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- Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...fri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the [[Africa (pro...
12: ...be—possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area;
16: ...atable to about the [[first century]], so this cannot really be the origin of the name.
18: ...nent, the idea of ''Africa'' expanded with their knowledge.
26: ...us of Suez, 130 km (80 miles) wide. From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka in [[Morocco]], a lit... - North Africa (3562 bytes)
1: ...untries-northern.png|right|Map of Africa with the northern countries highlighted]]
3: '''North Africa''' is a region generally considered to ...
8: *[[Mauritania]]
14: ...a, though they do not share a common culture with North Africa.
16: ...hwest Africa]] or [[Tamazgha]]) is the portion of North Africa that consititutes Morocco, Algeria, Tun... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
11: *[[Benin]] - [[Porto Novo]], [[Cotonou]]
40: *[[Mauritania]] - [[Nouakchott]]
80: * [[Cambodia]] (Kampuchea) - [[Phnom Penh]]
98: * [[Lebanon]] (Lubnan) - [[Beirut]]
105: * [[North Korea]] - [[Pyongyang]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
37: <tr><td>[[Beirut]] <td>[[Lebanon]]
53: <tr><td>[[Buenos Aires]] <td>[[Argentina]]
65: <tr><td>[[Cotonou]] <td>[[Benin]] (de facto)
87: <tr><td>[[Hanoi]] <td>[[Vietnam]]
151: <tr><td>[[Nouakchott]] <td>[[Mauritania]] - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... east, [[Niger]] in the southeast, [[Mali]] and [[Mauritania]] in the southwest, and [[Morocco]] as well as a ...
21: ...rber language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
40: | '''[[National Day]]''' || [[1 November]]
60: ... the coast. Berber kingdoms began to emerge, most notably [[Numidia]], and seized the opportunity offe...
64: ...Abdelkader]] made for a slow conquest of Algeria, not technically completed until the early 1900s when... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...agascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
43: time_zone_DST = ''not observed'' |
47: footnotes =
53: ...hen [[Arab]]s established trading posts along the northwest coast. European contact began in the [[150...
55: ...de]], which had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British militar... - Mali (7755 bytes)
3: ...tania]] on the west. Its straight borders on the north stretch into the centre of the [[Sahara]] dese...
60: ...ent Konaré pushed through political and economic reforms and fought corruption. In [[2002]] he ...
84: ...e [[Air Massif]] and [[Djado Plateau]] lie in the northeast. Most of the country lies in the [[Sahara...
88: ==Economy==
89: ''Main article: [[Economy of Mali]]'' - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ... Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north and east and by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the ...
5: ...century|16th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portugue...
7: ...[[1986]]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a cle...
15: ...th of the Douro river among some other tribes. {{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ...
17: ...tugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 135, "Cronologia"}} - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, the shap...
6: ...red time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Green...
8: ...emainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summe...
22: ... is 06:00 UTC on Monday 1 May, then the time in Honolulu is 20:00, Sunday 30 April)
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific locati... - Flag (13245 bytes)
5: The study of flags is known as [[vexillology]], from the Latin ''vexillum''...
15: ...|armies]], and flags became the means to identify not just nationalities but also individual military ...
22: ...]], [[Flag of Iceland|Iceland]], [[Flag of Norway|Norway]], [[Flag of Sweden|Sweden]], [[Ŭand]].
24: ...ny former colonies have retained the design to acknowledge their cultural history, show gratitude to t...
29: ...Flag of Malaysia|Malaysia]], [[Flag of Mauritania|Mauritania]], [[Flag of Pakistan|Pakistan]], and [[Flag of T... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
7: {{compactTOC2}}__NOTOC__
13: ...[Politics of Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]] - Burma (now [[Politics of Myanmar|Myanmar]]) - [[Politics of...
40: ...ati|Kiribati]] - [[Politics of North Korea|Korea, North]] - [[Politics of South Korea|Korea, South]] -...
44: ...cs of Latvia|Latvia]] - [[Politics of Lebanon|Lebanon]] - [[Politics of Lesotho|Lesotho]] - [[Politics...
47: ...artinique|Martinique]] - [[Politics of Mauritania|Mauritania]] - [[Politics of Mauritius|Mauritius]] - [[Polit... - Train (10331 bytes)
7: ...s of conventional [[rail tracks]], but may be [[monorail]] or [[magnetic levitation train|maglev]]. Pr...
9: In [[railway terminology]], a '''consist''' is used to describe the gr...
15: ...cial 'railways' are [[atmospheric railway]]s, [[monorail]]s, [[high-speed rail]]ways, [[Magnetic_levit...
23: ...sengers and freight, see e.g. [[Transportation in Mauritania]]. Such mixed trains became rare in many countrie...
27: A single uncoupled rail vehicle is not technically a train, but is usually referred to ... - French language (40201 bytes)
19:
27: ...alect spoken by the Roman army and its agents and not the literary dialect of [[Cicero]].
31: ...tant of these groups are the [[Franks|Franks]] in northern France, the [[Alemanni]] in the German/Fren...
35: ...en "yes" in the south of England and "aye" in the North.
37: ... on, the Franks extended their power over much of northern Gaul. The French language developed on the... - Islam (36809 bytes)
2: '''Islam''' the submission to [[God]]" is a [[monotheistic]] faith, one of the [[Abrahamic religion]...
10: Followers of Islam, known as '''[[Muslim]]s''', believe that [[God]] (or,...
12: ...n of authority after Muhammad's death; these are known as [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] , [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'it...
14: ...mmadur-rasūlu-llāhi'' — "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God." I...
26: ...'' and ''Qadar'' in Arabic). (Note that this does not mean one is predeterminded to act or live a cert... - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ...sonator]] and [[strings (music)|strings]]. Some, known as ''frame harps'', also have a forepillar; tho...
4: Harps are found in [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]], and a few parts of [[...
6: ...is not technically a harp because its strings are not perpendicular to the soundboard.
12: ... Egyptian wall paintings. This kind of harp, now known as the folk harp, continued to evolve in many d...
14: ...ng the pitch of a string by either one or two halfnotes. With this final enhancement, the modern conc... - State of Palestine (7675 bytes)
2: ...did not fulfill the typical requirement of an autonomous [[state]] — being in possession of sove...
25: | [[15 November]] [[1988]]
31: ...ization]] delegations). The State of Palestine is not recognized by the [[United Nations]] or by any [...
42: ...ibya]], [[Madagascar]], [[Maldives]], [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Mauritius]], [[Morocco]], [[Mozambique]], [[...
54: ...[[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Lebanon]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Unit... - Slavery (26455 bytes)
1: ...abor]] of the person concerned. A specific form, known as '''chattel slavery''', implies the [[propert...
4: ...exercised..." Therefore a slave is someone who cannot leave an owner or employer without explicit perm...
6: ...ge of the word '''[[serfdom]]''' is not usually synonymous with slavery, because serfs are considered ...
8: ...very and similar labour systems. Unfree labour is now the preferred term of many scholars, because of ...
10: ...for another without one's willful consent. It is not necessarily experiencing the complete lack of fr... - Middle East (6318 bytes)
3: ..., or more specifically, [[Asia]], and sometimes [[North Africa]].
6: ...] and [[Morocco]] are increasingly being called [[North Africa]] instead, in contrast to Middle Easter...
11: ...robably the modern world's most strategically, economically, politically and culturally sensitive area...
15: ...Iraq]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Lebanon]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Syri...
17: ...iations, as is [[Sudan]]. The African countries [[Mauritania]] and [[Somalia]] also have links to the region. ... - List of countries (20527 bytes)
1: ..., [[tax]] rules, and [[population]], who are one another's ''countrymen''. "Country" is the English eq...
7: ...land]]) and one component of a different state ([[Northern Ireland]]).
9: ..., nation, state and land are casually used as [[synonym]]s, but in a more strict usage they are distin...
18: {{countryTOC}}__NOTOC__
27: *[[Ŭand]] - County of Ŭand (''autonomous province of [[#F|Finland]], recognized by int... - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
16: |7||[[Afghanistan]]||[[Noshaq]]||7,485m
126: |62||[[Lebanon]]||[[Qurnat as Sawda']]||3,088m
172: |85||[[North Korea]]||[[Paektu-san]]||2,744m
194: |96||[[Thailand]]||[[Doi Inthanon]]||2,576m
202: |100||[[Norway]]||[[Galdhopiggen]]||2,469m
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