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- Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ... language|Arabic]]: القاهرة; [[romanization|romanized]]: ''al-...
6: ...rally means "The Subduer," though it is often translated as "'''The Victorious'''." The origin of the ...
14: Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the [[Nile|Nile River]] in the north of Eg...
18: ...and east into the desert. Bridges link the Nile islands of [[Gezira]] and [[Roda]], where many govern...
24: ...neighborhood and contains important buildings of Islamic architecture. ]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة مص...
71: ...once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained in control of Egypt for th...
130: ...ght| Most Egyptians are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s]][[Image:monastry3.jpg|thumb|right|Over six ...
131: ... culture for millennia, and its intellectual and Islamic institutions are at the center of the region'...
151: ...Approximately 90% of the population adheres to [[Islam]] and the remainder to [[Christianity]] (primar... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...slates as ''the islands'', referring to the four islands which lay off that city's coast until becomin...
3: |+<big>'''الجمهورية الج...
15: ...ter" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people and for the p...
42: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] (state religion)
62: ...[Kusayla]] and [[Kahina]], the Berbers adopted [[Islam]] ''en masse'', but almost immediately expelled... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...nd the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]] and its main language is [[Arabic language|Ar...
3: ...1606;ّيّة الهاشميّة<br>(Al...
69: ...ia]]ns, [[Iran|Persia]]ns, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, [[Mameluks]], [[Ottoman ...
75: ...rael allowed for a continuing Jordanian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The U.S...
88: ...n by the king. Of the 80 seats, 71 must go to [[Muslim]]s and nine to [[Christian]]s. The 40-member [[... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
63: ...Navarre|Navarrese]] word ''andurrial'', which translates as ''shrub-covered land''.
73: ... France|Henry IV]] of France, he issued an edict (1607) that established the head of the French state an...
77: ... Boris I, sovereign prince of Andorra, simultaneously declaring war on the bishop of Urgel. He was arr...
87: ... into [[Executive (government)|executive]], [[legislative]], and [[judicial]] branches. Ratified and a...
92: Andorra's main legislative body is the [[unicameral]] [[General Council... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية الع...
44: ...[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]])'' || [[Islam]]
49: ...q held new [[Iraqi legislative election, 2005|legislative elections]], changing the political face of ...
59: *Serve as Iraq's national legislature. It has named a Presidency Council, consisti...
70: ...dish: پاریزگه ''Pā²©zgah''). Particularly in Iraqi government ... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة ال...
97: ...President [[Amine Gemayel]] (who had replaced his slain brother Bachir in [[1982]]), whose term expire...
112: ...story.jsp?story=619657] However, both sons strenously denied these claims, asserting that they were ca...
118: ...ce.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Lebanon%20Syria%20Rallies] rallied in Martyrs' ...
122: ...h the support of the Opposition, which had previously boycotted such negotiations. - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''جمهورية جيب...
62: ...lar trade contacts with the Arabs, and adopted [[Islam]] as their religion.
77: The legislative body is formed by the ''Chambre des Deputes'...
113: Almost all of the people of Djibouti are [[Muslim]], only a small percentage is [[Christianity|Ch... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: native_name = جمهورية الس...
60: ... third or fourth centuries, around AD [[640]], [[Islam]] came to Sudan. A merchant class of Arabs esta...
66: ...the ethnic conflict is born of the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic...
68: ...esident Nimeiri announced his decision to extend Islamic [[Shari'a]] punishments into the penal code, ...
76: ...njaweed]] are raping, killing and attacking non-muslims. Over 10,000 people are killed a month. - Dahshur (1070 bytes)
1: '''Dahshur''' (Arabic دهشور ''Dahšūr'' [oft... - Maine (17312 bytes)
36: ...or the name 'Maine' is that the people living on islands along the coast of Maine used to speak of goi...
38: ... states into the union kept the balance between [[slave]] and free states. Maine's original capital wa...
45: ...century to carry Maine (sans for the [[1964]] landslide victory of [[Lyndon Johnson]]), thanks to the ...
66: ...ral unique geographical features. [[Machias Seal Island]],
74: ...ering mountains. This visual contrast of forested slopes sweeping down to the sea has been aptly summe... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
46: ...ement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on ...
59: ...ssembly]] is still in existence as the oldest legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Today, the '''Ge...
61: ..., the '''General Assembly''' continued as the legislature, the '''Supreme Court of Appeals''' acted as...
63: ...ate Government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
65: The '''legislative branch''' or [[state legislature]] is the [[Virginia General Assembly]], a [[... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
7: The city consciously attempts to preserve and display a regional arch...
24: founded = [[1607]] |
43: Santa Fe was founded in [[1607]], making it the oldest capital city and the seco...
60: ..., 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.29% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other ra... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
42: ...linus the Elder|Quellinus, Erasmus, the Elder]], (1607-1678), painter
84: *[[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling, Vidkun]], (1887-1945), Norwegian Nazi sympath... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...gas each form their own distinct tail, pointed in slightly different directions — dust being lef...
17: ..., because their emission by comets had not previously been predicted. The X-rays are thought to be gen...
29: ...nd Halley]] demonstrated that the comets of 1531, 1607, and 1682 were the same body and successfully pre...
59: ...nt]]s, and he was further able to account for the slight differences in their orbits in terms of gravi...
67: ...on of the planets; and their tail as a very thin, slender vapour, emitted by the head, or nucleus of t... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
12: ...ilei|Galileo]] constructed a [[thermometer]] in [[1607]], followed by [[Torricelli]]'s invention of the ...
44: ...ade by the use of ''ensemble forecasting'' (using slightly different starting conditions to make sever...
66: ...d is powered by a temperature differential. It is slowed by obstructions and is generally stronger at ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
305: *[[Wladyslaw Czachorski]] ([[1850]]-[[1911]])
324: *[[Stanislaw Debicki]] ([[1866]]-[[1924]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
30: Galileo observed the [[Milky Way]], previously believed to be nebulous, and found it to be a mu...
37: ...e thing: falling or rolling objects (rolling is a slower version of falling) are [[acceleration|accele...
39: ... Aristotelian hypothesis that objects "naturally" slow down and stop unless a force acts upon them. Th...
43: ...onclusion on whether light propagated instantaneously, he recognized that the distance between the hil...
53: ...ble only a century before, thanks to accurate translations by [[Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia|Tartaglia]] ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
14: ...reverence for [[Aristotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barre...
18: ...necessitated Bacon's return to England, and seriously influenced his fortunes. Sir Nicholas had laid u...
21: ...worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[oute...
29: ...to employ him in crown affairs a few years previously, and he gradually acquired the standing of one o...
35: However, Bacon's services were rewarded in June 1607 with the office of Solicitor. In 1610 the famous ... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
9: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Popham Colony]] in [[Maine]]
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
32: *[[1636]]-[[Rhode Island Colony]] founded by Roger Williams
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