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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: ...atives over reformists. This swing was caused by widespread abstention from the local elections. In Te...
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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
6: ... and the metropol [[Ctesiphon]], the capital of [[Iran|Persia]], was situated in Mesopotamia.
14: * [[Ubaid period]], e.g., [[Eridu]]
19: ...e:Mesopotamia_2.jpg|thumb|350px|Writing|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ...ire]], situated some 70 km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulw...
4: [[Image:Takht-jamshid.jpg|thumb|380px|After 2500 years, the ruins of Pe...
6: ... known as ''Takhti Jamshid'' ("the throne of Jamshid"). That they represent the Persepolis captured an...
8: ...ck, in which four similar tombs are cut, at a considerable height from the bottom of the valley. The m...
12: ...domannus), who is one of those whose bodies are said to have been brought "to the Persians." - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...lorer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years,...
8: ...uzayy). In places the things he claims he saw or did are probably fanciful, but in many others there i...
15: ...hrough [[Syria]]. An additional advantage to the side journey was that other holy places were along th...
17: ...s the [[Il-Khanate]] in modern-day [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]].
19: ==To Iran and the Silk Road== - November 4 (10686 bytes)
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democrati...
24: * [[1939]] - [[World War II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosev...
27: * [[1952]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1952]]: [[United States Republica...
33: * [[1979]] - [[Iran hostage crisis]] begins: [[Iran]]ian radicals, mostly students, invade the [[Unit...
34: ... Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]] by a wide margin. - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
4: ...nce)|Syria]] and [[Asia Minor]]. By playing off [[Iran|Persia]] to the east against [[Rome]] to the west...
6: ...g queen of [[Carthage]], according to the ''[[Aeneid]]'') and declared herself the political heiress o... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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27: ...istration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[Afric...
34: ...worked for Alma Powell's uncle as a high-school guidance counsellor, and was an ordained minister who ...
41: ...the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc/Phanc/JoKorbel.htm].
47: ...pinions out of her scholarship. She also was an avid reader of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and [[Dostoyevs... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...rew Bible]], the queen of [[Ahasuerus]] (commonly identified with [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] or [...
7: ... had advised. In addition [[God]]'s workings are hidden in the events of the Book of Esther even thoug...
9: ...[[Ashtoreth]]. The names may nevertheless be coincidentally related, as the [[Semitic languages|Semiti...
12: ...hter of Abihail, a [[Benjamin|Benjamite]]. She resided with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some off...
14: Ahasuerus, having rid himself of [[Vashti]], chose Esther to be his wif... - Hyacinth (flower) (2431 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
17: ...to the eastern [[Mediterranean]] region east to [[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]]. They are named after the ... - Rose (15436 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Rosoideae]]}}
15: ...[http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide17.html U. of Illinois] 2002-05-29</small>
23: ... of the stem. The vast majority of roses are [[deciduous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[Asi...
27: ... Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, and inside containing 5-25 [[seed]]s (technically [[achene]... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
7: ...en made with precious materials, is generally considered valuable and desirable. Some cultures have a ...
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
22: * 3000 BC - [[The Middle East]] employ semi-[[mass-production]] - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...r and the latter a floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
16: ... in England. The addition of steam power in the mid-19th century further improved manufacturing capab...
19: ...e 19th century. [[Victorian era|Victorian]] embroidered carpet compositions include highly illusionis...
21: ...n 1884. Although production continued until the mid-20th century, chenille carpeting declined after t...
30: ...urkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Tibetan rugs|Ti... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
16: The piccolo, prima, and secunda balalaikas are ideally strung with gut (or, today, usually [[nylon]...
18: ...can play the prima with a plectrum, but it is considered rather [[heterodox]] to do so.
24: ...ong-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including the [[Iran|Persia]]n [[sitar]], the [[Uzbek]] and [[Uyghur]]...
28: ...rt of free-lance musical [[jester]]s whose tunes ridiculed the [[Tsar]], the [[Russian Orthodox Church...
30: ...are supposed to represent the Holy Trinity. This idea, while whimsical, is quite difficult to reconci... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
10: ...s exemplary intellect and warrior skills, he is said to have been the favourite of his grandfather [[C...
18: ...e of his sons should marry a [[Buddhist]], so he did not allow Ashoka to stay in [[Pataliputra]], but ...
22: ...dia in the east to the territory of present-day [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]] in the west; from the Palmi...
26: ...y state of [[Orissa]]. Kalinga was a state that prided itself on its sovereignty and democracy; with i...
30: ... about 100,000 people were killed on the Kalinga side and 10,000 from Ashoka's army; thousands of men ... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
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6: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Flag of the Arab Republic of ...
7: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Coat of arms of Egypt.png|80p...
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Flag of Egypt]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Coat of Arms of Egypt|The Great Sea... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
21: ... [[14th century]] Arab historian [[Ibn Khaldun]] ridiculed one where sea-monsters prevent the foundati...
29: ...itants was the geometer and number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later tur...
34: ...ed by [[Marc Antony]], for whose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefec...
36: ...e regained its old prosperity, commanding, as it did, an important granary of Rome; this fact, doubtle...
42: ...ed throughout the Roman empire, pagan rituals forbidden under punishment of death, and libraries close... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...graphy|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent or a [[subcontinent]].
6: ...ara]], the [[Bosphorus]], the [[Black Sea]], the ridges of the [[Caucasus]] (according to others, thro...
12: ...mitic word 'erebu', which means "to set". From a Middle Eastern perspective, the east (Asia) is the la...
26: Asia itself is often divided in the following subregions:
66: The country of [[Malaysia]] is divided in two by the [[South China Sea]], and thus has... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
89: * [[Iran]] - [[Teheran]]
132: * [[Albania]] - [[Tirana]]
163: * [[Spain]] (España) - [[Madrid]]
180: *[[Barbados]] - [[Bridgetown]]
208: *[[Trinidad and Tobago]] - [[Port-of-Spain]] - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ...ke the remainder of the decade, continuing donor aid and attention to raise Afghanistan's living stand...
4: ...forts at reconstruction as well as international aid efforts.
6: ... of [[drought]]s. An estimated US$4.4 billion of aid entered the nation in 2004, about equal to the it...
9: ...s made of machines, chemical fertilizer, or pesticides.
11: ...inated areas also contributed to this decline as did the disruption to transportation resulting from o... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
10: <tr><td>[[Abidjan]] <td>[[C?d'Ivoire]] (administrative)
49: <tr><td>[[Bridgetown]] <td>[[Barbados]]
124: <tr><td>[[Madrid]] <td>[[Spain]]
139: <tr><td>[[Montevideo]] <td>[[Uruguay]]
167: <tr><td>[[Port-of-Spain]] <td>[[Trinidad and Tobago]] - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ... Arab Emirates''' is an [[petroleum|oil]]-rich [[Middle Eastern]] country situated in the south-east o...
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8: ...-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttahidah'''</big>
12: | align="center" width="165px" | [[Image:Uae flag large.png|125px|]]
13: | align="center" width="165px" | [[Image:NationalArmsofUAE.png|120px]]
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