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- 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: ...now faced his return home. Upon reflection, he decided to continue journeying instead. His next destin...
20: ...few decades away from being nearly destroyed by [[Timur]]. Next were [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]] and [[Baghda... - East Timor (13677 bytes)
1: ...[exclave]] of East Timor situated on the western side of the island, surrounded by [[West Timor]].
19: ...Asia]], the U.S., along with ally [[Australia]], did not object to the pro-Western Indonesian governme...
21: ...province of Indonesia in July [[1976]] as ''Timor Timur''. However, internationally, its legal status wa...
23: ...ted primarily by anti-independence [[militia]]s (aided by elements of the Indonesian military, see [[T...
25: ...nana Gusm㯠to Lisbon to choose the date, they decided [[May 20]], [[2002]] and East Timor joined the ... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ...gols' discrimination against Chinese is often considered the primary cause for the end of Yuan rule in...
8: ...tered a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[monastery]] to avoid starvation. Sometime during this period, He joine...
10: ...l since the Mongols were still a threat. As an aside, the name Hongwu means "Vast Military" and refle...
12: ...nted, and rented out; and private slavery was forbidden. Consequently, after the death of [[Yongle Em...
14: ...e of literature and philosophy was revamped. Candidates for posts in the civil service or the officer... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
1: ...03.jpg|thumb|350px|right|View of Ankara|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
16: ...11.jpg|250px|thumb|Anitkabir, mausoleum|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
21: ...ty in [[1356]]. [[Turkic people|Turkic]] leader [[Timur Lenk]] besieged Ankara as part of his campaign in...
26: ...section has the trappings of a more modern city: wide streets, hotels, theaters, shopping malls, and h...
28: ...the city is home to the state theater and the Presidential Philharmonic Orchestra. [[Anitkabir|Anı... - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
3: ...e original Mitanni leadership. However, Kurds consider themselves as much Indo-European as they do any...
11: ...ains still existing in the country, by the [[Arsacid]] monarchs, who were probably of a cognate race. ...
13: ...another. In AD [[838]], and again in [[905]], formidable insurrections occurred in northern Kurdistan;...
15: ...n mountains, but as far as [[Khorasan]] upon one side and [[Egypt]] and [[Yemen]] on the other.
17: ...an]], which had lain waste since the passage of [[Timur]], with Kurds from the Hakkiari and Bohtan distri... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
1: ...ire]]; but it is the [[Achaemenid dynasty|Achaemenid Empire]] that emerged under [[Cyrus II the Great]...
4: ...he modern [[Persian language]] and ''Pars'' in [[Middle Persian]]. ''Persis'' is the [[Greek language|...
8: ===The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia ([[648 BC]]-[[330 BC]])===
11: ...ntions them in the region of [[Lake Urmia]] alongside another Aryan group, the ''Madai'' ([[Mede]]s). ...
13: The '''[[Achaemenid dynasty]]''' was the first line of Persian rulers... - Cities along the Silk Road (5982 bytes)
70: ...in the town of [[Hazrat-e Turkestan]]. Built by [[Timur]] in the 1390s.]]
141: Some of the cities provided by Ptolemy either
144: Nevertheless, Ptolemy has provided an important historical reference for researche... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
2: ...The [[Huns]], led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into [[Italy]].]]
9: ...hem highly cultured and civilized) by their splendid state of readiness for combat, amazing mobility, ...
15: ...o the interior of the continent, perhaps to consolidate and strengthen their empire. Theodosius used t...
17: ...anube's north bank. They crossed the Danube and laid waste Illyrian cities and forts on the river, amo...
19: ...age]] in [[440]] and the [[Sassanid dynasty|Sassanid]] [[Yazdegerd II of Persia|Yazdegerd II]]'s invas... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...ia]] for his historical role in giving a common [[identity]] to [[Mongols]] after their centuries of i...
5: ...y of his mounted warriors to defeat opponents, rapidly conquering more territory than any other single...
9: ...a]], [[Eastern Asia]], [[Southeast Asia]], the [[Middle East]], [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] [[Europe]],...
11: ...ded [[Kublai Khan]], [[Babur]], and, allegedly, [[Timur]], although it is unlikely that the Tartar conque...
19: ...ting]] spoils. In another, he was captured in a raid by his former [[tribe]] and held captive with a w... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
46: ...eft|St Petersburg is known as the city of 300 [[bridge]]s.]]
48: ...ny canals and their granite [[embankment]]s and bridges, gives the city a unique and striking ambience...
50: ...spanning the Neva. Tourists flock to see the [[bridge]]s drawn and lowered again at night to allow sh...
56: ...igns by Domenico Trezini in 1710–1716. A residence adjacent to the Menshikov palace was redesign...
58: ...ndash;1848) on the Nevsky Prospect, formerly a residence of the Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich.
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