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- Politics of Iran (8863 bytes)
1: ...hi'a Islam]] of the Twelver ([[Jaafari]]) sect is Iran's official religion.
4: ...h Iran, [[Switzerland]] handles U.S. interests in Iran.
6: ...re claims that Iran still remains a sponsor of terrorism.
8: ...dayeen]], and the [[Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran|Kurdish Democratic Party]].
10: ...electorate voted, following appeals by reformist groups.
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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...[[Persian Gulf]] to the immediate south, the [[Zagros Mountains]] and the [[Caucasus]] mountains to th...
6: ... and the metropol [[Ctesiphon]], the capital of [[Iran|Persia]], was situated in Mesopotamia.
8: These civilizations arose from earlier settlements and cultures which were amon...
19: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
50: [http://classroomclipart.com/clipart/History/Ancient_Civilization... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ...km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur ...
4: ..., the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from far and near.]]
6: ...n beyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...of Persian kings, either that their remains were brought "to the Persians," or that they died there.
12: ... one of those whose bodies are said to have been brought "to the Persians." - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...m]]ic scholar and [[Jurisprudence|jurisprudent]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]]...
6: At the instigation of the Sultan of Morocco, [[Abu Inan Faris]], several years after his r...
8: ...In places the things he claims he saw or did are probably fanciful, but in many others there is no way...
11: ...time between 1304 and [[1307]], at the age of (approximately) twenty Ibn Battuta went on a ''[[hajj]]'...
13: ... Sea port of [[Aydhad|'Aydhad]]. However, upon approaching that city he was forced to turn back due to... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
4: ...playing off [[Iran|Persia]] to the east against [[Rome]] to the west, she hoped to dominate them both.
6: ...elf Queen of Egypt. She claimed to be descended from [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] and [[Mark Antony]] (...
8: ...orians (ancient and modern) believe she married a Roman senator and that they had children, so the lin...
11: * [http://www.roman-emperors.org/zenobia.htm DIR entry on Vaballthus and Zen... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
37: ...ts]] on September 15, [[1963]]. Rice states that growing up during [[racial segregation|segregation]] ...
41: ...xperience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ric...
43: ... she received her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from the Graduate School of International Studies at ... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...[[Artaxerxes II of Persia|Artaxerxes II]]), and heroine of the Biblical [[Book of Esther]] which is na...
5: ...n originally named Hadassah. When she entered the royal [[Harem (household)|harem]] she received the n...
9: ...mmon origin with [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] words for ''star''.
14: ...y the interposition of Esther this terrible catastrophe was averted. Haman was hanged on the [[gallows...
16: ...h and peace in their captivity, is also manifest from the Scripture account. - Hyacinth (flower) (2431 bytes)
17: ...amed after the [[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinth]] from [[Greek mythology]].
19: ...he less hardy and smaller blue- or white-petalled Roman hyacinth (var. ''albulus'') of florists.
31: Several types of [[brodiea]], [[deathcamas]], [[squill]], and other plan... - Rose (15436 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen| name = Rose}}
2: ...a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Rosaceae]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Rosoideae]]}} - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: .... [[Costume jewelry|Costume jewellery]] is made from less valuable materials. However, jewellery can ...
5: ...as [[anglicise]]d from the Old French "jouel" in around the [[13th century]]. Further tracing leads b...
14: This is a jewellery [[timeline]] from the first uses of [[metal]] in [[history]] to th...
16: ...opper]] in [[Anatolia]], [[Iran]] and [[Eastern Europe]].
18: ...- [[Smelting]] technology for copper in Egypt and Iran. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...mbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ... woven in strips. In the real estate and home improvement industries a distinction is made between ca...
10: ...lain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[...
12: ... pulling strips of cloth such as wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. ...
14: ...s alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angl... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...ith a plectrum, but it is considered rather [[heterodox]] to do so.
24: ...ong-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including the [[Iran|Persia]]n [[sitar]], the [[Uzbek]] and [[Uyghur]]...
26: ...se with the modern saz, which allows for the [[microtonal]] playing distinctive to Turkish and Central...
28: ...ent for centuries, particularly with the ''[[skomorokh]]s'', sort of free-lance musical [[jester]]s wh...
30: ...laika was banned because of its use by the ''skomorokhi'', who were generally highly irritating to bot... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
3: ...eigned over most of the [[Indian subcontinent]], from present day [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]] and as...
5: ...ch a vast territory under his empire, which in retrospect exceeds the boundaries of the present-day re...
7: ... world there have been thousands of kings and emperors who called themselves 'Their Highnesses', 'Thei...
10: Ashoka was the son of the [[Maurya|Mauryan]] emperor [[Bindusara]] by a relatively lower ranked Queen...
14: ..., but this time the uprising was crushed with an iron hand.) - Egypt (18830 bytes)
1: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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25: | [[Cairo]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], ...
45: | '''[[Time zone]]'''<br/> - in [[European Summer Time|summer]] - 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... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...efined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from Eurasia. [[geology|Geologically]] and [[geograph...
6: ...idges of the [[Caucasus]] (according to others, through the [[Kuma-Manych Depression]]), the [[Caspian...
12: ...) is the land of the rising sun where the west (Europe) is the land of the setting sun.
14: ... alternative explanation is that the word Asia is rooted in a [[Greek language|Greek]] term given orig...
24: ...ils about the borderline cases between Asia and Europe, Asia and Africa and Asia and Oceania. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: You can also browse countries [[List of countries|alphabetically]]...
12: *[[Botswana]] - [[Gaborone]]
15: *[[Cameroon]] (also spelled Cameroun) - [[Yaound靝
19: *[[Comoros]] - [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]]
22: *[[C?d'Ivoire]] (Ivory Coast) - [[Yamoussoukro]] - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ...evelopment, education, housing development, jobs programs, and economic reform over the year of [[2005...
4: ...al patterns of economic activity. Gross domestic product has fallen substantially since the [[1980s]] ...
6: ....5 billion, after adding proceeds from [[opium]] products.
9: ...ss than 6% currently is cultivated. Agricultural production is constrained by an almost total dependen...
11: ...s did the disruption to transportation resulting from ongoing conflict. - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
38: <tr><td>[[Belgrade]] <td>[[Serbia and Montenegro]]
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]]
56: <tr><td>[[Cairo]] <td>[[Egypt]]
82: <tr><td>[[Gaborone]] <td>[[Botswana]]
106: <tr><td>[[Koror]] <td>[[Palau]] - 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...
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21: | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationUnitedArabEmirate...
61: ...n Gulf]] coast granted the [[United Kingdom]] control of their defense and foreign affairs in nineteen...
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