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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...s an extensive '''traveller''' or [[exploration|explorer]], whose account documents his travels and si...
6: ...tional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the worl...
8: ... – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In places the things he claims he saw or did are probab...
13: ...nd, and followed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite closely until he reached [[Cairo]]...
15: ...bron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – and the Mameluke authorities put special... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...eviously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]],...
3: The Age of Exploration was rooted in new technologies and ideas g...
5: ==Exploration by land==
6: ...ccurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ... between Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city ... - North Africa (3562 bytes)
16: The [[Maghreb]] (also called [[Northwest Africa]] or [[Tamazgha...
18: ...ons of the [[Middle East]], not being part of the Maghreb. In addition, the [[Sinai Peninsula]] of Egypt is...
20: ==People==
22: ... from very fair to quite dark. The majority of people in North Africa are ultimately of Berber descent...
26: Though North African culture as well as its people have both Berber and Arab roots, most North Afri... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: '''The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria''', or ''...
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 ''...
72: ... first multiparty elections. More than 100,000 people were killed, often in unprovoked massacres of ci... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...d on [[irrigation]], it is the quintessential example of a [[hydraulic empire]].
14: ...ral lake of the Fayyum as a reservoir to store surpluses of water for use during the dry seasons. From...
16: ...rica/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] and complex [[Timeline of mathematics|mathematical formular...
61: ...e]] have been dated to about [[3000 BC]]. Most people refer to [[Egyptian hieroglyph]]s when they spea...
78: ...ng|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples using [[stone tool]]s (see [[10th millennium BC... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...in the world, being spoken by about 77 million people (called [[Francophones]]) as a [[mother tongue]]...
25: ...bited largely by a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] people that the Romans referred to as [[Gaul|Gauls]], a...
27: ...in Latin were imported into Latin — for example, clothing items such as ''les braies''. Latin q...
46: ...enturies, [[Celtic languages|Celtic]]-speaking peoples from southwestern Britain ([[Wales]], [[Cornwal...
54: The [[Arab]] peoples also supplied many words to French around this time period, ... - Coast (8529 bytes)
5: ...or its saltwater tributaries. A pelagic coast simply refers to a coast which fronts the open ocean, a...
7: ...rt of a coast may be seen to have environmental implications which would prevent development or attach...
11: ...t marshes and beaches also support a diversity of plants, animals, and insects crucial to the [[food c...
21: ...escribe a geographic location or region. For example, the "Pacific Coast" of North America or the "At...
40: ...Playa_del_carmen.jpg|thumb|250px|Coast of Mexico, Playa del Carmen. Photo provided by [http://classroo... - Middle East (6318 bytes)
11: ...ssesses huge stocks of [[crude oil]], is the birthplace and spiritual centre of [[Judaism]], [[Christi...
17: The countries of the [[Maghreb]] ([[Algeria]], [[Libya]], [[Morocco]], and [[Tun...
23: ... ''Middle East'', which is not used by these disciplines (see [[Ancient Near East]]). So in shorter wo...
27: ...r:Moyen-Orient]], and [[:de:Naher Osten]] for examples.
31: ..., which is used in some contexts, but excludes peoples such as Israelis, Iranians and Kurds who are no...
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