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- Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
14: ...d in [[Paris]] two months before the wedding took place.
25: ...t of French monarchs|King of France]] ([[1553]]-[[1610]]) - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the generation...
10: ...e i Vecchioni]] (''"Susanna and the Elders"'') ([[1610]]), located in the [[Sch?rn collection]] in [[Pom...
14: ..., had committed incest with his sister-in-law and planned to steal some of Orazio?s paintings. During ...
16: ...12]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, an...
18: ...tist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to [[Florence]], where Artemisia received ... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...nguage|Arabic]]: '''Maryem''', '''مريم''') is the mother of [[Jesus]] and the [[...
13: ...t as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...e, where he was found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Probably also during this perio...
17: ...ster Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other women (John 19:26). Mary cr...
19: Of the roughly 100 people in the Upper Room after the Ascension on the day... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...#1589;رالعربيّة<br>Ǧumhuriyat Miṣr al-&...
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... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: ...[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one o...
12: ...e lengths of rivers vary over time (especially in plains, where rivers often change course), and, seco...
30: ...ummer, when the great rains fall on the Ethiopian Plateau; the rest of the year the great rivers drain...
42: ...nean Sea]]; a side channel, the [[Bahr Yussef]], splits from the main channel downriver from the city ...
50: ...James Augustus Grant]] in 1860-1863 for further explorations around Lake Victoria and traced the Nile ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...#1604;إسكندرية''', [[transliteration|transliterated]] ''...
19: ...ocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for E...
34: ...ose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefect from the imperial household...
36: ...ne of the chief reasons which induced Augustus to place it directly under [[Roman Empire|imperial powe...
40: ...century]] AD, it declined fast in population and splendour. - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...1575;ت العربيّة المتّ...
71: ...moderate foreign policy stance have allowed it to play a vital role in the affairs of the region. In r...
88: ...nd [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is a flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert...
99: ...sent information on the UAE, its cities or its people in bad light. Censorship of Internet sites perta... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: '''The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria''', or ''...
3: ...1610;ة الشعبية'''<br>'''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jaz&#...
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: ...1577; الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Ha...
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... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: ...1577; العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-Iraqiyah)'''</...
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... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ... coastline with the [[South China Sea]], it is completely surrounded by [[East Malaysia]].
5: |+<big><big>'''برني دارالسل...
84: ...e include upgrading the labor force, reducing unemployment, strengthening the banking and tourist sect...
89: ...thirds of the Brunei population are of [[Malay people|Malay]] origin. The most important minority ethn... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...#1575;للبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah)''...
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)
2: ...' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧībūtī) is a country in e...
4: ...1610;ة جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>Ré°µblique de Djibouti''...
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... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...and it is a [[Jewish state]]. Israel was the birthplace of [[Judaism]] in the [[17th century BCE]] and...
6: ...1604;ة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
60: ... Israel is not limited to Judaism, it is also the place where [[Christianity]] was born, and contains ...
73: ...bsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Shoah]], or [[the Holocaust|Holocaust]]...
78: ...ted, but the [[White Paper of 1939]] policy was implemented well into the end of [[WW2]], and enforced... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...istan]] and [[Tajikistan]] in the north, and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost p...
5: ...1575;ن اسلامي دولت'''<br>'''د...
68: ...were murdered in 1978 when the [[communist]] [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] launched a c...
72: ...his fighting occurred in [[1994]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul ...
74: ...]] and agreed on a [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|plan]] for the formulation of a new government struc... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ... = جمهورية السودا...
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... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
8: ...1608;ان مليسيا'''</big></big>
84: ...nd civil war, British [[gunboat diplomacy]] was employed to bring about a peaceful resolution that fav...
88: ...mergency|communist insurgency]]. Post-war British plans to form a "Malayan Union" were scuppered by st...
111: ... [[lower house]] (''Dewan Rakyat'', literally "People's Hall"). All 69 Senators sit for 6-year terms; ...
120: ...ines and two-year prison terms, while Malaysian employers face up to a year in jail and a fine of up t... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: ...1608;لة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></big>
68: ...]]. By the [[18th century]], most of the local people made a living selling [[pearl]]s. However, as [[...
70: ... had waged through [[slant drilling]] into oil supplies that were in disputed territories. The monarc...
80: ...l require conservative dress and separate polling places. The decision could raise Kuwait's voter rol...
122: ...P of $17,420. The labor force totals 1,073,115 people, only about one-quarter of whom are Kuwaiti citi... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
12: ...]] word ''mūmiyyah'' (مومية), which means "[[bitumen]]". (Because of ...
16: ...ed individual was placed at his/her final resting place through a set of [[Egyptian burial rituals and...
18: ...ough it is not a 'true' mummy. The body is on display in the [[British Museum]] and has been given th...
31: ...into tombs. The incision was covered with a metal plate bearing the [[Eye of Horus]] (wedjat) which sy...
37: ...er protect the deceased, magical [[amulet]]s were placed on specific parts of the body between the lay... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...ral influences. For a variety of reasons, some people in other parts of the U.S. sometimes mistake it ...
44: ...est inhabitants of the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [...
46: ...]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-stan...
52: ...s. Peralta built the [[Palace of Governors]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to prosper, some mi...
64: ...ving as a teamster, cook, guide, and hunter for exploring parties until [[1840]].
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