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- Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...as by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°...
4: ...is the official name of the city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the cou...
6: ...uer of the enemies". This title was given to the city as many armies were destroyed in attempts to inv...
7: [[Image:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] high...
10: ...G|thumb|200px|right|Average temperature and precipitations in Cairo]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
24: | '''[[Capital]] and Largest City'''
36: ...tal (2003) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br ...
58: ... It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Red Sea]], respectively.
60: ...f the [[Sahara]] [[Desert]] and are sparsely inhabited. - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
4: ...bout [[3000 BC]]. Egypt's peculiar geography made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Phara...
6: ...es]], [[Arabs]], [[Turks]] and [[United Kingdom|British]]. When [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] ([[President of...
14: ... Muhammad Ali and his successors]]: [[1805]] to [[1882]]
15: *[[History of Modern Egypt]]: since [[1882]] - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death=[[New York City, New York]]
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
18: ...mber 19th, and Arthur became [[President of the United States|President]], serving until [[1885]].
20: ...Chester Arthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on the ''second'' syllable -- "Al-AN.... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
21: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Clevel...
23: ...e United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
24: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
29: ... [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]]...
31: ...e when many politicians were neither, but he had little imagination and seemed overwhelmed by the nati... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ... the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ...e late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
7: ...Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
13: ...ch starts with the founding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue).
15: * The Arab city from [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrive... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...eated the Italians in 1941, and Ethiopia regained its [[sovereignty]] upon the signing of the [[Anglo-...
5: <big>'''Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik'''</big>...
24: | '''[[Capital]]'''
36: ...r> -Total<br> -[[Population density|Density]]
40: | December 1944 (from the [[United Kingdom|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/eth... - Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
3: ... take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball.]]
5: ...their opponent. Football is played predominantly with the feet, but players may use any part of their ...
7: ...known as "[[football]]". <!-- Please see above polite suggestions before changing this line-->
11: ...vidual fans, local communities, and even nations; it is therefore often claimed to be the most popular...
15: ...eepers, may not ''intentionally'' touch the ball with their hands or arms during play. Although player... - Al Fayyum (5562 bytes)
3: ...d in the centre of the country. Its capital is a city also called Al Fayyum.
5: ...yyum proper is an oasis in the [[Libya]]n Desert, its eastern border being about 15 mi west of the [[N...
9: ...the bulti (Nile carp), of which considerable quantities are sent to Cairo.
11: ...of ancient villages and cities. The Fayum is the site of [[Lake Moeris]] of the ancient Egyptians, a l...
14: ... water for use during the dry seasons. Ancient visitors reported the appearance of "an artificial exca... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...ntion into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded versio...
5: ===[[Paleolithic|Paleolithic Era]]===
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
62: ...century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
99: ...eglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
11: *[[Paolo Uccello|Uccello, Paolo]], (1397-1475), Italian painter
24: *[[Moriteru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Moriteru]], (born 1951), 3rd [[Aikido Doshu|doshu]] of ...
25: *[[Fritz von Uhde|Uhde, Fritz von]], (1848-1911), German painter
26: ...hlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist and television presenter
35: *[[Gustaf Ullman|Ullman, Gustaf]], Swedish writer - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|250px|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]], showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997)]]
3: ...en [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixe...
9: ...an extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...om ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearance have been noticed ...
13: ....png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
95: *[[George Barker (painter)|George Barker]] ([[1882]]-[[1965]]) - American football (39287 bytes)
3: ...nted oval shape, and usually has a large set of stitches along one side.]]
5: ...g team's [[end zone]] and score points. The team with more points when time has expired wins.
7: ...er)|association football]] (soccer), a sport that it does not resemble. American football evolved as a...
9: ==Popularity==
11: ..., [[NFL Europe]], with 6 teams based in European cities. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
22: ... - (1938-) U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...Emile Berliner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]]
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types
40: ...her von Braun]], (1912-1977), [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...47]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and [[businessma...
5: ...s worldwide, including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. Edison ...
10: ...itish government gave those who had been loyal to it. In 1811, three generations of Edison's took up f...
14: ...m. Sam's family joined him and in [[1847]] grew with the birth of their seventh child, [[Thomas Alva ...
16: ...art in his schooling due to childhood illnesses. It was a late start and a poor start. His mind ofte... - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...res 1917.jpg|thumb|300px|Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle after...
2: ...diers or involved so many in the field of battle. It was then the second-bloodiest conflict of all tim...
4: ...iplomatic and political origins|Diplomatic and political origins]] below).
6: ...hus the outbreak of [[World War II]] in [[1939]]. It also greatly increased the use of mass industrial...
8: .... Scholars have also cited German diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism th... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1860...
7: ...Image:National-atlas-1970-1860.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1860]]
9: *[[1860]] - [[Crittenden Compromise]]
15: *[[1861]] - [[Kansas]] admitted to the Union as a [[free state]]
26: *[[1863]] - [[New York City draft riots]] - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...ore than two years after the Soviets had demanded it. In the meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous ca...
11: ...thumb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Prime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U....
13: ...n hegemony reigned over about one third and the United States over two thirds.
15: ...d States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], between [[capitalism]] and [[communism]]; those contrasts had bee...
17: ...States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position. - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...rcular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]] of less than 1%.
3: ...ing Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in t...
5: ...ion of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath ([[Unicode]]: ♀)...
7: ...e of its modern association with [[sexually transmitted disease]]s. Some astronomers use ''[[Cytherea...
14: ... between the night and day sides of Venus despite its extremely slow rotation (less than one rotation ...
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