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- Politics of Iran (8863 bytes)
1: ...hi'a Islam]] of the Twelver ([[Jaafari]]) sect is Iran's official religion.
4: ...h Iran, [[Switzerland]] handles U.S. interests in Iran.
6: ...d internationally, although there are claims that Iran still remains a sponsor of terrorism.
8: ...dayeen]], and the [[Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran|Kurdish Democratic Party]].
10: ...espread abstention from the local elections. In Tehran only about 10% of the electorate voted, followi...
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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...plain]] lying ''between'' the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] rivers, in modern [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. M...
6: ... and the metropol [[Ctesiphon]], the capital of [[Iran|Persia]], was situated in Mesopotamia. - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ...ire]], situated some 70 km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulw...
6: ...ury]], are now known as ''Takhti Jamshid'' ("the throne of Jamshid"). That they represent the Persepol...
8: Behind ''Takhti Jamshid'' are three sepulchres hewn out of the rock in the hillside, the facad...
14: ...he [[mosque]] of the then existing city of [[Istakhr]].
30: ...the very time when his enemy and his rival for a throne was preparing to renew the war, when those who... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
13: ...fe, and he embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes existed to Mecca, and Ibn ...
15: ...n Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. An additional advantage to the sid...
17: ...s the [[Il-Khanate]] in modern-day [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]].
19: ==To Iran and the Silk Road==
20: ...early destroyed by [[Timur]]. Next were [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]] and [[Baghdad]], the latter of which was... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...ain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
33: ...ents, invade the [[United States]] embassy in [[Tehran]] and take 90 hostages (63 of whom are American...
35: * [[1993]] - [[Jean Chr�tien]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of Cana...
129: [[hr:4. studenog]] - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
4: ...nce)|Syria]] and [[Asia Minor]]. By playing off [[Iran|Persia]] to the east against [[Rome]] to the west... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
56: From [[1989]] through March [[1991]] (the period of the fall of [[B...
65: [[Image:RicePowellBushRumsfeld.jpg|thumb|300px|Rice, [[United States Secr...
79: ...Zimbabwe]], [[Burma]] and [[Belarus]], as well as Iran and North Korea.
91: ...[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/05/MN222557.DTL], [http://w...
118: ...naming oil tanker Condoleezza]". ''San Francisco Chronicle''. ([[April 5]], [[2001]]) - Esther (5002 bytes)
14: ...authority to kill and extirpate all the [[Jew]]s throughout the Persian empire. By the interposition o...
19: ...[Hamadan]], [[Iran]], is a popular attraction for Iranian jews.]]There is some debate as to whether Esth... - Hyacinth (flower) (2431 bytes)
17: ...to the eastern [[Mediterranean]] region east to [[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]]. They are named after the ...
21: Only three species are currently recognised within the gen... - Rose (15436 bytes)
18: ...enus]] '''''Rosa''''' and the [[flower]] of this shrub.
21: .... The species form a group of generally thorny [[shrub]]s or [[liana|climbers]], and sometimes trailin...
27: ...y fruit-eating [[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrushes]] and [[waxwing]]s, which then disperse the ...
31: ...disease]]s. The most serious is [[rose rust]] (''Phragmidium tuberculatum''), a species of [[Rust (fun...
63: Roses are one of the most popular [[garden]] shrubs, and are also among the most common flowers so... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
7: ...so be symbolic, as in the case of [[Christianity|Christians]] wearing a [[crucifix]] in the form of je...
16: ...7000 BC]] - Uses of [[copper]] in [[Anatolia]], [[Iran]] and [[Eastern Europe]].
18: ...- [[Smelting]] technology for copper in Egypt and Iran.
21: * [[3000 BC]] - Egypt and Iran makeing simple [[hammer]]ed [[iron]] beads
35: * [[1000 BC]] - [[Iran|Persian]] sheet [[bronze]] work 0.05mm thick. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
10: ...n]] (aka double cloth, two-ply, triple cloth, or three-ply).
12: ...y pulling strips of cloth such as wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as burlap....
14: ...lementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap ...
19: ...at of arms]] of the maker. Production continued through the 19th century. [[Victorian era|Victorian]...
21: ...d waste by printing different colors on the same thread eliminating the need to use different spools. ... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
24: ...ong-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including the [[Iran|Persia]]n [[sitar]], the [[Uzbek]] and [[Uyghur]]...
30: A popular notion is that the three sides and strings of the balalaika are supposed...
36: * the [[domra]], a three-stringed long-necked melody instrument with a m... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
10: ...Maurya left his empire for a [[Jain]] living, he threw his sword away. Ashoka found the sword and kept...
14: ...them, Prince Susima, the traditional heir to the throne, persuaded Bindusara to send Ashoka to quell a...
20: ...beheaded all his brothers, including Susima, and threw their bodies in a well in Pataliputra. At that ...
22: ...dia in the east to the territory of present-day [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]] in the west; from the Palmi...
30: ... and his forces were, however, completely routed through the skilled tactics of Kalinga's commander-in... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
67: ... from the ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] phrase ''ḥwt-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), th...
69: ...ty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Persia]]ns in [[341 BC]] who dug the predecessor ...
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.
100: *[[Al Bahr al Ahmar Governorate|al-Bahr al-Ahmar]] - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
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...
38: ...atriarch of Alexandria]] as a major influence in Christianity for the next two centuries. - Asia (16910 bytes)
6: ...ridges of the [[Caucasus]] (according to others, through the [[Kuma-Manych Depression]]), the [[Caspia...
81: ...g [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Bahrain]], [[Qatar]], [[Oman]], [[Yemen]] and occasion...
83: * The [[Iranian Plateau]], containing [[Iran]] and parts of other nations.
154: Forestry is extensive throughout Asia except Southwest and Central Asia. [[...
164: Asia has three main financial centers. They are in [[Hong Kong... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
43: *[[Morocco]] (Al Maghrib) - [[Rabat]]
75: * [[Bahrain]] - [[Manama]]
83: * [[Christmas Island]] (Australia)
89: * [[Iran]] - [[Teheran]]
132: * [[Albania]] - [[Tirana]] - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
13: ... to the cities and refugee flight to Pakistan and Iran, further disrupting normal agricultural productio...
21: ...are emerging with Central Asian states, Pakistan, Iran, the EU, and Japan. Afghanistan trades little wit...
23: ...ral gas]], [[petroleum]], [[coal], [[copper]], [[chromite]], [[talc]], [[barites]], [[sulfur]], [[lead...
27: ...itted duty-free transit, routing of goods through Iran from the Gulf increased significantly. Shipments ...
114: ...onstruction in January 2002 reached $4.5 billion through 2006, with $1.8 billion allocated for 2002; a... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
129: <tr><td>[[Manama]] <td>[[Bahrain]]
209: <tr><td>[[Tehran]] <td>[[Iran]]
212: <tr><td>[[Tirana]] <td>[[Albania]] - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
71: ... in the Persian Gulf after [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Iran]] ([[Iraq]]'s oil output has fluctuated due to wa...
94: ...igion). However, there are sizable minorities of Christians, Hindus and other faiths. Around 90% of th...
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