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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ...x was positioned a [[mirror]] which reflected [[sunlight]] during the day; a [[fire]] was lit at night...
9: ... they could reach shore. However, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflect...
17: ...Egypt]], with its artificial connection to the mainland (the [[Heptastadion]]) forming one side of the...
20: ...by remnant disappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], used the rubble to help bu... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
8: ...t his grave was in the face of a rock, and could only be reached by means of an apparatus of ropes. Ct...
37: ...ersian tradition at a very remote period knew of only three architectural wonders in that region, whic...
46: ... Asian writers that one of the Buyid (Buwaihid) [[sultan]]s in the 10th century of the Flight constructed ... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...co]] during the time of [[Merinid dynasty|Merinid Sultanate]] rule in the [[Islamic calendar]] year 703, i...
6: At the instigation of the Sultan of Morocco, [[Abu Inan Faris]], several years aft...
13: ... embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes existed to Mecca, and Ibn Battuta ch...
15: ...first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. A...
20: ...ra]], then [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]], which was only a few decades away from being nearly destroyed b... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
11: Baldwin of Ibelin certainly was among the courtiers who called upon the prin...
23: ... external threat was on the horizon: Saladin, the sultan of Egypt and Syria. The kingdom had managed to ma...
29: ...re could be no doubt after the ceremony that Guy only held the crown matrimonial."
41: ...d him when they marched on [[Tyre]] in 1189, the only city in the kingdom that had not fallen. [[Conra...
45: ...s authority patently derived from her," and that only the conquest by Saladin brought her rule to a sp... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
14: ... sound and meaning ideographically, kana express only sound without regard to meaning. Three types of ...
85: ...ds II.gif|right|frame|The stylized signature of [[Sultan]] [[Abdul Hamid I]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] was...
98: ...nce, they were usually used for secular purposes only.
121: ...rokes lean to the right rather than (as more commonly) to the left, making Nasta'liq writing particula...
130: ..., without much amplitude. It is the one most commonly seen. It's also considered a step up from the Na... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
38: ...turned to power as nominal vassals to the Ottoman Sultan.
62: ...ant that the [[Egyptian Museum]] in Cairo is the only place in the world that many items can be seen.
72: A second mainline station is located some 10 km south, at Giza.
80: The Cairo Metro is Africa's only fully-fledged [[Metro|metro system]]. Two lines ... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
67: Sheikh [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]] was the union's president from the na...
90: ...erefore the exact border of the two countries is only known to their governments.
97: ...cations Corporation ("[[Etisalat]]") is also the only [[Internet Service Provider|Internet Service Pro...
119: ... August]] || Accession of [[H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan-al Nahyan]] || - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
67: ...ntrance of the Red Sea, was bought from the local sultan in March 1870 by an Italian company, which by [[1...
126: ... reject these names on the basis that they refer only to certain ethnicities.[http://www.abesha.com/ab...
258: ...bune.com/ Addis Tribune] newspaper with a weekly online edition
269: ...o.uk/ethiopia2000/0,2759,181415,00.html Guardian Unlimited - Special Report: Ethiopia 2000]
291: ....rastafarian.nl/ethiopia/ethiopia.asp rastafarian.nl - Ethiopia] - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
100: ...mixed. The cessation of Ethiopian trade, which mainly used Eritrean ports before the war, leaves Eritr...
102: ...]], with food supplies currently (February 2005) only lasting for one month.
117: As of May [[2002]], the government of Eritrea only officially recognizes the [[Islam]]ic, Catholic,...
125: * [[Ibrahim Sultan]] - Greece (54754 bytes)
23: ...Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
50: ...e east. The [[Aegean Sea]] lies to the east of mainland Greece while the [[Ionian Sea]] lies to the we...
57:
59: ...]] {{lang|he|יוון}} ({{lang|he|Yavan}}). In only a few languages is the "Hellas" root the basis o...
87: ...were completing the main conquest of the Greek Mainland, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migr... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: The '''Sultanate of Brunei''', more commonly referred to as '''Brunei Darussalam''' or simply...
25: | '''[[Sultan of Brunei|Sultan]]''' || [[Hassanal Bolkiah]]
45: | ''[[Allah Peliharakan Sultan]]''
55: The Sultanate of Brunei was very powerful from the [[14th ce...
60: ...a]] soldiers are still stationed in Brunei on the Sultan's payroll to protect the oil fields in the West o... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
69: ...uhammad of Ghor|Ghorid]] kingdom, and the [[Delhi Sultanate]], the region was controlled by the [[Mughals]...
72: ...e against the British by the Muslim leader [[Tipu Sultan]] from 1749 to 1799 left the remnants of the Mugh...
132: ...although (because of the [[Pressler amendment]]) only a few were eventually supplied. However, China c...
138: ...r Soviet allies, [[Libya]] and [[Syria]] are the only two middle eastern countries with whom Pakistan ...
140: ...te a [[renaissance]] and [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]] in the Islamic world. Besides the OIC... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
5: ...red to the south by [[Indonesia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
78: ... Singapore). With [[Malacca]] as its capital, the sultanate controlled the areas which are now [[Peninsula...
80: ...]], when the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] (allied to the Sultanate of Johor) gained control of Malacca. The Briti...
82: ...is Light]] as a commercial outpost granted by the Sultan of Kedah. Malacca came into British hands after t...
84: ...tish]] residents appointed to advise the rulers/[[Sultans]]. - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
17: ... the four sides of the base have a mean error of only [[1 E-2 m|15 mm]] in length, and 12 [[arcsecond|...
22: ... of the limestone casing was removed by an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortres...
24: ... limestone could be seen miles away even under moonlight.
28: ...kind of granite known as "Red Aswan Granite" and only found some 250 miles South of Cairo.
34: ... and built is not known, although they were certainly not 'air' or 'ventilation' shafts. It is possibl... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ... known by the nicknames ''The Bambino'' and ''The Sultan of Swat'', was an American [[baseball]] player an...
7: ...ch time she gave birth to a child, eight in all. Only Babe and his sister, Mary, survived infancy.
15: ... League]], a rebel major league which would last only 2 years, placed a team in Baltimore, across the ...
20: ...ders, Ruth did not pitch and grounded out in his only at bat.
25: ...was basically a fulltime outfielder, pitching in only 17 of the 130 games in which he appeared. He se... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
62: ... century [[Suleiman Mosque]]. The 17th-century [[Sultan Ahmed Mosque]] shows the brilliant adaptation and...
67: ...nsive use of precious and semiprecious stones as inlay and the vast quantity of white marble required ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
59: ...ear the borderlands, the [[Armenians]] being the only sizeable one.
78: ...he western half of the empire, but at best could only demand tribute from the eastern half. [[Theodosi...
84: ... in [[751]], leaving the Byzantines with control only of small areas around the toe and heel of Italy.
104: ...ror [[Romanus IV]] in [[1071]] by [[Alp Arslan]], sultan of the Seljuk Turks, most of that province was lo...
118: ...re appealed to the west for help, but they would only consider sending aid in return for reuniting the... - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
5: ...west of [[Turkey]], situated between the Greek mainland and the island of [[Cyprus]]. Its population i...
17: ...os]], [[Cnidus]] and [[Halicarnassus]] (on the mainland) made up the so-called [[Dorian Hexapolis]].
41: ... Knights had built withstood the attacks of the [[Sultan]] of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
18: ...hat from a tender age they would enter into the manly one as more stalwart friends." In the dialogue, ...
47: ...left unfinished and Leonardo left for [[Milan]]. Only seventeen of his paintings and none of his statu...
70: *''[[Leda and the Swan]]'' (1508) - (Only copies survive) ''[[Galleria Borghese]]'', [[Rom...
85: ...0 drawings. However, his book only was published only in 1580 (long after his death) under the heading...
87: ...of other beings. It is important that he was not only interested in structure but also in function, so...
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