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- Mari, Syria (5848 bytes)
2: '''Mari''' was an ancient city in [[Syria]] situated at the modern locality of '''Tell Hari...
6: ... in Paris. Discoveries came quickly, with the temple of Ishtar being discovered in the next month. M...
12: ...a BCE. The inhabitants of Mari were a Semitic people, thought to be part of the same Eblaite and Akka...
16: ... materials such as timber and stone from northern Syria, and these materials had to go through Mari to ge...
24: ... ancient Near East and provided more than 500 new place names, enough to redraw or even draw up the ge...
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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...Hieroglyphic Luwian has been attested in areas of Syria and Palestine as late as the 7th century B.C.
5: ... distinct sets of velar consonants: palatovelars, plain velars, and labiovelars (Melchert 1987). - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...a]]. More commonly, the term includes these river plains in totality as well as the surrounding lowlan...
5: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}}
6: ...ssyria|Assyrians]] and the [[Persian Empire]]. Peoples who threatened or invaded these lands include t...
34: ** [[Mari, Syria|Mari]]
46: *[[Syria]], [[History of Syria]] - 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... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
4: ...Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the...
8: ... the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural dis...
11:
23: ...istory burns nearly 16,000 acres and kills two people.
40: ...rain after the country tested missiles in various places. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]. Many people also regard her as the earliest known [[queen re...
10: ...mose]]. Hatshepsut was favored by the [[Karnak|Temple of Karnak]] over her two brothers who did not li...
17: :''Here ye, all persons! Ye people as many as ye are! I have done things'' :''accor...
20: ...of Egypt. Historians who believe in traditional explanation of Hatshepsut believe her motivation for w...
22: ...n in [[Nubia]] and in modern-day [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] early in her career. - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
6: ...ncient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named pred...
19: ...ladelphus]] was crowned ruler of [[Phoenicia]], [[Syria]], and [[Cilicia]]. Cleopatra also took the title...
21: ...of the lavish dinners she shared with Antony, she playfully bet him that she could spend ten million [...
35: *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/13*.html Cleopatra... - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
1: ...of [[plant]]s named after Zenobia, see [[Zenobia (plant)]]''
4: ...a (Roman province)|Syria]] and [[Asia Minor]]. By playing off [[Iran|Persia]] to the east against [[Ro... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
11: ...f fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter...
13: ...ternal grandfather of [[Henry II of England|Henry Plantagent]] (Fulk's son of previous marriage, [[Geo...
25: Melisende's victory was complete. Again she is seen in the historical record gr...
29: ... the Holy Sepulchre, our Lady of Josaphat, the Templum Domini, the order of the Hospital, the leper ho...
37: ...dessa. Damascus and Jerusalem were on very good diplomatic terms and held a peace treaty between them.... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...f Jerusalem|Queen Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in...
13: All these plans were wrecked however, when on [[Easter]], [[11...
17: ...Baldwin of Ibelin was himself still in Constantinople. With pressure mounting to have to have the [[He...
19: ...s harrassment of trade caravans between Egypt and Syria. Raynald of Chatillon threatened the accord betwe...
21: ...ernment. Agnes advanced the compromise that would place Baldwin V above Sibylla in the order of succes... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
10: ...ort time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
16: ...]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The couple and her sister Sheyna emigrated to Palestine in ...
20: ...nity. Her duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the...
28: ...pendence]], I couldn't imagine these were real people doing something real. And there I was sitting do...
30: ...el was attacked by joint forces from [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Transjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. Sh... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...e'''. She became celebrated especially for her exploits in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and...
7: ...zy Giżycki]] {[[1899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ... into Poland. Arriving in [[Warsaw]], she vainly pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Pola...
15: ... to charm transit visas through French-mandated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[cons...
26: ...ents that would lead to some of her most famous exploits. - Lavender (3889 bytes)
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14: ..., and [[India]]. Because the cultivated forms are planted in gardens world-wide, they are occasionally... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ...ed [[ceramics]], where the glaze and body fuse completely, are generally referred to as "products of c...
19: ...ic motor. Oftentimes a disk of plastic, wood, or plaster is affixed to the wheel head and the ball of...
21: ...illed potter can produce many virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its natu...
25: ... mature at a variety of temperatures. Once the [[plaster]] has absorbed most of the liquid from the o...
32: ... it is centered on the wheel. Although, in principle, any clays can be combined, differing rates of d... - 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]]]] - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
7: ...e seven "body-guards" attached to his person. He played a principal part in the later campaigns of Al...
9: ...] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] ''([[Coele-Syria]]).'' His first occupation of Palestine was in [[...
13: ...is in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis]]. The complete loss of Cyprus followed.
17: ..., was finally subjugated about [[300 BC|300]] and placed under his stepson [[Magas of Cyrene|Magas]].
19: ...portance to events. Although lost, it was a principle source for the surviving account by [[Arrian]] o... - 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: ...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...
75: ...Crisis]]. Between [[1958]] and [[1961]] Egypt and Syria formed a union known as the [[United Arab Republi... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...ng|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples using [[stone tool]]s (see [[10th millennium BC...
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. - New Kingdom (2574 bytes)
5: ...ites|Hittite]] armies for control of modern-day [[Syria]].
9: ... Kings]] has proven to be the largest funerary complex in Egypt. Still greater military ability, if l... - 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.
32: *'''Asia''' (from north to south): [[Turkey]], [[Syria]], the island state of [[Cyprus]], [[Lebanon]], [...
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