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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ...ire]], situated some 70 km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulw...
6: ... a [[retaining wall]], varying in height with the slope of the ground from 5 to 13 meters on the west ...
8: ...s, and one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[...
25: ...th over the years. The Macedonians raced into it slaughtering all the men whom they met and plunderin...
37: ...[Takhti Jamshid]]'', to which, as F. Stolze expressly observes, one can easily ride up; on the other h... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...rneying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]...
4: ...ven to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full...
6: ...s. The title of this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wond...
8: ... account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
11: ...75,000 miles over the length and breadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Egypt (18830 bytes)
69: ...ty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Persia]]ns in [[341 BC]] who dug the predecessor ...
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... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
65: ...he federal system; all emirates have secular and Islamic law for civil, criminal, and high courts.
71: ... marvels such as [[Burj Al Arab]] and [[The Palm Islands]], and friendliness to the West have led many...
94: ...hbours. Religious beliefs are mostly [[Muslim]] (Islam is the state religion). However, there are siza...
99: ...ebsite|internet sites]] that are deemed to be un-Islamic or present information on the UAE, its cities...
103: Rooted in [[Islamic culture]], the UAE has strong ties with the r... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...car is the [[List of islands by size|4th largest island in the world]]. It is the home of five percent...
53: ...tuguese]] sea captain [[Diego Dias]] sighted the island after his ship became separated from a fleet g...
55: ...mportant in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and financial assist...
59: ...e [[Japan]]ese. The [[Free French]] received the island from the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1943]].
66: ...ent demonstration]]s. The unrest continued, and Tsiranana's successor, Gen. [[Gabriel Ramanantsoa]], res... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...to the north-west, [[Turkey]] to the north, and [[Iran]] to the east. It has a very narrow section of co...
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...
104: ...h [[Iran]] and damage to oil export facilities by Iran led the government to implement austerity measure... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
97: ...President [[Amine Gemayel]] (who had replaced his slain brother Bachir in [[1982]]), whose term expire...
101: ... 2005]] (see ''[[Cedar Revolution]]'' below), and Iran exercises heavy influence over Hezbollah forces i...
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. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
3: ...>اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان<br />Islāmī Jamhūriya-i-Pākistān |
11: capital = [[Islamabad]] |
36: HDI_category = <font color="#FFCC00">medium</font> |
51: ...egional Cooperation]], the [[Organization of the Islamic Conference]], and the [[World Trade Organizat...
56: ...articles: [[History of South Asia]], [[History of Iran]], [[History of India]], [[History of Afghanistan... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ... large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Druze]] [[Israeli Arab|...
60: ...ual significance in Judaism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of [[Hist...
68: The [[Muslim]] [[Caliphate]] conquered the land from the [[E...
94: ...untries]], came to Israel, along with Jews from [[Iran]] and [[Europe]]. Israel's Jewish population cont...
96: ...at Israel had a right to transit the [[Strait of Tiran]]. Moreover, the [[Egypt]]ian blockade prior to ... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ... part of the [[Middle East]]. It is bordered by [[Iran]] in the west, [[Pakistan]] in the south and east...
3: ...s now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afghanistan'''.
5: ...''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan'''</big>
40: ...|| [[Sunni Islam]] <small>77%</small><br>[[Shi'a Islam]] <small>22%</small>
72: ...an sought to impose a strict interpretation of [[Islam]]ic [[Sharia]] law. The Taliban gave safe haven... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
65: ...years before migrating over sea to settle in the Isle De Chader, where they built a small fort, or ...
70: ...for "economic warfare" Kuwait had waged through [[slant drilling]] into oil supplies that were in disp...
80: ...h the decision's requirement of them to abide by Islamic law, such as whether it will require conserva...
99: ...ete bridge (after the liberation in [[1991]] the island was converted into a military base and current...
100: The islands are: - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
9: ...hilip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. ...
41: ...much of his army to [[Carmania]] (modern southern Iran) with his general [[Craterus]], and commissioned ...
63: ... passions in some quarters in Greece, (former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia and diasporas thereof. P...
89: ...drome]], leading to the possibility that a helplessly paralyzed Alexander might actually have been kil...
91: ...and Macedonian nobility, who felt they were being slowly but surely phased out of power by Alexander's... - Desert (21206 bytes)
14: ...extremely arid land are deserts, and semiarid grasslands generally are referred to as [[steppes]].
16: ...ized as being located in the desert. The [[North Slope]] of Alaska's [[Brooks Range]] also receives l...
46: ...n crosses India, it loses moisture on the eastern slopes of the [[Aravalli Range]]. The [[Thar Desert]...
50: ...e [[Tibetan Plateau]]. Many locations within this category have elevations exceeding 3,000 meters (9,843 fee...
83: ... and serve as "trees" of the desert. Saguaro grow slowly but may live 200 years. When 9 years old, the... - Caste (32815 bytes)
31: ...[Druids]] of the [[Celts]], the [[Magi]] of the [[Iran|Persia]]ns and the [[levites]] of [[Judaism]].
39: ...he society. As warriors, their caste duty was to slay enemies.They were the only caste allowed to rul...
106: ...urcebook: The Laws of Manu'', c. [[1500 BC]], translated by G. Buhler
135: ...ople who acted a certain way, fell into a certain category. If one were born into a Brahmin family, but dran...
139: ... people were born into poor families, or in the [[slum]]s, and others into the families of holy men. E... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
10: ... of the [[Eastern Europe]]an [[Warsaw Pact]] were slowly collapsing. The fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] w...
23: ...United States Department of State]] about Kuwaiti slant drilling. This had continued for years, but no...
27: ...ing to pay off the debts accumulated during the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. Perhaps in response, Saddam was pushi...
43: ...orty years as the minority party while simultaneously pursuing their "[[Contract with America]]," whic...
47: ...tical firestorm on the right, where it was vigorously opposed on the general principle that government... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
46: ...od]]. He also kept tabs on actors he considered disloyal and informed on them to the [[FBI]] under the...
48: ...biography, he eventually gave in, after countless sleepless nights.
58: ... was conducted in the shadow of the [[Iran_contra|Iran hostage crisis]]; some analysts believe President...
64: ...s taken throughout much of the race. Reagan's landslide win in the 1984 presidential election is often...
73: ...hostages in [[Tehran]] at the conclusion of the [[Iran hostage crisis]], within minutes of his inaugurat... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
21: ...t of Education|Education]] and enacted strong legislation on environmental protection.
48: ...ion's foreign policy is most remembered for the [[Iran hostage crisis]], for the [[peace treaty]] he bro...
68: ...through a very unpleasant phase where the economy slowed down, causing a rise in unemployment, prior t...
77: ...opular uprising against the monarchy broke out in Iran, the Carter administration did not intervene.
81: ...ah would leave the US and die in [[Egypt]], the [[Iran hostage crisis]] continued, and dominated the las... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
112: * [[Order of the White Lion|Czechoslovakian Order of the White Lion]]
113: * [[Golden Star of Victory|Czechoslovakian Golden Star of Victory]]
167: ...in [[1957]], and supporting the counter-coup in [[Iran]] which overthrew the socialist, and suspected pr...
173: ...est in domestic policy. Although his [[1952]] landslide gave the Republicans control of both houses of...
276: ... Lifetime Mistakes". Eisenhower disagreed vigorously with several of the Chief Justice's decisions. ... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...'''''), is a [[borderless country|borderless]] [[island nation]] in the [[Persian Gulf]] ([[Southwest ...
42: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
61: ...y the [[Arabs]], under whom the island became [[Muslim]]. Bahrain was in the ancient times known as [[...
63: ..., meaning "Two Seas" refers to the fact that the islands contain the two sources of water, sweet water...
67: ...ce of Saudi Arabia) as well as Awal (now Bahrain Islands). The region stretched from what is now Kuwai... - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
1: ...t surviving ziggurat]], however, is in [[Kashan]] Iran dating back to the 5th millenia BC. Ziggurat desi...
17: ...est preserved ziggurats. Located near [[Susa]], [[Iran]].</center>]][[Image:SialkCAD.jpg|right|thumb|<ce...
21: ...ost recent to be discovered was Sialk, in central Iran.
29: [[Sialk|Sialk ziggurat, Kashan, Iran]]
30: [[Choqa Zanbil|Choqa Zanbil ziggurat, Susa, Iran]]
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