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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]], or Sunni Islamic law), and at times a [[Qadi]] or judge. ...
32: ...an, on a journey as far as [[Astrakhan]] on the [[Volga River]].
45: ... to carry on to China, with a detour near the beginning of the journey to the [[Maldives]]. - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ... traversed by [[caravan]] and ocean vessel, and connecting [[Chang'an]], [[China]] with [[Antioch]], [...
18: ...of the [[4th millennium BC]]. By the [[third millennium BC]] [[lapis lazuli]] trade was extended to [[...
25: ...reign of [[Mentuhotep III]], an officer named [[Hennu]] made one or more voyages to Punt. A very famou...
28: From the [[2nd millennium BC]] [[nephrite]] [[jade]] was being traded fr...
32: ...silk unfortunately degrades very rapidly and we cannot double-check for accuracy whether it was actual... - World War II (58065 bytes)
37: ...invaded Finland on [[30 November]], [[1939]], beginning the [[Winter War]], which lasted until March o...
42: ...it the Allies in two by driving to the English Channel. Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands fell ...
44: ...ion occupied Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, and annexed [[Bessarabia]] and [[Bukovina|Northern Bukovi...
46: ...ntic (1940)|Battle of the Atlantic]]. In a long-running campaign, German [[U-Boat]]s attempted to depr...
50: President Roosevelt announced a shift in the American stance from neutral... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
20: ...ns, was appointed to command the ''[[Classis Britannica]]'', and given the responsibility of eliminati...
22: In the Roman province of Britannia, [[Saint Patrick]] was captured and enslaved by...
29: ...damaged the Vatican. In 911, the bishop of [[Narbonne]] was unable to return to France from Rome becau...
43: ...gorod]]ian pirates who looted the cities on the [[Volga]] and [[Kama]] Rivers in the 14th century.
65: ...ast, collecting revenue by exacting tribute and running [[extortion]] rackets. In 1802, the menacing [... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
12: ... Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti—[[KGB]]). In 1991 Russia cre...
14: ...up of 1991|August 1991 coup]] [[Boris Pugo]], [[Gennady Yanayev]], and [[Oleg Baklanov]] (from left) g...
20: ... the Soviet Union had ceased to exist. Gorbachev announced the decision officially [[25 December]]. Ru...
28: ...ent. After the Constitutional Court declared his announcement unconstitutional, Yeltsin backed down.
36: ...he announcement by dissolving the parliament and announcing new legislative elections for December. ('... - Scythia (22520 bytes)
3: The Scythians first appear in Assyrian annals as ''Ishkuzai'', who are reported as pouring i...
25: ...been close relatives, on a pillaging spree, overrunning and plundering Assyria, Anatolia, Northern Syr...
29: ...ed, Darius in this manner reached as far as the [[Volga]] river.
38: ...riscus]] is led to [[Attila]]'s encampment in [[Pannonia]] by two mounted "Scythians" - distinguished ...
96: ...tian (a related Iranian group) trade and ethnic connections[http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/hallandy... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
3: ...ror [[Valentinian III]] from his capital at [[Ravenna]] in [[452]].
7: ==Background and beginnings==
14: [[Image:Huns empire.png|thumb|300px|left|The Hunnish empire stretched from the steppes of Central A...
15: ...ds (c. 114.5 kg) of gold, open their markets to Hunnish traders, and pay a ransom of eight ''[[solidus...
19: ... preparations, he thought it safe to refuse the Hunnish kings' demands. - Steppe (1362 bytes)
6: of the [[Volga]] river and extend through desert or semi-desert ... - River (12397 bytes)
4: ...s normally confined to a [[Channel (geography)|channel]], with a bottom or [[stream bed|bed]] between ...
7: ...are sometimes cut off, forming a shorter river channel and leaving a remnant, [[oxbow lake]]. Rivers t...
38: ...r)|ford]]s, [[bridge]]s, [[ferry|ferries]] or [[tunnel]]s.
49: *The river channel may be [[dredging|dredged]] to make it deeper f...
54: *[[Canal]]s connect rivers to one another for water transfer or na... - Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
14: ...[1890]] to [[1930]] - although some place its beginning as early as 1850 and its end as late as 1960. ...
28: *[[Cathedral of the Annunciation]]
58: ...nd kept within certain boundaries of content and innovation. After the fall of the USSR, western-style...
144: ...s for tourists are trips on the big rivers like [[Volga]], [[Lena]] or [[Yenisei]] as well as trips on th...
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