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- Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
18: ...h's household before [[Anne Boleyn]]'s death. [[Matthew Parker]], her mother's favourite priest, took ...
27: ...cism|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be R...
33: ...e. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accept...
35: ... Burghley|Sir William Cecil]] for advice on the matter. The [[Act of Uniformity 1559]] required the us...
41: ...s all of the estates and incomes Elizabeth inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers u... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
5: ...7695;ām in [[Tiberian Hebrew]], and آدم (ʾĀdam) in [[Arabic language|Ar...
22: ...ong they were in [[Garden of Eden|Paradise]] is matter of literalist conjecture; traditional Jewish so... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...], '''الإسكندرية''', [[transliteration|trans...
3: ... late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
23: ...and the sea, according to a history of Alexander attributed to the author known as [[Alexander Romance...
36: ... seems to have been carried out even beyond the letter, for a general massacre was the result.
51: The attempt proved successful. The caliph, perceiving his... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
8: ...r>Al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttahidah'''</big>
19: ...an=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: none''</small>
97: Federal [[Act]] No. 1[http://www.etisalat.co.ae./federalactlawe.pdf] of [[1...
103: ...he [[Dubai World Cup]], held annually in March. [http://www.dubaiworldcup.com/]
129: *[http://www.ajman.ac.ae Ajman University of Science an... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: ...1575;ئرية الديمقراطي...
15: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people an...
60: ...ans]] became an influence on them, establishing settlements along the coast. Berber kingdoms began to ...
62: ...l cities, prompting some to seek help from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
64: Algeria was brought into the Ottoman Empire by [[Khair ad Din|Khair ad-Din]] and h... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...in''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]] أردنّ, [[transliteration|transliterated]...
3: ...1604;كة الأردنّيّة ال...
15: ...lign="center" colspan="2" | <small>''[[National motto]]: none''</small>
69: ...istian Crusaders, [[Mameluks]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Turks, and, finally, the British. At the en...
71: ...es were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines. - Brunei (7197 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''برني دارالسلا...
17: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): Always in service with God's gu...
122: * [http://www.brunei.gov.bn Official Website of the Gove...
124: * [http://www.bruneiair.com/ Official Website of the Roy... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة قطر<br>Da...
14: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: n/a''</small>
57: ...ands of years and recently by [[Bahrain]], the [[Ottoman Turks]], and the [[United Kingdom|British]], ...
59: ...small fishing and pearling villages. The clans battled each other for lucrative oyster beds and lands...
106: *[http://english.mofa.gov.qa/ Qatar Ministry of Foreign... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...Medinat Yisra'el''; [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: دَوْلَةْ...
6: ...#1512;אל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اسرا...
10: national_motto = n/a |
60: ...Judah|Jewish kingdoms and states]] existed intermittently in the region for over a millennium until th...
66: === Caliphate, Crusades, and the Ottoman Empire === - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
5: ...5;ي دولت'''<br>'''دولت اسلا...
17: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: None''</small>
55: ...tive name for the [[Pashtuns]]: ''[[Afghan]]'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_ety...
74: ...ion following the [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks]] forced the group's downfall. In late 2001, ...
78: ...h 3]]) and Baghlan Province ([[March 25]]). The latter was the worse of the two, and incurred most of ... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: ...1585;ية السودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
12: national_motto = Al-Nasr Lana ([[Arabic language|Arab...
62: ...]], the self-proclaimed [[Mahdi]] ([[Messiah]]), attempted to unify the tribes of western and central ...
72: ...ties, access to basic health care services, and little prospects for productive employment in the smal...
74: ...[[Darfur]], during which time the government committed terrible atrocities. In February [[2004]], the ... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
5: |+<big><big>'''دولة الكو...
15: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: For Kuwait''</small>
65: ...e than sixty years before migrating over sea to settle in the Isle De Chader, where they built a small...
66: ...Ottoman flag over his palace and fully realizing Ottoman authority over his lands. The current rulers ...
68: ...of oil in the Persian Gulf. This massive growth attracted many immigrant laborers who were rarely gra... - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
6: ...y of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific o...
8: ...h-speaking world shows in the widespread use of [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations f...
14: ...ormed within a few days of birth, tradition has settled on [[April 23]] as his birthday. It provides a...
19: ...neven. It is presumed that the young Shakespeare attended this school, since he was entitled to, altho...
23: On [[May 26]], [[1583]] Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, was baptise... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
9: ...mes Trismegistus|Hermetic]] tracts. The writings attributed to [[Hermes Trismegistus]] were, in Bruno'...
13: In [[1576]] he left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] fo...
15: ...ut many of his contemporaries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers.
19: In [[1583]], he went to [[England]] with letters of recommendation from Henry III. He sought a ...
21: ... to believe that during this period he acted from 1583 to [[1585]] as a secret agent in the household of... - Archery (18991 bytes)
9: ...irst recorded archery competitions began around [[1583]] in [[England]]. Archery has been an [[Olympic G...
11: Modern competitive archery is governed by the [http://www.archery.org/ International Archery Associa...
19: ...lves the use of potentially lethal weapons, much attention is paid to order and safety.
33: ...rrow are recorded on a score sheet and must be written in descending order (e.g. if an archer scores 5...
49: ...imilar to target archery, except that the archer attempts to drop arrows at long range (180 yards for ... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
2: ...Kings''', or '''Wadi el-Muluk''' (وادي الملوك...
10: ...s of some of the tombs indicate that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empire|Roman]] times.
13: ... Valley is very inconsistent. Tombs were built, cutting through various layers of limestone, each with...
16: ...eems that the robbers were interrupted, so very little was removed. King [[Tutankhamun]] was a minor k...
31: * The tombs have been tourist attraction since the time of the [[ancient Greeks]] a... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
16: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: [[Bahrainona]] بحري&#...
63: ...le south of the Persian Gulf, have attracted the attention of many invaders in history. Bahrain, meani...
65: ...pearl diving made Bahrain a centre of [[urban]] settlement throughout history. Some 2300 years BC, Bah...
69: ...nd. Eventually Iran and Britain agreed that the matter of Dominion of Bahrain would be put to internat...
73: ...emirate. The oil boom of the 1980s greatly benefitted Bahrain, but its downturn was not as badly felt... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
1: ...]], an amusement park in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]].]]
3: ... [[amusement ride]]s and other [[entertainment]] attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining...
12: ...l as various concessions. This conglomeration of attractions was the template used for amusement parks...
14: ...of the roller coaster as one of the most popular attractions for amusement parks as well as the later ...
18: ..., crime, and even desegregation led to changing patterns in how people chose to spend their free time.... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}...
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