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- Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...t of metropolitan areas by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo...
11: ...his Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the capital city of Cair...
16: ...astern half is filled with hundreds of ancient [[mosque]]s that act as landmarks.
18: ...ed and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching the city to the suburbs of [[...
25: [[Image:mosque2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Al-Azhar University]] in th... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مص...
28: | [[Hosni Mubarak]]
56: ...ian Arabic|Egyptian dialect]]) is a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
62: ...t|ancient civilization]] and some of the world's most stunning ancient monuments, including the [[Giza...
67: ...943;γυπτος'' "aiguptos", which in turn is derived from the ancient [[Egy... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الج...
60: ...long the coast. Berber kingdoms began to emerge, most notably [[Numidia]], and seized the opportunity ...
62: ...he Berbers adopted [[Islam]] ''en masse'', but almost immediately expelled the Caliphate from Algeria,...
66: ...im Algerians remained outside of French law, and possessed neither French citizenship nor the right to...
68: ...succeeded in pushing the French out in [[1962]]. Most of the 1,025,000 ''[[pied-noir|pieds-noirs]]'', ... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1606;ّيّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al...
71: ...which moved to assist Palestinian nationalists opposed to the creation of Israel in May 1948, and took...
73: ... West Bank, the [[United States]] maintained the position that ultimate sovereignty was subject to fut...
79: ...uing heavy fighting, a Syrian tank force took up positions in northern Jordan to support the ''fedayee...
81: ...the U.S. and [[Russia]]. It negotiated an end to hostilities with Israel and signed a declaration to t... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
59: ...and [[Spain]]. Once isolated, it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of [[tourism]] and i...
69: ...]] of Urgell. In the [[11th century]] a dispute arose between the bishop and his northern French neigh...
71: ...be shared between the French [[count of Foix]] (whose title would ultimately transfer to the French he...
73: ... France|Henry IV]] of France, he issued an edict (1607) that established the head of the French state an...
77: ...uly 12]], [[1934]], an adventurer named [[Boris Skossyreff]] issued a proclamation in Urgel, declaring... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية الع...
32: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP)<br> - Total ([[2...
49: ...nging the political face of Iraq, which had been mostly dominated by its [[Sunni]] minority since its ...
64: ...en appointed the new [[Prime Minister of Iraq]]. Most power will be invested in him. The new Governmen...
70: ...dish: پاریزگه ''Pā²©zgah''). Particularly in Iraqi government ... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة ال...
71: ...ic home of the [[Phoenicia]]ns, Semitic traders whose maritime culture flourished there for more than ...
78: ...sed with prosperity built on [[Beirut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance and trade.
85: ...n]] (PLO). In the early [[1970s]], difficulties arose over the presence of Palestinian refugees, and f...
87: ...re a number of mostly [[Maronite]] militias, the most important of which was the one linked to the [[K... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''جمهورية جيب...
70: ...s - at 200 voting booths - across the country. Opposition parties boycotted, describing the poll as "r...
102: ...production to [[fruits]] and [[vegetables]], and most food must be imported. There are few natural re...
111: ...t 35%. The remainder is formed by [[Europe]]ans (mostly [[France|French]] and [[Italy|Italians]]), [[A...
113: Almost all of the people of Djibouti are [[Muslim]], on... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: native_name = جمهورية الس...
43: time_zone = [[Moscow Time|MSK]] |
72: ...ccess to basic health care services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and w...
85: ...slamist ideologue. Al-Turabi was stripped of his posts in the ruling party and the government, parliam...
92: ... mid-1990s Sudan gradually began to moderate its positions as a result of increased US pressure follow... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [oft...
3: ..., father of [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]], while the mostly ruined [[Black Pyramid]] dates from the much l... - Maine (17312 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = ME |
36: ...e mainland as 'going over to the Main". Its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''ME'''. Four [[United States...
38: Originally settled in [[1607]] by the [[Plymouth Company]], the coastal areas ...
43: ...936|1936 presidential election]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] received the Electoral Votes of every stat...
47: ...[[United States Reform Party|Reform Party]] of [[Ross Perot]] achieved a great deal of success in Main... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VA |
46: ...ement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on ...
52: ...n on [[January 26]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
59: ...olk]], [[Williamsburg]], and [[Jamestown]] each chose one burgess. The Burgesses met to make laws for...
63: ...der the Constitution, the State Government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and ... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
7: ... in 1958, new and rebuilt buildings, especially those in designated historic districts, must exhibit a...
11: ...n the mid-1990s when [[Debbie Jaramillo]], who opposed the focus on tourism, was elected mayor. Althou...
24: founded = [[1607]] |
43: Santa Fe was founded in [[1607]], making it the oldest capital city and the seco...
49: ...les run the whole spectrum from [[Baroque]] to [[Post-modern]]. - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
27: ...Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
42: ...linus the Elder|Quellinus, Erasmus, the Elder]], (1607-1678), painter
65: ...V. O. Quine|Quine, Willard V.]], (1908-2000), philosopher
85: ...n Quivers|Quivers, Robin]] (born 1952) talk show host - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...en described as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane...
5: ...ifferent process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to res...
9: ...d the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the ta...
11: ...and the gases glowing due to [[ion|ionization]]. Most comets are too faint to be visible without the a...
17: ...highly charged [[ions]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with cometary atoms and molecu... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ... Earth's observed weather is located in the [[troposphere]].
5: ...heric chemistry]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric sciences]].
10: ... [[Earth]] and the realm of the stars, while ''logos'' means "study". A similar work, called "Book of ...
12: ...[Horace de Saussure]] completed this list of the most important meteorological instruments in [[1780]]...
16: ...alling the [[tropical]] cell of [[zonal mean]] atmospheric circulation the "[[Hadley cell]]". Understa... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...er]], [[philosopher]], and [[physicist]] who is closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]....
7: ...for financial reasons. However, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathem...
10: ...ience and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primary justific...
12: ...ate measurements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. Accord...
24: ...emisphere to face the Earth when it was on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Eart... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...l 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|English]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and...
4: ... a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender of the [[scientific ...
8: ...]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the...
14: ...] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong...
21: ...oris Partus Maximus'', but he failed to obtain a position of the kind he thought necessary for success... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
9: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Popham Colony]] in [[Maine]]
65: *[[1688]]-[[Glorious Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Ma...
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