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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)
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: ...]]ns in [[341 BC]] who dug the predecessor of the Suez canal and connected the [[Red Sea]] to the [[Medi...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt became an important wo...
75: ...ized the [[Suez Canal]] leading to the [[1956]] [[Suez Crisis]]. Between [[1958]] and [[1961]] Egypt and... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
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.
42: ...temples by Theophilus|Destruction of the pagan temples by Theophilus]]. - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...''' is a part of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]]...
6: ...r trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region — [[Egyptian|Egyptians]], [...
11: ...e names throughout human history. It was, for example, commonly called ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' (Latin, ''...
13: ...iterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech.
17: ...as the Black Sea is generally not. The man-made [[Suez Canal]] in the south-east connects the Mediterran... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...name ''Africa terra'' — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern...
18: ...e Meridian]] and made the [[Suez Canal|isthmus of Suez]] and the [[Red Sea]] the boundary between [[Asia...
26: ...Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez, 130 km (80 miles) wide. From the most northerly ...
37: ...[[Prester John]], [[14th century]] [[European]] explorers arrived in Africa.
51: ...side by side with no buffer between them. For example, the [[Congo River]], although it appears to be ... - Africa-Eurasia (1157 bytes)
2: ...[Eurasia]] by drawing a line somewhere near the [[Suez Canal]]. Historians may subdivide it into Eurasi... - Asia (16910 bytes)
6: ...sia and Africa is the [[isthmus]] of [[Suez Canal|Suez]]. The boundary between Asia and Europe runs via ...
14: ...eek language|Greek]] term given originally to the plains of [[Ephesus]] in [[Anatolia]], and later to ...
83: * The [[Iranian Plateau]], containing [[Iran]] and parts of other na...
118: |[[Unemployment]]
158: ...veloping Asia to take avantage of its abundant supply of cheap labor. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...and it is a [[Jewish state]]. Israel was the birthplace of [[Judaism]] in the [[17th century BCE]] and...
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...
83: ...bly, the Palestinian Arab leadership rejected the plan to create the as-yet-unnamed Jewish state and l... - 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...
36: * [[1900 BC|1860 BCE]] - possible [[Suez Canal|Nile-Red Sea Canal]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of ...
61: ...e]] have been dated to about [[3000 BC]]. Most people refer to [[Egyptian hieroglyph]]s when they spea... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
10: ...nstruction of the first dam in 1899 and it was completed in 1902. A gravity dam, it was 1,900 m long a...
13: ...e the project alone and use the revenues of the [[Suez Canal]] to help pay for construction. But in the ...
15: ...th the works (such as the [[Principe P�Debod temple]] in Madrid).
18: ...of lower [[Nubia]] and over 90,000 people were displaced. With hydroelectric output of 2.1 gigawatts, ...
25: ...[[schistosomiasis]] (bilharzia), due to the thick plant life that has grown up in Lake Nasser, which h... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
7: ...ast missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the international railway c...
11: ... separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as...
13: ...without arousing the hostility of more settled peoples.
16: ...dence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[explorers]] may have originally cleared and protected ...
23: ... in Lebanon stone vessels. Other scenes in his temple depict [[Syria]]n bears. The [[Palermo Stone]] a... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ... large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties, the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[Roma...
4: ...selves (see [[#Diplomatic and political origins|Diplomatic and political origins]] below).
8: ... a general war. Scholars have also cited German diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of ...
13: ==Diplomatic and political origins==
16: ...he war's real origins lie further back, in the complex web of alliances and counterbalances that devel... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...umb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 mi...
8: Approximately 57 million people [[List of World War II casualties by country|die...
10: ..., and China came to split into the Communist [[People's Republic of China]] and the Nationalist [[Repu...
18: ...s powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies.
24: ...ests in seeing a particular side prevail. For example, neutral [[Switzerland]] was generally considere... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
13: ... force to push the other out. This tacit accord applied to Asia as well, as evinced by U.S. occupation...
15: ...icting models of autarky versus exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for th...
17: ...he excitement with which he had greeted the principles of Wilsonian idealism during [[World War I]], a...
24: ... soon became doctrine, following the advice of people like State Department officer [[George F. Kennan...
26: ... humiliate the Soviets internationally: flying supplies in over the blockade during [[1948]]-[[1949]].... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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54: ...ivisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]].
56: ...ble exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a major role in de Gaulle's career.
63: ... were in favor of continuing the war. He took the plane back to [[Bordeaux]] (provisory seat of the Fr... - Ocean (6829 bytes)
12: ... that were formed by the collision of [[Cimmerian plate|Cimmeria]] with [[Laurasia]]. The [[Mediterran...
20: ==Exploration==
28: Much of the bottom of the world's oceans is unexplored and unmapped. A global image of many underwa...
42: *[[plankton]]
47: ...[Saint Lawrence Seaway]], [[Panama Canal]], and [[Suez Canal]]. - Canal (2513 bytes)
4: ...ance, opened up a connection to the fertile Great Plains.
6: ...village of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that ...
9: ...o use the picturesque early industrial canals for pleasure boats has spurred rehabilitation of stretch...
20: * [[Suez Canal]] - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Denison, Texas]]
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
30: ...[1922]] at [[Camp Meade]], [[Maryland]] and other places. He was promoted to Captain in [[1917]] and M...
38: ...w]], and then succeeded Gerow as Chief of the War Plans Division. Then he was appointed Assistant Chie...
45: ...ration Dragoon|invasion of southern France]] took place, control for the forces which took part in the... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
6: place_of_birth = [[Braunau am Inn]], [[Austria-Hunga...
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
13: ...he systematic extermination of over 11 million people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]]...
20: ...on more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
22: ...ng a Hitler, but a Schicklgruber. This was also exploited in Allied propaganda during the Second World... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognis...
8: ...eir governor. Buccaneers were also occasionally employed as privateers.
10: ...were known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'...
12: ...f Malacca]]. Originally a culture of seafaring people, their name became synonymous with piracy in the...
40: ...l freedom of the high seas, and violate the principle ''extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paret...
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