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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...een beyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...the hillside, the facades, one of which is incomplete, being richly ornamented with reliefs. About 13 ...
12: ... usurper [[Sogdianus]] (Secydianus). The two completed graves behind Takhti Jamshid would then belong ...
23: ...assages from ancient scholars on the subject are set out below:
25: ...raced into it slaughtering all the men whom they met and plundering the residences; many of the houses... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...urneying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]],...
4: ...iven to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full t...
6: ...onal in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the world ...
8: ...ful, but in many others there is no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The followin...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)== - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
4: ...n metal or chiselled into stone and the forms of letters used in them is called [[epigraphy]]. Epigrap...
12: ...C., under the famous [[Qin Shi Huangdi]], who perpetrated the "burning of the books", the Prime Minist...
14: ...haracters were used sometimes phonetically and sometimes ideographically. Using the kanji manyogana as...
76: * [http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Chinese-symbols-customized.html Chinese ...
78: [[Category:Calligraphy]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
46: | [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br/>[[Ea...
51: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
67: ... god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]. For details see the article ''[[Copt]]''.
69: ...nnia. The last native dynasty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Persia]]ns in [[341 ...
71: ... once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained in control of Egypt for the ... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...after [[Asia]]. At about 30,244,050 [[square kilometre|km²]] (11,677,240 [[square mile|mi²]]...
5: ==Etymology==
18: ...thmus of Suez]] and the [[Red Sea]] the boundary between [[Asia]] and Africa. As [[Europe]]ans came to...
24: ...r outline an area, of c. 30,244,050 [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]] (11,677,240 [[square mile|mi<s...
37: ...es ever formed. Other [[civilization]]s include [[Ethiopia]], the [[Nubian kingdom]], and the kingdoms... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: (poetically) '''Columbia'''—is a [[democracy|demo...
35: ...Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
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60: ...everal federal laws were passed in an attempt to settle the dispute, including the [[Missouri Compromi... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...n''', in reference of a nineteenth-century truce between the British and some Arab [[sheikh]]s. It bor...
15: ...="165px" | <font size="-1">([[Flag of the UAE|In Detail]])</font>
53: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
61: ...ontrol of their defense and foreign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties. In [[1971]], six of these ...
65: ...the federal system; all emirates have secular and Islamic law for civil, criminal, and high courts. - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
10: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Nigeria|In Detail]])
31: ... by area|Ranked 31st]] <br> 923,768 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 1.4%
48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
57: ... areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.
65: ... in 1960, as a federation of three regions, each retaining a substantial measure of self-government. - Ghana (10910 bytes)
10: ...ign="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Ghana|In Detail]])
31: ... by area|Ranked 77th]] <br> 238,540 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 3.5%
59: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
77: ...ratic Congress]]. [[Kofi Annan]], the current Secretary-General of the [[United Nations]], is from Gha...
127: ...l is [[Accra]]. Other cities include (see also [[:Category:Cities in Ghana|Cities in Ghana]]): - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...e [[Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
4: |+<big>'''Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia'''</big><br>
10: ..." | [[Image:Ethiopia flag large.png|125px|Flag of Ethiopia]]
11: ...er" width="140px" | [[Image:Ethiopia_COA.png|90px|Ethiopia COA]]
13: ...="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Ethiopia|In Detail]]) - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... southwest, and [[Morocco]] as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, [[Western Sahara]], ...
11: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Algeria|In Detail]])
31: ...area|Ranked 11th]] <br /> 2,381,740 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
42: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] (state religion)
47: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1) - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
9: ...n="center" width="130px" | ([[Flag of Eritrea|In Detail]])
10: ...gn="center" width="130px" | ([[COA of Eritrea|In Detail]])
27: ...y area|Ranked 97th]] <br /> 121,320 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> Negligible
36: | From [[Ethiopia]]<br /> [[May 29]], [[1991]]<br />&nbs...
47: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...asion has been disputed by the United Nations Secretary General and politicians in both the USA and th...
10: ...lign="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Iraq|In Detail]]) || align="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat o...
25: ... by area|Ranked 57th]] <br> 437,072 [[square kilometer|km²]]<br> 1.1%
40: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.iq]]
44: ...[[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]])'' || [[Islam]] - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
11: ...ign="center" width="140" | ([[Flag of Lebanon|In Detail]])
12: ...ter" width="140" | ([[Coat of Arms of Lebanon|In Detail]])
59: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
91: ...chir Gemayel, who was regarded as secretly sympathetic to Israel.
99: ...[[May 22]] [[2000]], [[Israel]] unilaterally completed its withdrawal from the south of Lebanon in acc... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...tries on the continent. Racial and ethnic strife between the black majority and the white minority hav...
11: ...official uses in limited areas where it has been determined that these languages are prevalent. Nevert...
13: ...l identity based on their [[hunter-gatherer]] societies. They have been marginalized to a great extent...
26: ...ts of these slaves, who often married with Dutch settlers, later became known as [[Cape Coloureds]] an...
32: ... [[South West Africa]] provided the British with yet another excuse to take control of the Boer Republ... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: ...ibouti is bordered by [[Eritrea]] in the north, [[Ethiopia]] in the west and south, and [[Somalia]] in...
11: ...="center" width="125px" | ([[Flag of Djibouti|In Detail]])
53: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
62: ...ular trade contacts with the Arabs, and adopted [[Islam]] as their religion.
102: ...all limits crop production to [[fruits]] and [[vegetables]], and most food must be imported. There ar... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
31: ... by area|Ranked 162nd]] <br> 10,360 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
59: ...istory the arid climate fostered only short-term settlements by nomadic tribes. Bearing tribal monike...
61: ... diplomatic response of the British Protectorate set into motion the political forces that would event...
69: ...ery of oil, beginning in the [[1940s]], that completely transformed the nation's economy. Now, the c... - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
10: ...nter" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Sierra Leone|In Detail]])
22: | [[Freetown]]
28: ... by area|Ranked 116th]] <br> 71,740 [[square kilometre|km?]] <br> 0.2%
45: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
54: ...source for [[slave|slaves]], but in [[1787]] [[Freetown]] was established as a city for former slaves ... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
10: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Guyana|In Detail]])
21: | [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
30: ... by area|Ranked 81st]] <br> 214,970 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 8.4%
33: ...r> - 700,000 of which 230,000 live in [[Georgetown]] ([[2002]])
53: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
3: native_name = Islamic Republic of Pakistan<br />اسلامی جمہو...
11: capital = [[Islamabad]] |
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