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- Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...rea]] population of approximately 15.2 million people. Cairo is the [[List of metropolitan areas by po...
4: ...e city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabi...
6: ...Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
20: ...the ancient [[necropolis]] of Memphis on the Giza plateau, with its three large [[pyramid|pyramids]], ...
32: ...amed the city Al-Qahirah after the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] which was rising on the day the city ... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مص...
62: ...yramid_complex|Giza Pyramids]], the [[Karnak]] Temple and the [[Valley of the Kings]]; the southern ci...
67: ...-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]...
69: ...y and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by [[desert]]s to ...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt bec... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: '''The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria''', or ''...
3: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الج...
15: ...ion): The Revolution by the people and for the people''</small>
64: ...or a slow conquest of Algeria, not technically completed until the early 1900s when the last [[Tuareg]...
66: ...rnment's confiscation of communally held land. People of European descent in Algeria (the so-called ''... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
3: ...1606;ّيّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al...
75: ...nuing Jordanian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The U.S. Government considers t...
96: ... the ultimate authority in Jordan, the parliament plays an important role.
123: Jordan consists mostly of arid desert plateau in the east, with Highland area in the west....
132: ...ty of Aqaba was completed in 2003. The government plans to extend this pipeline north to the Amman are... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
69: ...harlemagne]] granted a charter to the Andorran people in return for their fighting the [[Moors]]. Over...
73: ... France|Henry IV]] of France, he issued an edict (1607) that established the head of the French state an...
115: ...d the Spanish [[peseta]], which have since been replaced by a single currency, the [[euro]]. Unlike ot... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية الع...
49: ...removed Saddam Hussein's Government from power, replacing it with an interim American-backed Provision...
56: ...ged [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] announced plans to turn over sovereignty to an [[Iraqi Interim...
58: On [[January 30]], [[2005]], the Iraqi people voted in an election conducted by their transiti...
60: ...titution, which will be presented to the Iraqi people for their approval in a national referendum in O... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة ال...
85: ...Arafat]]'s [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO). In the early [[1970s]], difficulties arose ove...
91: ...(under the command of [[Elie Hobeika]]). Israeli plans for Lebanon suffered a severe setback on [[14 ...
93: ...n resulted in the evacuation of Syrian troops and PLO fighters from [[Beirut]].
97: ...ccessor to President [[Amine Gemayel]] (who had replaced his slain brother Bachir in [[1982]]), whose ... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''جمهورية جيب...
104: ...nts and to finance development projects. An [[unemployment]] rate of 40% to 50% continues to be a majo...
111: ...in groups, the [[Issa]], or [[Somalia|Somali]] people, who make up about 60%, and the [[Afar]], about ...
113: Almost all of the people of Djibouti are [[Muslim]], only a small percent... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: native_name = جمهورية الس...
72: ...e services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and weak economies of the sout...
76: ...killing and attacking non-muslims. Over 10,000 people are killed a month.
83: ...7, the structure of regional administration was replaced by the creation of 26 states. The executives,...
85: ...randum of understanding with the [[SPLA]]. He was placed in a maximum-security prison and remains in c... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [oft...
3: ...idion]] or capstone of the Black Byramid is on display in the main hall of the [[Egyptian Museum]] in ... - Maine (17312 bytes)
36: ...r possibility for the name 'Maine' is that the people living on islands along the coast of Maine used ...
38: Originally settled in [[1607]] by the [[Plymouth Company]], the coastal areas of western Mai...
72: ... political organization into local units. For example, the [[Northwest Aroostook, Maine]] "territory" ...
90: ...ry products, cattle, blueberries, apples, and [[maple sugar]]. [[Aroostook County, Maine|Aroostook Cou...
92: Maine ports play a key role in national transportation. Around 1... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
44: Among [[Native American]] people living in what now is Virginia were the [[Powhat...
46: ...ement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on ...
59: ...uld vote in the colony. Each county chose two people or burgesses to represent it, while the [[Colleg...
98: ...nia]]'), a part of the [[Delmarva Peninsula]], completely separate (an [[exclave]]) from the rest of t...
105: * Appalachian Plateau - West of the Appalachian Mountains - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
7: The city consciously attempts to preserve and display a regional architectural style. By a law passed...
16: {{Template:US City infobox|
24: founded = [[1607]] |
43:
45: ... the years 1680-1692, when the native [[Pueblo people]] drove the Spaniards south for a while, Santa F... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
3: == People named Q ==
42: ...linus the Elder|Quellinus, Erasmus, the Elder]], (1607-1678), painter
71: ...nn, Niall]], (born 1966), Irish football (soccer) player
88: *[[Quo Tai-chi]], (1889-1952), diplomat representing [[Republic of China|Nationalist ... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ... be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often described as "dirty snowballs...
15: ...the light that falls on it. It is thought that complex [[organic compound]]s are the dark surface mate...
21: ... star [[Nemesis (star)|Nemesis]]; or an unknown [[Planet X]].
23: ...being more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
25: ...it it turns out to be an old "lost" comet. An example is Comet [[11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR]], which was ... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...ervable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events...
5: ...ics]], and [[atmospheric chemistry]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric sciences]].
10: ...|halo]] around the moon, without bothering with explanations.
12: ...[[Robert Hooke]], while [[Horace de Saussure]] completed this list of the most important meteorologica...
16: The first overall correct explanation of [[atmospheric circulation|global circul... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-)
959: *[[Jan Bogumil Plersch]] ([[1732]]-[[1817]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...n Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of th...
7: ...astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
14: ...on falling bodies (actually rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Set...
18: ...lescope is inaccurate, he was one of the first people to use the telescope to observe the [[sky]]. Bas...
20: ... of the [[natural satellite|moons]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Galileo published a full descript... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...n called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world throu...
21: ...im to devote himself to a life of learning. His application failed, and for the next two years he work...
25: ...e (he objected to the time span) offended many people; he was accused of seeking popularity, and was f...
29: ... a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
35: ... to sit in parliament -- and to the various royal plans which Bacon had supported. His obvious influen... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
9: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Popham Colony]] in [[Maine]]
12: *[[1609]]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
22: ... ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]''. They found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]]; ...
65: ...]]-[[Glorious Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Mary]]; Dominion of Ne...
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