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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
6: ... his adventures. The title of this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contem...
82: ...ravels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354] — excerpts from H. A. R. Gibb's translation - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...now made up of 191 [[state|states]]. With the exception of the [[Holy See]], the sole permanent observ...
3: ...hip is open to all "peace-loving states" that accept the obligations of the [[UN Charter]] and, in the...
33: ... atomic weapons and of all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction".
37: ...ary general of the conference. [[Resolution]]s adopted by the [[UN General Assembly|General Assembly]]...
55: ... The [[NATO Medal]] is designed on a similar concept and both the UN Service Medal, and the NATO Medal... - 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... - 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]], ... - United States (58223 bytes)
36: ...[[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
37: [[September 17]], [[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[...
52: ...es use the date each of the original 13 states adopted the Constitution as the date on that state "ent...
60: ...ries. Several federal laws were passed in an attempt to settle the dispute, including the [[Missouri C...
62: ...pean settlers, and U.S. settlers acquired those emptied lands. Through coercion, military prowess, and... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
24: *[[Egypt]] (Misr) - [[Cairo]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
56: <tr><td>[[Cairo]] <td>[[Egypt]] - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
62: ...had regular trade contacts with the Arabs, and adopted [[Islam]] as their religion.
72: ... 1999, taking over from his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had ruled the country since its independ...
104: ... the [[franc]] to the US dollar. Per capita consumption dropped an estimated 35% over the last seven y...
145: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/djibouti.html Stanford University - ... - Zebra (3444 bytes)
2: ...ge = [[image:zebra_closeup.jpg|180px|Zebras]] | caption = }} - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
2: ...| image = [[Image:Giraffee.jpg|center|250px]] | caption = Giraffe in Namibia}}
18: There are nine generally accepted [[subspecies]], differentiated by color and pat... - Camel (3819 bytes)
3: |]] | caption = [[Dromedary]]}}
31: [[Image:Giza_camel.jpg|thumb|250px|Egyptian on a camel, near the Pyramids at Giza. Photo p...
34: ...], descended from individuals that escaped from captivity in the late [[19th century]]. This populatio... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...oomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Ancient Egypt''' was an organized [[civilization]] of the [[Gre...
2: ...ient Egypt.png|thumb|250px|left|Map of Ancient Egypt]]
6: ...e east. The [[Nile]] has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the [[Stone Age]].
8: ...lers of the Two Kingdoms, viz. upper and lower Egypt.
14: ...ynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] or before, the Egyptians [[Mining|mined]] [[turquoise]] in [[Sinai Pen... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
205: *[[Pillsbury Baptist Bible College]]
248: * State [[muffin]] – [[Blueberry]] (adopted as part of a school project on how a bill becom... - 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... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
12: ...ion of [[United States Congress|Congress]] on [[September 11]], [[1990]], [[President of the United St...
23: ...ust 2]], [[1990]], when [[Iraq]] invaded and attempted to annex the neighboring oil kingdom of [[Kuwai...
43: ... they unveiled on the steps of Congress in this September 1994 photo.]]
60: ...broad penetrations into the economy at large, prompting a [[Wall Street]] technology-stock [[bubble (e...
62: ...uch as those in [[Haiti]] and the [[Balkans]] prompted President Clinton to send in U.S. troops as [[p... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
22: ...ics of Ecuador|Ecuador]] - [[Politics of Egypt|Egypt]] - [[Politics of El Salvador|El Salvador]] - [[P... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
31: *[[1935]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]] goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lin...
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese forces.
58: ...[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (d. [[1857]]) - 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...
26: ...ryas Baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the attendant of Thoth, and so, is also ca...
34: ...ivity have been known to live up to 45 years in captivity, while in the wild their life expectancy is ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...e. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have t...
10: ... such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howe...
12: ...namis can be generated when the [[sea floor]] abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying ...
14: ...floor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsu...
21: ...g.png|thumb|right|300px|There is a common misconception that tsunamis behave like wind-driven waves or... - Ostrich (8135 bytes)
2: ...e | image = [[Image:1_ostrich_01.jpg|200px|]] | caption = }}
18: == Physical description ==
24: ...e bigger one resembling a [[hoof]]. This is an adaption unique to ostriches which appears to aid in fa...
50: ...riter, [[Pliny the Elder]] is noted for his descriptions of the ostrich in his historia naturalis, whe...
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