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- Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: '''Veronica Franco''' ([[1546]]-[[1591]]) was a [[poet]] ...
3: ...to the profession of courtesan and quickly rose through the ranks to consort with some of the leading ...
5: ...ze rime'' and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of le...
7: ...ure, though surviving records suggest reasonable prosperity.
9: ...onica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty". - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...nd the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theolog...
8: ...f Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chur...
11: ...Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the catt...
15: ...among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Probably also during this period Joseph died, for he ... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...te, '''Eve''' (or '''Hawa''') was either created from his [[rib]] (Genesis 2.21-22), or created at the...
6: ...wwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic—...
15: ...ivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of the knowledge of good an...
17: ...he eyes of them both were opened" and they made aprons of [[fig]] leaves to cover themselves.
20: ...[Jesus]] was born, the flaming sword was removed from the Garden of Eden, making it possible for [[hum... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...an Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...ost populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (3...
4: ...y, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...airo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
7: ...age:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highlighted... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
1: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
2: ...1585;يّة مصرالعربيّة...
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25: | [[Cairo]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], ... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: النيل ''an-nīl''), in...
8: ...tos'' (Αιγυπτος), which itself is the source of the nam...
12: ...artly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[Su...
14: ...approximately 5584 km (3470 miles). It drains approximately 2.8 million to 3.4 million km² (1.1 ...
20: ... from equatorial East Africa, and the Blue Nile, from Ethiopia. Both branches formed on the western f... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...opus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ... of antiquity. However, upon the founding of [[Cairo]] by Egypt's mediæval Islamic rulers its st...
13: ...ding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue).
14: * The Roman era from [[80 BC]] until the arrival of the Arabs in [[64...
15: * The Arab city from [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrived (ye... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: The '''United Arab Emirates''' is an [[petroleum|oil]]-rich [[Middle Eastern]] country situate...
7: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
8: ...1604;عربيّة المتّحدة...
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21: | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationUnitedArabEmirate... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...is derived from the name of the city of Algiers; from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''al-jaz...
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
3: ...1605;قراطية الشعبية'''<br>...
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23: ...lgiers]] الجزائر<br><small>(El Djazaﲬ Al-Jazੲ)<... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
3: ...1617;يّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al Mamlak...
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17: | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationJordan.png]]
48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br> - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...ader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from power. Although, the legality of the invasion h...
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
3: ...1585;ية العراقية'''<br>'''(Al-Jumhuriyah Al-...
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6: ...r="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="background:#efefef;" - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ...with the [[South China Sea]], it is completely surrounded by [[East Malaysia]].
4: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
5: ...#1583;ارالسلام<br>Negara Brunei Darussalam'''</big></big...
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50: | 673 ''('''080''' from Malaysia)'' - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
3: ...="0" width="300" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
4: ...1617;ة اللبنانيّة<br>(Al Jumhuriyah al...
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17: | align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLebanon.png]]
66: ...ord "Lebanon" (also "Loubnan" or "Lebnan") comes from the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] word ''laban'' ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...a]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of...
6: ...1583;ولة اسرائيل<br>("Dawlat Israil") |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by th...
58: === Historical roots === - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...#1575;فغانستان) is a country in [[Central Asia]] and is ...
4: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
5: ...#1575;فغانستان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<...
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36: | From [[United Kingdom|the British]]<br>[[1919]] - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...s the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in common usage) is the largest country in [[...
8: ...1610;ة السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[Janu...
60: ...ced into Sudan in the third or fourth centuries, around AD [[640]], [[Islam]] came to Sudan. A merchan...
62: ...igious leader [[Muhammad ibn Abdalla]], the self-proclaimed [[Mahdi]] ([[Messiah]]), attempted to unif... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
7: ...cing=0 width=250 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
8: ...1575;ن مليسيا'''</big></big>
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22: | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationMalaysia.png]]
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[19... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
4: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al...
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10: | align="center" width="140px" rowspan="2" | [[Image:KUW-coat.gif]]
17: | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationKuwait.png]] - Angola (15614 bytes)
1: ...st along the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The [[exclave]] province [[Cabinda]] has a border with [[Republic of ...
11: ... = Virtus Unita Fortior ([[Latin]]: Unity Provides Strength) |
38: established_events = From [[Portugal]] |
42: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |
48: ...polated from the latest International Comparison Programme benchmark estimates. - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
17: [[Image:giraffee5.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Rothschild's Giraffe]]
21: ...golensis'') — large spots and some notches around the edges, extending down the entire lower leg...
23: ...haped spots of dark chocolate on a yellowish background. Range: central and southern Kenya, Tanzania.
24: ...ided spots of chestnut brown on an off-white background and no spots on inner sides of the legs or bel...
25: ...ndan Giraffe (''G.c. rothschildi'') — deep brown, blotched or rectangular spots with poorly defi...
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