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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
7: ...st familiar portrait (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
23: ... the Hurons and then among the French. By mid-February, Cartier states that "out of 110 that we were,...
25: ...his remedy probably saved the expedition from destruction and by the end of the winter, 85 Frenchmen w...
27: ...Saguenay]], that was said to be full of [[gold]], rubies and other treasures. After a arduous trip do...
43: ...muel de Champlain|Samuel de Champlain]] in [[1608|1608]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailov...
28: ...viet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Hungary]] to crush the [[Hungarian Revolution, 1956|Hungarian revo...
49: ...74]] - [[Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak]], [[Russia|Russian]] military commander (d. [[1920]])
89: *[[1968]] - [[Michel Kikoine]], Belarusian painter (b. [[1892]])
111: [[ar:4 نوفمبر]] - Kom Ombo (811 bytes)
1: ...''' (كوم أمبو) is an agricultural town in [[Egypt]] famous for... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
6: ...#7716;awwāh in Tiberian Hebrew, and حواء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic...
15: ...Garden of Eden to cultivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of th...
17: ... tradition made into Satan) to eat the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, for "the ser...
20: ...l life. At the east of the garden God placed [[Cherubim]] and a flaming sword, which turned every way....
36: ... of a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in the throat of Adam. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...7th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...inction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixe...
5: ...[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
12: ...s of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ...upplementary weft cut-loop pile''' carpet), the structural weft threads alternate with a supplementary... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مصر...
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br />[[18 June]], [[1953]]
69: ...BC]] by King [[Menes]], and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The las...
71: ...uistically "Arab" nation once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained i...
82: ...is fourth term in office. He is the leader of the ruling [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الجز...
62: ...ts cause, the [[Shia]] [[Fatimid]]s overthrew the Rustamids, and conquered Egypt. They left Algeria a...
64: ...[[Khair ad Din|Khair ad-Din]] and his brother [[Aruj]], who established Algeria's modern boundaries i...
68: ...ndependence]]; after nearly a decade of urban and rural warfare, they succeeded in pushing the French ... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: ...<big><big>'''الجمهورية العر...
49: ...rocess. Saddam's absolute and particularly bloody rule lasted throughout the [[Iran-Iraq War]] ([[1980...
54: ...r terms. No non-Ba'ath candidates were allowed to run.
62: ... no longer require their support. However, these rules will be set aside once the Transitional Nation...
104: ...S$]]3 [[billion]] a year) and the costs of reconstruction resulted in a serious financial crisis which... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: ...<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة الل...
26: | [[Beirut]]
71: ...during the [[Middle Ages]] was involved in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire...
78: ...interspersed with prosperity built on [[Beirut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance an...
83: [[Beirut]], the capital of Lebanon, noted for its wide bo... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ... of Djibouti''' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧībūtī) is ...
4: ...1608;رية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa Jibuti<BR>Ré°µblique...
70: ...d, describing the poll as "ridiculous, rigged and rubbish". Present at the swearing in ceremony were s...
72: ...er from his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had ruled the country since its independence from France...
102: ...ers. Scanty rainfall limits crop production to [[fruits]] and [[vegetables]], and most food must be im... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة قطر<br>Dawlat Qa...
61: ... ensured future participation and dominion as the ruling family, a dynasty that continues to this day....
63: ...ee years, Qatar joined Bahrain and seven other [[Trucial States]] in a federation. Regional disputes ...
65: [[As of 2005]], Qatar is ruled by Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who seized...
80: ...an to the west, a range of low limestone outcrops running north-south from Zikrit through [[Umm Bab]] ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...stly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Druze]] [[Israeli Arab|Arab]]s. The territory Israel ...
6: ...#1488;ל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اسرائ...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] |
60: ...lation, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhba's revolt]] in [[135]], Emperor ... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
5: ...0; دولت'''<br>'''دولت اسلام...
64: The historical rulers of Afghanistan belonged to the Abdali tribe o...
66: Since [[1900]], eleven rulers were unseated through undemocratic means: [[1...
68: ...[[1933]] and 1973, when the country was under the rule of King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah|Zahir Shah]]. How...
72: ...e to a state of [[warlordism]]. The chaos and corruption involved in warlordism in turn spawned the r... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ...1608;رية السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
66: ...economic development while under British colonial rule was focused in the North. Dissatisfaction culmi...
68: ...of the north-south civil war and a degree of self-rule. This led to a ten-year [[hiatus]] in the civil...
74: ... rebels reported that they remained in control of rural areas and others reports indicated that widesp...
83: ...dan)|National Congress Party]]. After 1997, the structure of regional administration was replaced by t... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
5: ... by [[Indonesia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
8: ...ig>'''ڤرسكوتوان مليسي...
30: | '''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong|Paramount Ruler]]'''
76: ...nd [[Lembah Bujang]] in [[Kedah]], as well as [[Beruas]] and [[Gangga Negara]] in [[Perak]] and [[Pan ...
80: ...w. After the fall of [[Malacca]], three nations struggled for the control of the [[Malacca Strait]]: t... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: ...1583;ولة الكويت<br>(Dawlat al Kuwayt)'''</big></bi...
66: ...other Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf where the rulers seized and maintained authority by force.
72: ...d US $5,000,000,000. Certain buildings and infrastructural facilities (including Kuwait International ...
81: ''See also:'' [[al-Sabah|al-Sabah Ruling Family]]
106: *[[Qaruh Island]] - Mummy (16225 bytes)
8: ...l conditions date from the [[Inca]] period in [[Peru]].
12: ...anguage|Arabic]] word ''mūmiyyah'' (مومية), which means "[[bitumen]]"...
16: ...osition. After a while, though, they started constructing wooden tombs, and the extensive process of m...
18: ...34th century BC|3300 BC]], although it is not a 'true' mummy. The body is on display in the [[British...
31: ...covered with a metal plate bearing the [[Eye of Horus]] (wedjat) which symbolically healed it. - Aswan (1042 bytes)
6: '''Aswan''' (أسوان ''Aswān'') ({{coor dm|24|05|N... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [often incorrectly...
3: ...er of [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]], while the mostly ruined [[Black Pyramid]] dates from the much later r...
5: ...ion, while the Red Pyramid is the world's first "true", or smooth-sided pyramid. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
76: * [[132]]: Rudimentary [[Seismometer]]: [[Zhang Heng]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]]
117: * [[1608]]: [[Telescope]]: [[Hans Lippershey]]
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