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- Mari, Syria (5848 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maristela.jpg|thumb|Cultic [[stela]] found at Mari]]
2: '''Mari''' was an ancient city in [[Syria]] situated at the modern locality of '''Tell Hari...
6: ...xcavations, over 25,000 clay tables in [[Akkadian language]] written in [[cuneiform]] were discovered....
8: ...gh archaelogists have tried to determine how many layers the site descends, it hasn't proved possible....
12: ... Semitic people, thought to be part of the same Eblaite and Akkadian migration.
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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
1: ...hic]]-Luwian and (3), the somewhat later [[Lycian language|Lycian]].
3: ... been attested in areas of Syria and Palestine as late as the 7th century B.C.
5: ...onsonants: palatovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987).
8: *Melchert, H. Craig. [[1987]]. PIE velars in Luvian. In ''Studies in memory of [[Warren C... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ... plains in totality as well as the surrounding lowland territories bounded by the [[Arabian Desert]] t...
5: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}
6: ...nclude the [[Hittites]] and the [[Elamite Empire|Elamites]]. During the time of the [[Persian Empire]]...
12: * [[Halaf period]] (or ''Halafian'')
19: ...g|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]] - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]], a distanc...
4: ... Abdullah ibn Muhammed ibn Ibrahim Ibn Battuta al-Lawati al-Tanji'''.
6: .... Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of...
8: ... assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...st-travelled: a journey up the Nile, then east by land to the Red Sea port of [[Aydhad|'Aydhad]]. Howe... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
8: ...es of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed ...
9:
12: ... law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served.
13: ...the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
20: - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...oh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her (though the latter is not certain to have ruled). She was the fi...
6: ...] (who was also quoting Manetho) states her reign lasted 22 years. Her name is sometimes spelled Hapsh...
10: ...nto adulthood. She apparently also had a loving relationship with her parents and assumed the prestigi...
13: ... she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch of the Twelfth dynasty, who ruled in he...
20: ...f Egypt. Historians who believe in traditional explanation of Hatshepsut believe her motivation for we... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...ra V Tryphaena]]. The name "Cleopatra" is [[Greek language|Greek]] for "father's glory"; her full name...
6: ...l of her similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra was never in fact the s...
10: ...t|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
11: ...and imposed himself as arbiter between the rival claims of Ptolemy and Cleopatra. (It should be noted ...
19: ...ladelphus]] was crowned ruler of [[Phoenicia]], [[Syria]], and [[Cilicia]]. Cleopatra also took the title... - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
1: ...f [[plant]]s named after Zenobia, see [[Zenobia (plant)]]''
4: ... (Roman province)|Syria]] and [[Asia Minor]]. By playing off [[Iran|Persia]] to the east against [[Rom...
6: ...rthage]], according to the ''[[Aeneid]]'') and declared herself the political heiress of both.
8: ...relian's Triumph ([[274]]). She was granted a villa in [[Tibur]] (now Tivoli, Italy), where she spent... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...; and [[Ioveta of Bethany|Ioveta]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...egnant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law.
13: ...Baldwin acquiesced to these demands as Fulk was relatively rich (even for a crusader) and would bring ...
17: == Palace intrigue ==
19: ...lty the church and nobility likely would not have later rallied to her cause. - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: '''Sibylla of Jerusalem''' (c. [[1160]] - [[1190]]) was [[Ki...
5: ...s. Though not raised by her mother, Sibylla would later become closer with Agnes and inherit her polit...
7: ...d pregnant. In the tradition of the dynasty, Sibylla named her son [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin]].
9: ...rried to one of his own vassals. By marrying Sibylla to his vassal, Phillip could control the kingship...
11: ... the future good-will of the king-consort of Sibylla. - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...ative-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to...
12: ...she met Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
16: ... [[1917]] and began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]], then [[British Mandate of Palestin...
20: ...them at [[Histadrut]], the General Federation of Labor. By 1924, her husband tired of the kibbutz li...
22: ...In 1928, she was elected secretary of the women's labor council of Histadrut. This required her to mov... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...r her exploits in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving ...
7: ...ered away the proceeds from his wife's dowry with lavish entertaining. As a teen, Krystyna's father n...
9: ...pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Poland]] whose [[Germany|German]] occupiers would even...
11:
15: ... to charm transit visas through French-mandated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[cons... - Lavender (3889 bytes)
1: :''For the color shade, see [[Lavender (color)]]''
2: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen| name = Lavender}}
3: ...mage = [[Image:Lavender02.jpg|240px]] | caption = Lavender flowers}}
4: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}} - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...[stoneware]]". Fine earthenware with a white tin glaze is known as [[faience]].
4: ...lex extremely high-fired [[ceramics]], where the glaze and body fuse completely, are generally referre...
8: ...um, by the formation style and decoration. The relative chronologies based on pottery are essential f...
16: ...es and balls of clay, often joined with a liquid clay slurry. No two pieces of handwork will be exactl...
18: [[Image:T?rscheibe.jpg|thumb|right|250px| classic potter's wheel in Erfurt, Germany]] - United Nations (29685 bytes)
5: ...rious powers in the war as a condition of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and other wartime agreements. Initi...
20: ...n Oaks Estate]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Those and later talks produced proposals outlining the purpose...
24: ...nal signatories had been reserved, added its name later, bringing the total of original signatories to...
26: ...East River on land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], and ...
33: ...[[1945]] [[UN Charter]] envisaged a system of regulation that would ensure "the least diversion for ar... - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
1: :''For the unrelated [[astronomy|astronomer]], see [[Ptolemy]]''
7: ...to his person. He played a principal part in the later campaigns of Alexander in [[Afghanistan]] and ...
9: ...the partisans of Antigonus and re-conquered the island ([[313 BC|313]]). A revolt of Cyrene was crushe...
13: ...[Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis]]. The complete loss of Cyprus followed.
15: ...n news came that Antigonus had been defeated and slain by Lysimachus and Seleucus at the [[Battle of I... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
1: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: ...lag of the Arab Republic of Egypt 1984.png|125px|Flag of Egypt (since 1984)]]
9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Flag of Egypt]]
14: ... <small>''[[National motto]]: [[Bilady, Bilady, Bilady]]''</small>
18: | '''[[Official language]]''' - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
20: * [[Late Period of Egypt|Late Period]] (26th–31st Dynasties)
27: ...nium BC|8000 BC]] began to desiccate the pastoral lands of [[Egypt]], eventually forming the [[Sahara]...
29: ...erding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildings.
31: ...y links the maternal lineage of a traditional population from Upper Egypt to [[Eastern Africa]] [http:...
33: ...ted and is sometimes indentified with Narmer (the last king of Dynasty 0) or Aha (1st Dynasty) and is ... - New Kingdom (2574 bytes)
4: ...rt provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ...ites|Hittite]] armies for control of modern-day [[Syria]].
9: ... the [[Valley of the Kings]] has proven to be the largest funerary complex in Egypt. Still greater mi...
11: ...l trade, sending a commerical expedition to the [[land of Punt]]. Thutmose III ("the [[Napoleon]] of ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ...it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
5: ...the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated in [[2001]]]]
19: ...cks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for Eg...
21: ...n, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowledge of their ap... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ... [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]], on the south by [[...
9: ...s'', 'inland' (''medius'', 'middle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...he German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''Akdeniz'', "the white se...
13: Presently, "The Med" is a common English language contraction for the Mediterranean Sea and i...
17: ...red a part of the Mediterranean Sea, whereas the Black Sea is generally not. The man-made [[Suez Canal...
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