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  1. Aswan (1042 bytes)
    6: ...It stands on the east bank of the [[Nile]] at the first [[cataract]] and is a busy market and tourist ...
    10: This is identified with the ancient city of [[Syene]], which is fa...
  2. Influenza (10335 bytes)
    14: ...y one H subtype and one N subtype have been identified for influenza B virus. At present, the most com...
    16: ...pecifying virus type, geographical location where first isolated, year of isolation, sequential number...
    18: ... or [[pandemic]]s. There is no exact scientific definition of a superflu.
    57: ...ly support their use where this would make a significant difference, e.g. in the elderly.
    83: ...#1606;فلوآنزا]]
  3. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]])
    120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
    218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
    381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
    394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
  4. Politics (7193 bytes)
    6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
    14: ...ion were the institutionalization of social stratification, non-agricultural specialized crafts (inclu...
    23: ...democracy]], having various officers selected for fixed terms by popular [[election]]. Following the ...
    34: ...timacy for authority known as ([[tripartite classification of authority]]). He proposed three reasons ...
    40: ...ten short lived, seldom outliving the charismatic figure that leads them. Examples include [[Hitler]]...
  5. Ramadan (3064 bytes)
    2: ... ("[[fasting]]" in English) is the third of the [[Five Pillars of Islam]] and involves fasting during ...
    6: ...s a [[lunar calendar]], and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Because the...
    16: ... place in paradise. It is also believed to be beneficial for personal conduct, that is, to help contro...
    18: ...ermination of the great fast of Ramadan, [[Eid ul-Fitr]] is celebrated. Muslims come out and rejoice w...
  6. Capacitor (29664 bytes)
    2: ...a device that stores [[energy]] in the [[electric field]] created between a pair of conductors on whic...
    9: ...leftward electric field that partially annuls the field created by the plates. (The air gap is shown ...
    22: ... across the capacitor, and therefore the electric field. This is given by:
    43: === Common types of fixed capacitor ===
    45: ...justable versions have stability issues. Another figure of merit for analog components is stability w...
  7. Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
    2: ...'Wadi el-Muluk''' (وادي الملوك) in [[Arabic ...
    10: [[Graffiti]] on the walls of some of the tombs indicate th...
    13: ...st serious problem are the [[shale]] layers. This fine material expands when it comes into contact wit...
    20: ...ned no less than forty royal mummies and their coffins; the other, in the tomb of [[Amenhotep II]], co...
    23: ...nservation until 1932. Tutankhamun's tomb was the first tomb to be discovered that was still largely i...
  8. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    1: ... Seljuks migrated from the north into [[Persia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way ...
    5: ...[[1118]], the third son [[Ahmed Sanjar]], unsatisfied by his portion of the inheritance, took over th...
    7: ...of [[Khwarezmid Empire|Khwarezm]], and the Seljuk finally collapsed. Of the former Great Seljuk Empire...
  9. Bahrain (16123 bytes)
    1: ...anning, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.
    4: ...big><big>'''&#1605;&#1605;&#1604;&#1603;&#1577; &#1575;&#1604;&#1576;&#1581;&#1585;&#1610;&#1606;<br>Mam...
    16: ...ona]] &#1576;&#1581;&#1585;&#1610;&#1606;&#1606;&#1575;''</small>
    20: | '''Official [[language]]s''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]...
    61: ...s, [[Babylonian]]s, [[Greeks]], [[Persians]], and finally the [[Arabs]], under whom the island became ...
  10. African American (19830 bytes)
    6: ...grants, who usually adopt country-of-origin identifiers. However, the term properly can be applied to ...
    10: According to [[2003]] U.S. [[Census]] figures, some 37.1 million African Americans live in...
    17: ...h obtained the right to vote and to hold public office, as well as a number of other civil rights they...
    19: ...ited States]], led to a strengthening movement to fight violence and discrimination against African Am...
    26: ...ericans are frequently the targets of [[racial profiling]]. They are more likely to be stopped by poli...
  11. Pirate (23151 bytes)
    4: ...ic]] and [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] oceans, and specifically in the straits of [[Strait of Malacca|Malacc...
    10: ... revolution]]s and [[coup d'etat|coups]] and then finally came to mean the disruptive parliamentary ma...
    14: ... which in modern Arabic is &#1602;&#1585;&#1589;&#1575;&#1606; from the Turkish '''''Korsan''''', which ...
    28: ...commerce. They approach by stealth and then open fire. The Germans in [[World War II]] made use of t...
    46: ...r trust, rather than a more traditional authority figure sanctioned by an elite. However, when not in...
  12. Rail transport (15539 bytes)
    3: .... The underlying support maintains the rails at a fixed distance ([[Rail gauge|gauge]]) apart. Usually...
    8: ...t is one of the most [[energy efficiency|energy efficient]] means of mechanised land transport known. ...
    9: ...ute the weight of the train evenly, allowing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[...
    11: ...est modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: a double tracked rail line can...
    15: ...nd creative marketing stance and have achieved profitability as a result.
  13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
    217: *[[Jakob B?]], (1575-1624){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
    348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
    387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
  14. Quran (41479 bytes)
    14: ... say that they were created after Muhammad. Only five [[pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions]] survive.)
    16: ...cographers came to seek out Bedouin to explain difficult words or elucidate points of grammar. Partly...
    18: ... "The Qur'an." The title must always include a defining adjective (avoiding conceivable confusion wit...
    28: ...ch with [[metre]] and [[rhyme]]) nor [[prose]] (defined as normal speech or rhymed but non-metrical sp...
    38: ...ive a less loose example, the whole of surat [[al-Fil]]:
  15. Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
    21: ...nd [[plural]]), and [[verb]] [[conjugation]]s for first, second, and third [[person]]s.
    27: ...t that direct and indirect object pronouns are suffixed to the verb. Word order seems to have shifted...
    38: [[ar:&#1571;&#1603;&#1575;&#1583;&#1610;&#1577;]]
  16. Libya (12985 bytes)
    6: ...1577; &#1575;&#1604;&#1573;&#1588;&#1578;&#1585;&#1575;&#1603;&#1610;&#1577;<br>al-Jam&#257;h&#299;r&#29...
    20: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
    24: ...eader of the Revolution''''' || [[Muammar al-Qaddafi]]
    51: ...Libya has been ruled by Colonel [[Moammar al-Qadhafi]], who came to power in a [[coup]] and deposed th...
    53: Qadhafi rejected both [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Communism...
  17. Alchemy (42222 bytes)
    2: ...hemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific method]].
    8: ...9; or &#1575;&#1604;&#1582;&#1610;&#1605;&#1610;&#1575;&#1569;), which is probably formed from the artic...
    11: ... traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fill in the gaps.
    17: ...of the fundamental [[empirical knowledge]] of the fields of chemistry and modern [[medicine]].
    21: ...s research did not enter the mainstream of scientific discussion.
  18. Sidon (4751 bytes)
    1: ...th of the capital [[Beirut]]. Its name means ''a fishery''.
    8: ...[Egypt|Egyptians]]; [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] and finally [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] in the years before ...
    10: ... the Crusades it was sacked several times: it was finally destroyed by the [[Saracens]] in 1249. It be...
    15: ... only by small coastal vessels. There is also a refinery here.
    19: * It received its name from the "first-born" of [[Canaan]], the grandson of [[Noah]] ...
  19. Easter (31700 bytes)
    2: ...fer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends arou...
    4: ...ed by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[seder...
    6: ...] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, althou...
    59: ...oveable feast]]s'', in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the [[Gregorian calendar | Gregorian]]...
    61: ...]] during the reign of [[Charlemagne]], when they finally adopted the Alexandrian method. Since wester...
  20. Jackal (3358 bytes)
    17: ...#1588;&#1594;&#1575;&#1604; ''shoghal''.) Jackals fill a similar ecological niche to the [[Coyote]] in...

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