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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...
15: ...bron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – and the Mameluke authorities put special...
17: ... days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim pilgrim, and ha... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
58: ...hat year, FRODEBU leader [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet the most extreme Hut...
70: ...est corner. The average elevation of the central plateau is 5,600 ft, with lower elevations at the bo...
89: ...rsons per km² is the second highest in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], behind only Rwanda. The Twa are thoug...
134: ...di.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Burundi''] directory category - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are n...
5: ...to the principles of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and pledged them not to seek a separate peace with the [...
20: ...nd the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] met to elaborate the plans at the [[Dumbarton Oaks|Dumbarton Oaks Estate]...
24: ...ot represented at the conference, but for which a place among the original signatories had been reserv...
28: ...left|thumb|UN offices occupy a portion of this complex in [[Vienna]]]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
60: ... km²). Large areas of land are part of the [[Sahara]] [[Desert]] and are sparsely inhabited.
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... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...sm]] and cultivation of [[cereal]]s in the East [[Sahara]] dates to the [[7th millennium BC]] (see [[7th m...
29: ...y lakes that resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there must have realized the benefit...
31: The descendants of these people may well have begun Egyptian civilization in the...
39: ...t Egyptians considered themselves to be '''The People of Two Lands''', these lands being Lower and Upp...
41: ...the central government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone. - Nile (13738 bytes)
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...
40: ...nd of the Nile in Sudan, looking north across the Sahara Desert towards Lake Nasser and Egypt. Photograph...
42: ...nean Sea]]; a side channel, the [[Bahr Yussef]], splits from the main channel downriver from the city ...
46: ...storalism|pastoral]] lands of Egypt to form the [[Sahara]] and the tribes naturally migrated to the river,... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...name ''Africa terra'' — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern...
23: ...ture, with [[Antarctica]] to the south, and the [[Sahara]] and [[Arabian peninsula]] at the top of the glo...
37: ...[[Prester John]], [[14th century]] [[European]] explorers arrived in Africa.
51: ...m each other. Those who lived in Saharan or [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] who had traded across the continent for...
53: ...hat had substantial European populations, for example [[Rhodesia]] and [[South Africa]], systems of se... - 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)
12: *[[Western Sahara]]
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...
30: ... have been continuously inhabited by Caucasoid peoples. [[Afro-Asiatic languages]] dominated the regio... - Sub-Saharan Africa (3920 bytes)
1: ...[[ecology]] of the region. However, if strictly applied, this term would exclude [[South Africa]], whi...
3: ...he [[Mediterranean]] and the [[Middle East]]. Sub-Saharan Africa, on the other hand, had sporadic contacts...
5: ..., such as [[Mauritius]] and [[South Africa]], sub-Saharan Africa is one of the poorest regions in the worl...
7: ... this classification scheme, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are:
64: * [http://travel.state.gov/tips_sub-saharanafica.html USA State department travel tips] - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
3: ...country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
63: *[[Western Sahara]] *DISPUTED* - [[La⹯une]]
68: ...a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
86: ...ng]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[Capital of Chi...
112: ...;td>[[Western Sahara]] (see [[Politics of Western Sahara]]) - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
57: ...e between North African [[Berber]]s and forest people. In the early 19th century, [[Usman dan Fodio]] ...
61: ...ned for the American continent. Commodity trade replaced slave trade in the 19th century.
67: ...urtala Mohammed a systematic and amphibous battle plan that comprised saturated air bombings and starv...
71: ...daunting 2007 election around the corner. Many people fear the return of Babangida for he is known as ...
76: ...a is a [[Federal Republic]], comprising 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory of [[Abuja]]. - Ghana (10910 bytes)
87: ...s for 40% of [[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]] and employs 60% of the work force, mainly small landholder...
123: ...overed by low bush, park-like savanna, and grassy plains.
145: ...in Kumasi, the cultural capital of the Ashanti people and the seat of the Asantehene's palace. Though ...
147: ...ummers, and it is not unusual to hear [[djembes]] played at social events or performances.
183: ...na.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Ghana''] directory category - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
63: ... missionaries. At the same time, the [[Oromo]] people began to migrate north into Ethiopian territorit...
67: ...e modernisation, when the [[Italian]]s began to replace the British influence. [[Assab]], a port near...
69: ...tually defeated in [[1991]] by the [[Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front]] (EPRDF), a co...
77: ...suring a landslide victory for the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front]] (EPRDF). Inte...
83: ...nt began a drive to move more than two million people away from the arid highlands of the east, propos... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...ew kilometers of its annexed territory, [[Western Sahara]], in the west. The name Algeria is derived from...
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... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: .... It is the home of five percent of the world's [[plant]] and [[animal]] species, 80 percent of them u...
68: ...y and "Malgasization" of the education system crippled the economy, leaving traces even today of a hig...
70: ...rong in [[Antananarivo]] and the surrounding high plateau.
72: ...ations and crippling general strikes, Ratsiraka replaced his prime minister in [[August]] [[1991]] but...
74: ...nstitutions, and set an 18-month timetable for completing a transition to a new form of constitutional... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
66: ... dispute, even while a tentative peace remains in place.
71: ...bly, is entirely populated by members of the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). This...
98: ...ivestock]] and 55,000 homes. The attack prevented planting of crops in Eritrea's most productive regio...
100: ...mental social problems like [[illiteracy]], [[unemployment]], and low skills, and to convert its diasp...
102: ...rea is at the brink of a [[famine]], with food supplies currently (February 2005) only lasting for one... - Mali (7755 bytes)
3: ...ers on the north stretch into the centre of the [[Sahara]] desert, while the country's south, where the ma...
17: ...t, une foi<br>([[French language|French]]: One people, one goal, one faith)''</small>
84: ...], [[salt]] and [[limestone]] being most widely exploited.
91: ...ent anticipates that Mali will become a major Sub-Saharan gold exporter in the next few years.
127: ...li.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Mali''] directory category - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
2: ...he nation was first ruled by French [[plantocracy|plantation]] interests, and, for three decades after...
112: ...fr.html Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: ''Central African Republic''] directory category
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