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- Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
5: ...ze rime'' and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of le...
7: ...onica Franco's life was not without hardship. In 1575, a year of the [[Black Death]], she was forced to...
14: http://www.library.upenn.edu. Search by author on Franco, Veronica - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
11: ...Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...rovided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among ...
25: ...otre Dame'', ''Nuestra Señora'', and ''Madonna'' respectively). Among Catholics and the Eastern...
27: ...salem]] when she was three years old, much like Hanna took Samuel to the [[Tabernacle]] as recorded in...
29: [[image:frangelo.JPG|right|frame|The [[Annunciation]] by [[Fra Angelico]]]] - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
6: ...wwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic—...
44: ...nd then told him "Be!" and he was. When God had announced his intention of creating Adam, the angels ...
46: ...hen God orders the angels to bow to Adam, the [[jinn]] [[Iblis]] (approximately equivalent to [[Satan]... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...[Arabic language|Arabic]]: القاهرة; [[romanization|romanized]]...
45: ...ehemet Ali]] with the introduction of a railway connection to [[Alexandria]] in [[1851]]. Significant ...
47: ...newly redesigned city of [[Baron Haussmann|Haussmann]] and, funded by a booming [[cotton]] trade, deci...
49: ...sha Mubarak]] and designed by the French urban planner [[Pierre Grand]]. A new area of luxurious villa...
51: ...was dominated by westerners, however, and city planners tended to emphasize [[Christianity|Christian]]... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...1585;يّة مصرالعربيّة...
62: ...nt civilization]] and some of the world's most stunning ancient monuments, including the [[Giza_pyrami...
69: ...] who dug the predecessor of the Suez canal and connected the [[Red Sea]] to the [[Mediterranean]]. La...
86: ... late [[February 2005]], President Hosni Mubarak announced on a surprise television broadcast that he ...
130: ...g|thumb|right| Most Egyptians are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s]][[Image:monastry3.jpg|thumb|right... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in...
14: ...mdash; the Ruvyironza — is taken as the beginning and followed to the Mediterranean, the Nile is...
42: ...nel, the [[Bahr Yussef]], splits from the main channel downriver from the city of [[Asyut]], and empti...
48: ...unknown until the [[19th century]], when [[John Hanning Speke]] was the first to identify it as Lake V...
62: ...ral facet in the lives of ancient Egyptians. The annual flood was personified by the god [[Hapy]], who... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...lexandria''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], '''الإسكندر...
53: ... landed, we hear little of it until about the beginning of the [[19th century]].
58: ...about 4,000 inhabitants, and it owed its modern rennaissance solely to [[Mehemet Ali (Egypt)|Mehemet A...
62: ...re renovated by [[Arabi Pasha]]. Alexandria was connected with Cairo by railway in [[1856]].
96: Two main streets, lined with colonnades and said to have been each about 60 [[metre]]... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...1604;عربيّة المتّحدة...
103: ...ichest horse race, the [[Dubai World Cup]], held annually in March. [http://www.dubaiworldcup.com/] - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...d [[Morocco]] as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, [[Western Sahara]], in the west. ...
3: ...1605;قراطية الشعبية'''<br>...
23: ...lgiers]] الجزائر<br><small>(El Djazaﲬ Al-Jazੲ)<...
42: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] (state religion)
62: ...vassals; when the latter rebelled and adopted [[Sunni]]sm, they sent in a populous [[Arab]] tribe, the... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...;, [[transliteration|transliterated]] ''ʼUrdunn''), is a country in the [[Middle East]]. It is bo...
3: ...1617;يّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlak...
73: ...f Jordan" to include those portions of Palestine annexed by King [[Abdullah I of Jordan | Abdullah]]. ...
79: ...rs meeting at Cairo had arranged a cease-fire beginning the following day. Sporadic violence continued...
150: ...Egypt on [[8 February]] [[2005]], both countries announced plans to return ambassadors to the country. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...oth the USA and the UK (as reported by BBC news, CNN, The New York Times, The Economist)
3: ...1585;ية العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-...
49: ... are now under-represented due to the fact that Sunni leaders encouraged them not to vote. The current...
56: ...e US-managed [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] announced plans to turn over sovereignty to an [[Iraq...
62: ...l laws that were in effect on the transfer date cannot be repealed. Furthermore, since the coalition f... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
5: ...#1583;ارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</big></big...
75: Brunei consists of two unconnected parts; 97% of the population lives in the la... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...1617;ة اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al...
87: ...her side comprised a coalition of Palestinians, Sunni, and [[Druze]] forces. By early [[1976]], the w...
99: ...red [[Taif Agreement]] of [[1989]] marked the beginning of the end of the war. In all, it is estimated...
116: ...]]'' reported a figure of 1.5 million, citing an unnamed official and the television station run by th...
140: ...ebanon|Prime Minister]] must be a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]], and - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...7th century BCE]] and [[Christianity]] at the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE. The name Israel tra...
6: ...1583;ولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
60: ...sted intermittently in the region for over a millennium until the failure of the [[Great Jewish Revolt...
83: ...eadership rejected the plan to create the as-yet-unnamed Jewish state and launched a guerilla war.
87: ...the State of Israel was proclaimed. Promising to annihilate the new Jewish state (though their actual ... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...#1575;فغانستان) is a country in [[Central Asia]] and is ...
5: ...#1575;فغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<...
40: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] <small>77%</small><br>[[Shi'a Islam]] <s...
74: ... and diaspora met in [[Bonn]] and agreed on a [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|plan]] for the formulatio...
88: Under the [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|Bonn Agreement]] the [[Afghan Constitution Commission]... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ...1610;ة السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
60: ... years include [[Makuria]] and the [[Kingdom of Sennar]].
68: ...vil war. In September [[1983]] President Nimeiri announced his decision to extend Islamic [[Shari'a]] ...
92: ...t of the [[Sudan People's Liberation Army]]. Beginning from the mid-1990s Sudan gradually began to mo...
98: ...iver Nile, Sudan|River Nile]], [[Sennar (state)|Sennar]], [[South Darfur]], [[South Kurdufan]], [[Unit... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
3: ... [[Thailand]] and is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] o...
8: ...1575;ن مليسيا'''</big></big>
143: ...ate]] is [[equatorial]] and characterised by the annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (Oc...
145: ...al [[Asia]] — if [[Singapore]], an island connected to the continent by a man-made [[causeway]],...
165: ...u Hitam and Johor Baru in the south, which also connects roads into Thailand and Singapore. There are ... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al...
70: ...ted territories. The monarchy was deposed after annexation, and an Iraqi governor installed.
72: Though initially ambiguous toward a potential annexation of Kuwait by Iraq, US President [[George H...
143: ...f Kuwait's population are [[Muslim]]s, mostly [[Sunni]].
145: ..., it is estimated that around 70% of them are [[Sunni]], and around 30% or slightly more are [[Shia]] ... - Angola (15614 bytes)
61: ...ontrol of the interior didn't occur until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1951 the colony was re...
83: The president has announced the government's intention to hold election...
184: ...dies/Country_Specific/Angola.html University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: ''Angola''] dir... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
12: ...camelopardalis | author=[[Linnaeus (taxonomy) | Linnaeus]] | date=[[1758]]}}
22: ... smaller, more irregular spots that do cover the inner legs. Range: western and southwestern Sudan.
24: ...brown on an off-white background and no spots on inner sides of the legs or below the hocks. Range: ea...
26: ...star-like extensions on a light tan background, running down to the hooves. Range: South Africa, Namib...
54: ...it. The Arabic word الزرافة ''ziraafa'' or ''zurapha'' (undoub...
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