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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...d Motor Company's]] large [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing...
23: ...ht the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American ...
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|M...
69: ...; sent out expeditions to [[Baja California (peninsula)|Baja California]]
101: ...ia]], extensively charted the coastline and named such features as the [[Great Barrier Reef]] and the ... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...outheast Asia]] and [[China]], a distance readily surpassing that of his prior, near-contemporary and ...
4: ...and name is given as '''Shams ad-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammed ibn Ibrahim Ibn Battuta...
6: At the instigation of the Sultan of Morocco, [[Abu Inan Faris]], several years...
8: ...porting or story-telling. The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latte...
17: ...raduated to the status of ''[[al-Hajji]]'' as a result, now faced his return home. Upon reflection, he... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
6: ...velled to the [[United Nations]] to resolve the issue. Benazir Bhutto joined her father in [[New York ...
11: ...nce felt in Pakistan until the death of General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]].
24: ...overnment have said that they only provided moral support and nothing more. The Taliban took power in ...
27: ...gave importance to women while in power. Social issues of women, health and discrimination against wom...
34: ...hildren and her [[Nusrat Bhutto|mother]], who is suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] and from wher... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...st]] and [[songwriter]]. Tackling a wide range of subjects, including [[sexuality]], [[religion]], [[p...
7: ... was elected [[Homecoming Queen]], Most Likely to Succeed (female), Most Talented (female), and Best A...
10: ... to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to pursue her music career. While there she managed to get...
13: ... was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me and a Gun...
16: After touring throughout 1992 in support of ''Little Earthquakes'', Amos went to New ... - Laila Ali (3660 bytes)
1: ...onsider to be the greatest fighter of all time, [[Muhammad Ali]].
3: ...ainer in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], surprised the [[boxing]] [[world]] in [[1999]] by an...
7: ...etained that title with a two round knockout of [[Suzzette Taylor]] on [[August 17]] at [[Las Vegas]],...
15: ...as part of the undercard where [[Mike Tyson]] was surprisingly knocked out by journeyman [[Danny Willi...
17: ...e added the IWBF Light Heavyweight title to her resume by beating O'Neal, the fighter against whom she... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
12: ...igraphy was penned by [[Song Dynasty]] official [[Su Shi]]. For centuries, Chinese literati were expec...
14: ...hiragana]], and [[katakana]]. The manyogana are a subset of the Chinese characters used phonetically t...
16: ...st major art styles in [[East Asia]], including [[sumi-e]], a style of [[Chinese painting|Chinese]] an...
18: ...age:Meng_fa_shi_bei.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Chu Sui Liang's ([[595]]–[[658]]) ''Meng Fa Shi Be...
54: ...e majority of which are of seal script form) into such a small area of space, and carved in reverse so... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...tial [[data]]. Spatial data is acquired from [[measurement]] and can be stored in a [[database]], from...
7: ... oldest maps emphasized topological relationships such as connectedness, adjacency, and containment.
9: ...]ians later used geometry to survey land and to resurvey it after the periodic flooding of the [[Nile]...
11: ...archus]] of Samos was the first to say that the [[sun]] was the center of universe (see [[heliocentric...
13: ...s in support of this idea. Those arguments can be summarized as follows: - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
6: Once Egypt did succumb to foreign rule; however, it proved unable t...
14: *[[Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors]]: [[1805]] to [[1882]] - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
37: ...pulation|Ranked 16th]]<br> 67,673,031 <br>60.0/km²
63: ...eat Ahmad and re-establish his rule. However, [[Jesuit]] missionaries eventually offended the faith of...
67: ... to the [[Battle of Adowa]], which the Ethiopians surprised the world by defeating the colonial power ...
69: ...one-party [[socialist]] state. The ensuing regime suffered several bloody [[coup d'etat|coups]], upris...
77: ...ition parties chose to boycott these elections, ensuring a landslide victory for the [[Ethiopian Peopl... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
1: ...rs [[Saudi Arabia]] to the south and is otherwise surrounded by the [[Persian Gulf]].
31: ...|Ranked 162nd]] <br> 10,360 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
34: ...population|Ranked 154th]] <br> 817,052 <br> 79/km²
57: ...ne of many new [[emirate]]s in the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. After being dominated by [[Persian]]s for th...
59: ...tions with one another in efforts for territorial supremacy. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
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57: ...ro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civilization]...
59: ...site of the [[Indus Valley civilization]] and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including [[A...
62: ...nning of the [[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administrators, after ... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...he '''Republic of the Sudan''', or '''Republic of Sudan''' (in recent years the [[definite article]] h...
8: ...7;ودان <br> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
9: common_name = Sudan |
10: image_flag = Sudan flag large.png |
11: image_coat = Sudan coa.png | - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
26: *[[Sumeria]]
27: *[[Susa]]
33: ...educational guess, based on the interpretation of surviving physical evidence, about the "reason" even...
35: ...mplete story. As always, the present generation assumes they have a more accurate picture of ancient e...
54: * [[6 BC]] - [[Jesus of Nazareth|Jesus]] is born - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
11: *[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi|Qawi, Dwight Muhammad]], (born 1953), world champion boxer, boxing trai... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
47: ... is evoked by designs with repeating themes which suggest infinity.
51: *Use of impressive forms such as large domes, towering minarets, and large co...
54: ...e developed soon after the death of the Prophet [[Muhammad]] in AD 632. From the beginning the style drew f...
56: ...the [[hypostyle]] architecture of rows of columns supporting a flat base above which a huge spiralling...
62: ... century [[Suleiman Mosque]]. The 17th-century [[Sultan Ahmed Mosque]] shows the brilliant adaptation... - History of science (41710 bytes)
13: A major subject of concern and controversy in the [[philosop...
23: ...conditions in an experiment could never produce results that would describe nature as it was in the wo...
27: ... time to be devoted to tasks other than survival, such as the search for knowledge for knowledge's sak...
40: ...rt, literature and religious [[iconography]]) was suppressed while at the same time it was safeguarded...
52: ...reek philosophy was able to find some short-lived support by the newly created Arab [[Caliphate]] (Emp... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
15: ...on from that school in [[1591]], he went on to pursue study in [[theology]], becoming a part of the T?...
17: ...ed Barbara Muehleck. She died in [[1611]] and was survived by two children.
21: ...04]], Kepler observed the [[supernova]] which was subsequently named [[Kepler's Star]]. In January [[...
23: ... [[snow|snowflakes]], the first known work on the subject. He correctly theorized that their hexagonal...
27: ...empts to convict her failed. Even though she was subjected to [[torture]], she refused to confess to ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ...overian]] army at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[...
13: ...ish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Sudan]].
14: * [[1893]] - American [[sugar]] planters led by the [[Committee of Safety (H...
32: * [[1982]] - [[Cold Sunday|"Cold Sunday"]] in the [[United States]] sees temperatures...
34: ...fires 8 [[Scud]] missiles into [[Israel]] in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...In its broadest sense some have defined it as the sum total of answers given to explain humankind's re...
2: ...ng the form of a [[legal entity]] (see [[religion-supporting organization]]).
10: ... interpretation, favoured by more modern scholars such as [[Tom Harpur]], is ''re + ligio'' or "reconn...
21: ... of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearance. This view i...
28: [[Image:Jesus1.jpg|thumb|right|Jesus Christ, oil painting by Roland Walleij.]] - Pope Boniface IV (5099 bytes)
3: ...]an from the province and town of [[Valeria]]; he succeeded [[Boniface III]] after a vacancy of over n...
9: ...e first [[Bishop of London]], went to Rome "to consult the pope on important matters relative to the n...
11: ...], then living at [[Bobbio]] in [[Italy]], was persuaded by [[Agilulf]], [[Lombards#Historic_Kings_of_...
15: ...n with the [[Holy See]], and it would be wrong to suppose that Columban regarded himself as independen...
21: During Boniface's reign, the Prophet [[Muhammad]] began to preach in [[Mecca]], forming the basis...
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