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- Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
1: [[Image:JeanneIII.jpg|frame|right|Jeanne d'Albret]]
2: '''Jeanne d'Albret''' ([[January 7]] [[1528]] – [[Ju...
4: ... Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was annulled four years later.
6: ...e accession of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "first prince...
8: In [[1555]] Henry II of Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
9: [[Image:Susanna.jpg|left|thumb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden...
10: ... language of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
14: ...ad committed incest with his sister-in-law and planned to steal some of Orazio?s paintings. During the...
18: ...g this period, Artemisia also painted the ''[[Madonna col Bambino]]'' (''"The Virgin Mary with Baby"''... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...nguage|Arabic]]: '''Maryem''', '''مريم''') is the mother of [[Jesus]] and the [[...
11: ...[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (157...
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... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...#1589;رالعربيّة<br>Ǧumhuriyat Miṣr al-&...
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: ...[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one o...
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: ...#1604;إسكندرية''', [[transliteration|transliterated]] ''...
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: ...1575;ت العربيّة المتّ...
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: ...1610;ة الشعبية'''<br>'''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jaz&#...
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...
70: ...tability under the one-party socialism of Boumedienne and his successors. - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...;, [[transliteration|transliterated]] ''ʼUrdunn''), is a country in the [[Middle East]]. It is bo...
3: ...1577; الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Ha...
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: ...1577; العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-Iraqiyah)'''</...
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: |+<big><big>'''برني دارالسل...
75: Brunei consists of two unconnected parts; 97% of the population lives in the la... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...#1575;للبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah)''...
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 - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧībūtī) is a country in e...
4: ...1610;ة جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>Ré°µblique de Djibouti''...
70: ...nation, the official news agency, Agence Djiboutienne d'Information (ADI), reported. Guelleh won 100 p...
72: ...rom France in 1977. [Full story at: http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47007]
102: ...nomy of Djibouti is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location and st... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...7th century BCE]] and [[Christianity]] at the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE. The name Israel tra...
6: ...1604;ة 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)
5: ...1575;ن اسلامي دولت'''<br>'''د...
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]...
143: [[Image:AfghanistanNumbered.png|thumb|250px|right|Map showing province... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ... = جمهورية السودا...
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: ...1608;ان 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: ...1608;لة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></big>
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]] ... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
12: ...]] word ''mūmiyyah'' (مومية), which means "[[bitumen]]". (Because of ...
104: * [[Nesperennub]] - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
52: ...s. Peralta built the [[Palace of Governors]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to prosper, some mi...
62: ...Wagon caravans thereafter made the 40- to 60-day annual trek along the 780 mile (1,260 km) [[Santa Fe ...
66: ...ce in [[1841]]. The [[United States of America]] annexed [[Texas]] as a state in [[1845]]; the status ...
94: ...]] amid the [[Second World War]]. Top-secret personnel there developed the [[atomic bomb]], first deto...
109: ...oral votes to all but two Presidential election winners since statehood. In these exceptions, New Mexi...
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