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  1. Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
    3: ...ily of [[Boston]], and was in fact practically adopted by the family that owned her. She was given a f...
  2. Africa (35389 bytes)
    18: ...rapher [[Ptolemy]] ([[85]] - [[165]] AD), who accepted [[Alexandria]] as [[Prime Meridian]] and made t...
    37: ... used in [[Egypt]] along the [[Nile river]]. [[Egypt]] was one of the earliest nation states ever form...
    39: ...continents. Arabians and Europeans were able to capture millions of Africans, and export them for labo...
    61: ...ave frequently been hampered by instability, corruption, violence, and [[authoritarianism]]. Until rec...
    63: ... which led to great instability. Others were corrupt and dictatorial, outlawing opposition immediately...
  3. Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
    18: ... in gold and slaves began in with what is today [[Senegal]]. Progress continued as trading forts were built...
    33: ... The combined empires were simply too big to be kept unchallenged, and to resist those challenges.
    35: ...remained in Portuguese possession. The Dutch attempted to conquer Brazil, and at one time controlled a...
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa (3920 bytes)
    3: ...]] in [[ethnicity]] and [[culture]], and the perception of sub-Saharan Africa as predominantly [[black...
    5: With a few exceptions, such as [[Mauritius]] and [[South Africa]], ...
    59: * [[Senegal]]
  5. List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
    24: *[[Egypt]] (Misr) - [[Cairo]]
    52: *[[Senegal]] - [[Dakar]]
  6. List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
    56: <tr><td>[[Cairo]] <td>[[Egypt]]
    67: <tr><td>[[Dakar]] <td>[[Senegal]]
  7. Mali (7755 bytes)
    3: ...res the [[Niger river|Niger]] and [[Senegal river|Senegal]] rivers. Formerly [[French Sudan]], the country ...
    40: | From [[France]]<br>[[September 22]], [[1960]]
    60: ...gh political and economic reforms and fought corruption. In [[2002]] he was succeeded in democratic el...
    75: * [[Mopti Region|Mopti]]
    127: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/mali.html Stanford University - Afri...
  8. The Gambia (13678 bytes)
    1: ...unded by [[Senegal]], with the [[Gambia River]] emptying into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in its center. I...
    61: ...al and commercial supremacy in the regions of the Senegal and Gambia Rivers. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles ...
    67: ...first broken by a violent, unsuccessful coup attempt in [[1981]].
    69: In the aftermath of the attempted coup, [[Senegal]] and The Gambia signed the 1982 Treaty of Confed...
    80: ...ctions_in_the_Gambia|election]] took place in [[September]] [[1996]], in which retired Col. [[Yahya A....
  9. Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
    1: ...es in continental [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Senegal]] to the north, and [[Guinea]] to the south and e...
    44: <br>[[September 24|24 Sep]] [[1973]]
    45: <br>[[September 10|10 Sep]] [[1974]]
    65: ...]. Independence was unilaterally declared on [[September 24]], 1973 and was recognized by a 93-7 UN G...
    67: In September [[2003]] a coup took place in which the mili...
  10. Time zone (34024 bytes)
    2: ... zones''' are areas of the [[Earth]] that have adopted the same standard [[time]], usually referred to...
    19: *[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]: UTC + 2 (e.g. if it is 23:00 UTC on Monday 15 ...
    33: ...mber 2]], [[1868]], [[New Zealand]] officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally, and ...
    35: ...able exception was [[Detroit, Michigan]], which kept local time until [[1900]], then vacillated betwee...
    37: ...rable." Nevertheless, most major countries had adopted hourly time zones by [[1929]]. Even today, they...
  11. Flag (13245 bytes)
    15: ... more elaborate, and were seen as objects to be captured or defended. Eventually these flags posed too...
    25: ...[[Tricolore]], which inspired other nations to adopt differenced [[tricolour]]s in sympathy with the r...
    27: ...ia]], the source for the [[Pan-Slavic colors]] adopted by many [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] states and pe...
    28: ...mples'': [[Flag of Togo|Togo]], [[Flag of Senegal|Senegal]], [[Flag of Ghana|Ghana]], [[Flag of Mali|Mali]]...
    60: * [[Capture the flag]] is a popular children's sport.
  12. List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
    22: ...ics of Ecuador|Ecuador]] - [[Politics of Egypt|Egypt]] - [[Politics of El Salvador|El Salvador]] - [[P...
    65: ...]]<sup>[[#Notes|3]]</sup> - [[Politics of Senegal|Senegal]] - [[Politics of Serbia and Montenegro|Serbia an...
  13. Carthage (20744 bytes)
    10: ...st from modern [[Morocco]] to the borders of [[Egypt]]. Its influence had also spread into the Mediter...
    17: ... of Africa and brought back gold from as far as [[Senegal]].
    26: ...e of his books. This book has been lost but descriptions of some of its contents have survived.
    33: ...from the neighbouring civilizations of Greece, Egypt and the Etruscan city-states.
    42: ...cuse]], backed in part by Greek support, was attempting to unite the island under his rule. This immin...
  14. Baboon (5672 bytes)
    2: ...age | image = [[Image:L baboon 24.jpg|200px]] | caption = [[Olive Baboon]] (''Papio anubis'')}}
    13: ...Baboon'' is thought to derive from that of the Egyptian baboon-god [[Babi (mythology)|Babi]].
    16: ...lose-set eyes, heavy powerful jaws, thick fur except on their muzzle, short tail and often brightly co...
    22: ...rn Africa), ''P. papio'' (Guinea Baboon, found in Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea), ''P. hamadryas'' (Hamadryas...
    26: ...ryas Baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the attendant of Thoth, and so, is also ca...
  15. Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
    9: ...geographic knowledge for Henry, a position he accepted. The nearby port of [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]] ...
    17: ...nded the peninsula of [[Cap-Vert]] (in modern-day Senegal) in [[1444]]. By this stage the explorers had pa...
    19: ...d Henry's younger brother Fernando and held him captive until his death eleven years later. Henry's m...
  16. French language (40201 bytes)
    3: ...re]], [[Cameroon]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Mali]], [[Senegal]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central A...
    37: ...n]], [[Norman language|Norman]], etc. From the baptism of the Frankish king [[Clovis I|Clovis]] (c.[[...
    62: ...ibutes to the policing of the language and the adaptation of foreign words and expressions. Some rece...
    138: <td>[[Senegal]]
    288: ...rench speakers in [[Lebanon]], [[Cambodia]], [[Egypt]], [[India]] ([[Pondicherry]]), [[Italy]] ([[Aost...
  17. Islam (36809 bytes)
    10: ...ur'an]] as corrective of Jewish and Christian scriptures.
    29: ...believe in God; and in His Angels; and in His Scriptures; and in His Messengers; and in The Final Day;...
    35: The fundamental concept in Islam is the oneness of God (''[[tawhid]]''). ...
    36: God is described in [[Sura]] [[al-Ikhlas]], (chapter 112) as follows: Say "He is God, the one, the S...
    38: ...nd Allah is sufficient as its defender."'' '''[Chapter 4 : Surah 171]'''
  18. List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
    172: |[[Egypt]]||[[Bilady, Bilady, Bilady]] (My Homeland, My Ho...
    444: |[[Romania]]||[[Desteapta-te, Romane!|De&#351;teapt&#259;-te, romā®„]] (Wake up, Romanian), former an...
    466: |[[Senegal]]||[[Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons]...
  19. State of Palestine (7675 bytes)
    33: ...t]]'s statements in Geneva a month later were accepted by the United States as sufficient to remove th...
    42: ...geria]], [[Rwanda]], [[Sao Tome and Principe]], [[Senegal]], [[Seychelles]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Somalia]],...
    54: [[Bahrain]], [[Egypt]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[...
    67: ...ore the other observers." This resolution was adopted by a vote of 124 in favour, 4 against (Israel, ...
    84: *[[Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt]]
  20. Lion (11511 bytes)
    4: ... | image = [[Image:Lion058w.jpg|200px|Lions]] | caption = }}
    16: ...ons live for around 10&ndash;14 years, while in captivity they can live over 20. Lions are [[predator|...
    36: ...fighters (the mane on lions is an evolutionary adaptation to fighting; the mane absorbs bites and scra...
    46: ...ater. All but one are situated in Africa, the exception being the Asiatic Lion.
    52: ...ns were kept by Roman emperors, who ordered the capture of literally thousands of individuals to fight...

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