Greek) is mentioned by name in three of the four [[Gospels]], and the [[Book of Acts...
8: ...t derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], tradition...
10: == Christian records == - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
6: ...wwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic—...
15: The story is in Genesis, chapters two and three. After his creation, Adam was placed in the Gar...
22: ... first-born child, and called him [[Cain]]. Only three of Adam's children (Cain, his brother [[Abel]],...
36: ...as caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in the throat of Adam.
38: ...had four rivers flowing from it: [[Tigris]], [[Euphrates]], [[Pishon]] and [[Gihon]]. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...[Arabic language|Arabic]]: القاهرة; [[romanization|romanized]]...
14: ...r leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying [[Nile Delta]] regi...
20: ...polis]] of Memphis on the Giza plateau, with its three large [[pyramid|pyramids]], including the [[Gre...
30: A small town mostly of [[Coptic Christian]]s slowly grew around the fort. Arab inva...
41: ... Kasr-el-Nil Bridge which traverses the Nile at Tahrir Square. European architecture and urban design,... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1585;يّة مصرالعربيّة...
67: ... from the ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] phrase ''ḥwt-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), th...
69: ... series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty, known as th...
77: ...The Pyramids of Giza are at the heart of Egypt's thriving tourism industry.]]
86: ... used as part of their predetermined plot to overthrow Farouk. - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in...
26: ...(445 miles) long, the river beomes known as the Bahr al Abyad, or the [[White Nile]], from the clay su...
30: Meanwhile, the [[Blue Nile]] (or Bahr al Azraq to Sudanese; Abbai to Ethiopians) spring...
42: ...he [[Mediterranean Sea]]; a side channel, the [[Bahr Yussef]], splits from the main channel downriver ...
52: ...n on the expedition for the entire journey. They chronicled their adventure with an [[IMAX]] camera an... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...lexandria''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], '''الإسكندر...
3: ...dash; second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth throughout much of antiquity. However, upon the found...
5: ...ia's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated in [[2001]]]]
23: ...n of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptian townlet, Rhac...
29: ... maintain the distinction of its population into three nations, "Greek", Jew and Egyptian. One of the... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...1604;عربيّة المتّحدة...
94: ...igion). However, there are sizable minorities of Christians, Hindus and other faiths. Around 90% of th... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: ...1605;قراطية الشعبية'''<br>...
23: ...lgiers]] الجزائر<br><small>(El Djazaﲬ Al-Jazੲ)<...
62: ...ollapse, Algeria became a battleground for their three successor states, the Algerian [[Zayyanid]]s, T...
70: ...ent, the FLN leader [[Ahmed Ben Bella]], was overthrown by his former ally and defense minister, [[Hou...
81: ...roccan [[Maghreb Arab Union]], proposed in 1989. Throughout the 1960's, Algeria supported many indepen... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1617;يّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlak...
69: ...[[Iran|Persia]]ns, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, [[Mameluks]], [[Ottoman Empire|O...
75: ...ieves that its final status should be determined through direct negotiations among the parties concern...
77: ...heavily armed ''fedayeen'' constituted a growing threat to the sovereignty and security of the Hashemi...
79: ...ctions in Jordan -- including the destruction of three international airliners hijacked and held in th... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...ia]] at the confluence of the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] Rivers and also including the southern [[Ku...
3: ...1585;ية العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-...
49: ...m's absolute and particularly bloody rule lasted throughout the [[Iran-Iraq War]] ([[1980]]–[[19...
62: ...tem for the council effectively ensures that all three of Iraq's major ethnic groups are represented. ...
70: ...t'', singular - ''muhafadhah'', Kurdish: پاریزگه ''Pⲩzgah'')... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
5: ...#1583;ارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</big></big...
55: ...was very powerful from the [[14th century|14th]] through [[16th century]], covering the southern [[Phi...
91: ...d are [[Buddhism]] (mainly by the Chinese) and [[Christianity]]. - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...1617;ة اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al...
101: ...hern Lebanon. There has been a marked exodus of Christian Lebanese from the country. Nevertheless, a...
108: ...ad told him months before that he was personally threatened by Syrian President [[Bashar al-Assad]] du...
120: ...wing the demonstrations, bombs were detonated in Christian areas near Beirut. Although the damages wer...
122: ... A moderate pro-Syrian, Mikati secured the post through the support of the Opposition, which had prev... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Druze]] [[Israeli Arab|Arab]]s. Th...
6: ...1583;ولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
60: ...ions of great spiritual significance in Judaism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE...
62: ...t center of Christian pilgrimage, with a growing Christian population.
68: ... of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the centuries the size of Jewish populatio... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...#1575;فغانستان) is a country in [[Central Asia]] and is ...
5: ...#1575;فغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<...
60: ...entral Asia]], has had a very turbulent history. Through the ages, the region today known as ''Afghani...
62: ...ingdom]] until King [[Amanullah]] acceded to the throne in [[1919]] (see "[[The Great Game]]").
66: ...erthrow), [[1996]] (overthrow) and [[2001]] (overthrow). - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ...1610;ة السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
58: Three [[Kush]]ite kingdoms called northern Sudan home...
60: Although [[Christianity]] had been introduced into Sudan in the ...
66: ... the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic) and has a strong economic el...
83: ...n was divided into five regions in the north and three in the south, each headed by a military governo... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: ...1575;ن مليسيا'''</big></big>
80: ...still exists now. After the fall of [[Malacca]], three nations struggled for the control of the [[Mala...
82: ...insula. The Straits Settlements consisted of the three ports of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. Penang...
90: ...ysia''' was formed on [[September 16]], [[1963]] through a merging of the Federation of Malaya and the...
149: ...own, Penang|George Town]], [[Ipoh]] and [[Johor Bahru]]. See also [[List of cities in Malaysia]]. - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al...
68: ...aiming that Kuwait was part of its territory. It threatened to invade Kuwati, but was deterred by the ...
70: ...aliation for "economic warfare" Kuwait had waged through [[slant drilling]] into oil supplies that wer...
80: ...ar what terms will be imposed upon female voters through the decision's requirement of them to abide b...
91: * [[Al Jahra]] - Angola (15614 bytes)
61: .... When Portugal refused a decolonization process three independence movements emerged:
81: ...ed people is 4 million. Daily conditions of life throughout the country and specifically Luanda (popul...
131: Angola has three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu langu...
133: ...r dona. [[Fetishism]] is the prevailing religion throughout the province. The dwelling-places of the n... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
36: ... animals such pressure would force the blood out through the capillary walls: giraffes, however, have ...
54: ...it. The Arabic word الزرافة ''ziraafa'' or ''zurapha'' (undoub...
64: ...search/details.php?species=9194 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]
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