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- Politics of Iran (8863 bytes)
1: ... its [[1989]] amendment, define the political, economic, and social order of the [[Islamic Republic of...
4: ...], by Iranian militants. As the [[United States]] no longer has formal diplomatic relations with Iran,...
8: ...party until its dissolution in [[1987]]; Iran had no functioning political parties until the [[Executi...
19: ...roven to be practically impossible to do so until now.
21: Many Iranian reformists (including [[Abdollah Noori]]) consider this to be the core legal obstacle...
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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...Mountains]] and the [[Caucasus]] mountains to the north. - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ... some 70 km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into...
6: ... be traced back to the [[13th century]], are now known as ''Takhti Jamshid'' ("the throne of Jamshid")...
12: ...a]], who reigned at the longest two years, or, if not his, then that of [[Darius III of Persia|Darius ...
14: Another small group of ruins in the same style is fou...
18: .... This accounts for the fact that the Greeks were not acquainted with the city until it was taken and ... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...is journeying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[...
4: ... the appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars part...
8: ... following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...is journey to Mecca was by land, and followed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite ...
17: ...ed to the status of ''[[al-Hajji]]'' as a result, now faced his return home. Upon reflection, he decid... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in...
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
9: ...illiam, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
14: ... a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
15: ...legiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emp... - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
1: ... genus of [[plant]]s named after Zenobia, see [[Zenobia (plant)]]''
3: [[Image:Denarius-Zenobia-s3290.jpg|thumb|300px|Zenobia coin reporting her title, ''[[Augusta]]''.]]
4: ... of [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria]] and [[Asia Minor]]. By playing off [[Iran|Persia]] to the east ag...
8: ...([[274]]). She was granted a villa in [[Tibur]] (now Tivoli, Italy), where she spent the rest of her ...
11: ...ors.org/zenobia.htm DIR entry on Vaballthus and Zenobia] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United Stat...
29: ...[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in ...
34: ...olumbia University]], writes, "Birmingham had one notably rich black family, the Gastons, who were in ...
37: ...s non-minorities [http://www.racematters.org/lessononlifecondoleezzarice.htm]. - Esther (5002 bytes)
5: ...ved the name Esther by which she was hence forth known. ''Hadassah'' means "[[myrtle]]" in [[Hebrew la...
9: The [[Targum]] provides another Midrashic explanation claiming that she was a...
19: ... defeated in the [[Greco-Persian Wars]]. He makes no reference to individual members of the Harem with...
21: .... Critics of this view point out that nothing is known with certainty about Elamite religion and that ... - Hyacinth (flower) (2431 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
12: ''Hyacinthus litwinowii''<br/>
17: ...merly placed in the lily family [[Liliaceae]] but now regarded as the type genus of the separate famil...
19: ... and [[garden]] culture (''H. orientalis'' of the northeast Mediterranean) was so popular in the [[18t...
22: *''Hyacinthus litwinowii'' - Rose (15436 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: ....edu/plantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide17.html U. of Illinois] 2002-05-29</small>
21: ...a hundred [[species]] of wild roses, all from the northern hemisphere and mostly from temperate region...
29: ...ies of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points. - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
9: ...n made and worn by both sexes in almost every (if not every) human culture, on every inhabited contine...
18: * [[4000 BC]] - [[Smelting]] technology for copper in Egypt and Iran.
26: * 2500 BC - True iron production technology in [[Near East]].
46: ...here addition of silver to gold becomes almost unknown.
57: * [[Art Nouveau|Art Nouveau jewellery]] - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...pean interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia...
12: ...sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ...ary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the...
16: ...nder the weft and are attached without forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors ...
19: ...nen weaving. [[Mary Stewart]] Queen of Scots is known to have been an avid embroiderer. 16th century... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...#The four fingers|index finger]] is used to sound notes on the prima, while a [[plectrum]] is used on ...
20: ...e gigantic size of the contrabass' strings, it is not uncommon for the plectrum to be made of a leathe...
24: The origins of the balalaika are not precisely known, but most likely it was imported into Russia by...
30: A popular notion is that the three sides and strings of the ba...
32: In the late 19th century, a Russian nobleman, [[Vassily Vassilievich Andreyev]], embarke... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
3: ...oka''', '''Aśoka''', pronounced as Ashok-uh, not Ashokaa) was the ruler of the [[Mauryan empire]]...
10: ...[[Bindusara]] by a relatively lower ranked Queen known as Dharma. Ashoka had several elder siblings an...
14: ...of [[Sindh]], of which Prince Susima was the governor. Taxila was a highly volatile place because of t...
18: ...ead sent him back to Ujjain and made him the governor of Ujjain.
22: ...istan]] in the west; from the Palmir Knots in the north to the almost peninsular part of [[southern In... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
56: ...an dialect]]) is a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...[Israel]] to the northeast. It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the ...
69: ...e next three millennia. The last native dynasty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Pe...
71: ...lly "Arab" nation once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained in contr...
73: ...ed control of Egypt's government in [[1882]], but nominal allegiance to the [[Ottoman Empire]] continu... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...ast, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,...
19: ...articularly in grain. Other authors make the omen not the grain itself, but the arrival of flocks of b...
21: ...er descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies ...
23: ... a history of Alexander attributed to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|pseudo-Callisthenes]].
27: ...e centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexandria retained its... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...nd [[geography|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent or a [[subcontinent]].
6: ...e [[Emba River]]) and the [[Ural Mountains]] to [[Novaya Zemlya]]. About 60 percent of the world's pop...
22: ...or further subdivisions based on that term, see [[North Eurasia]] and [[Central Eurasia]].
27: *[[North Asia]]
34: ===North Asia=== - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
11: *[[Benin]] - [[Porto Novo]], [[Cotonou]]
40: *[[Mauritania]] - [[Nouakchott]]
80: * [[Cambodia]] (Kampuchea) - [[Phnom Penh]]
98: * [[Lebanon]] (Lubnan) - [[Beirut]]
105: * [[North Korea]] - [[Pyongyang]] - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ...- is one of several potential spoilers for the economy over the long term.
3: ==Economic History==
4: ...nfrastructure and disrupted normal patterns of economic activity. Gross domestic product has fallen su...
6: ...he [[International Monetary Fund]], the Afghan economy grew 20% in the [[fiscal year]] ending in March...
9: ... by an almost total dependence on erratic winter snows and spring rains for water; irrigation is primi... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
37: <tr><td>[[Beirut]] <td>[[Lebanon]]
53: <tr><td>[[Buenos Aires]] <td>[[Argentina]]
65: <tr><td>[[Cotonou]] <td>[[Benin]] (de facto)
87: <tr><td>[[Hanoi]] <td>[[Vietnam]]
151: <tr><td>[[Nouakchott]] <td>[[Mauritania]] - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...]] and [[Umm al-Quwain]]. Before 1971, they were known as '''the Trucial States''' or '''Trucial Oman'...
19: ...<small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: none''</small>
65: ...y the Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to the Al-Na...
67: ...from the nation's founding until his death on [[2 November]] [[2004]]. His son, [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al...
69: == Economy ==
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