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- of Solomon, extending north into Lebanon, east into the transjordan and south ... of Lo Debar in Gilead and Ashteroth Karnaim east of the Jordan. ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 08:00, 3 April 2024
- enslaved Africans, and sent boats trading as far as the Malay Peninsula. ... Except for those who travel to remote Middle East locales for striking ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- Estuaries are impacted by events far upstream, and concentrate ... Peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and Far East: Nivkhi] Arctic Network ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- looked at incidences of pauperism in the East End of London showed that ... from occurring in Britain. Booth was far from tempted by the ideas ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 01:56, 4 December 2023
- poems of this time is "The Ballad of East and West"—a ballad ... tickets only allowed the couple to return as far as Vermont. Kipling and his ...14 KB (2,319 words) - 17:43, 22 December 2022
- |titles=Apostle to the Far East |beatified_date=October 25, 1619 ... Goa, the center Portuguese activity in the East, on May 6, 1542. He spent ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- age when Constantius II was emperor of the East, when such a rank would only ... Book 17 follows Julian’s campaigns as far East as the Danube River. 18 ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... de-Valleyfield and Lac Saint-Pierre east of Montreal. It surrounds ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- singly, independent of one another and not far from some village church, ... witnessed the erection of monasteries far exceeding anything that had ...20 KB (3,204 words) - 14:14, 7 May 2024
- Daha also referred to a dasyu tribe in Margiana. Dahistan (east of ... and those situated more towards the east Massagetae and Sacae." ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
- In both East and West, numerous iconic types of Christ, Mary and saints ... Secular painting became far more common from the Renaissance on, developing ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- Morley was born in Norwich, in East Anglia, the son of a brewer. Most ... that composers had become too literal and far too indiscriminate in their ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- In 1792, the British East India Company established the Madras Observatory ... time zones, with Calcutta using the 90th east meridian and Bombay the 75° ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 18:36, 4 March 2024
- In the ancient Middle East, natural asphalt deposits were used for ... In the ancient Far East, natural asphalt was slowly boiled to get ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:53, 18 August 2023
- | east || south || center / zenith || west ||north |- ! Planet ... | east || south || center || west || north |- ! The Chinese Five-note Scale ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- relations, dominated by China, prevailed in East Asia until the weakening of ... dominated by China, that prevailed in East Asia until the weakening of ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Conceived by the East German administration of Walter Ulbricht and ... However, the creation of the Wall was a propaganda disaster for East ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- Distant Sun (Strange but True: the Sun is far away on the 4th of July)] ... in the Northern Hemisphere, including East Asian and Irish cultures. ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 17:37, 25 January 2023
- territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Central America. The 36 ... The islands extend east-west for 60 miles and are located just west ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- to Rio Grande do Sul state, and inland as far as Paraguay and northern Argentina ... to the northeast and the Cerrado savannas to the east. * Montane moist ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- showing Devils Tower (upper right) far east of [[Yellowstone National ... Another version tells of how two Sioux boys wandered far from their ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- ideas on mineralogy in the medieval Middle East as well. The medieval Islamic ... ===China and the Far East=== In ancient China, the oldest literary ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- The Torah in Judaism and scroll hangings in Far Eastern traditions are some ... Ashkenazi designs, preferably built on the East wall, which takes the shape ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- The treaty's territorial provisions did not go as far as the ... the War of Spanish Succession, 1701-1705. East European monographs, no. 146 ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- played with wooden beaters dating as far back as 1500 B.C.E. The origins ... The hammered dulcimer is played in Wales, East Anglia, Northumbria, Southwest ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- and later as commander of the army of the east. He was functioning as virtual ... course in Italy, Justinian dispatched him to the East. The war with ...22 KB (3,355 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- at the University of the Toilers of the East. He joined the Chinese Communist ... at the University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow. In July of 1921 ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- between the north-south trade routes and east-west trade routes to Nubia ... conquest. His wars of expansion reached as far north as the Fezzan, allowing ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 02:36, 5 October 2022
- areas of Siberia and the Russian Far East. Nonetheless, a few prisoners ... the katorga settlements of Russia’s Far East Sakhalin island in 1891 ...21 KB (3,190 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- China, North Asia and Eastern Europe (as far west as the Crimea). They ... According to the ancient East Asian cosmology outlined in the theory ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- help to finish his essay, "On Peace in East Asia" and for a set of ... would be improved. Reality proved otherwise. Far from slowing down Japan's ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- both because the logistical operation was far more successful than could ... days. Some of the boats came from as far away as the Isle of Man and ...14 KB (2,148 words) - 15:36, 30 April 2023
- Architecturally, the Palace building measures 400 metres east-west ... Shun Zhi in Beijing is located on the east wall outside the entrance ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Birds such as the peafowl and drongo live in the subregion as far ... * Far East * Dutch East India Company * British East India Company ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- beads and glassware which came from as far away as the Mediterranean ... largest golden crown from Silla discovered thus far. There are two ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- East of Porus' kingdom, near the Ganges River, the powerful kingdom ... Greek king Menander may have campaigned as far as the capital Pataliputra ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 15:30, 28 January 2023
- trade networks, and the development in the east coast of North America in ... in various locations, including off the east coast of North America and ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 22:21, 7 January 2024
- continent south of the Sahara Desert, east of Western Africa, and west ... Although located east of the East African Rift System *Rwanda and ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- The Midianites were a biblical people who occupied territory east ... indicated in Genesis as having been to the east of Canaan, as Abraham sent ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- Xinjiang and Central Asia, and on to the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. ... In 97 C.E. the Chinese general Ban Chao went as far west as the Caspian ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 00:55, 28 January 2022
- E.. One stele of Hammurabi has been found as far north as Diyarbekir, where ... to the region extending north of Canaan as far as Kadesh on the Orontes. ...16 KB (2,552 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- so conspicuous that all the kings of the East and West could see it from ... to go farther for it; and sinners had to go far from the camp to gather it ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 02:56, 6 November 2022
- Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, far from the sunshine and surfing ... opened bureaus domestically, both on the East and West coasts, and internationally ...18 KB (2,752 words) - 04:45, 18 November 2022
- whose families originated from the Middle East and Indian sub-continent areas ... Gulf and Western India have visited the East African coast since early ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- in 1380. He died near Zwolle (52 miles east-north-east of Amsterdam) in ... study possible to a mortal. His teachings far excel all the teachings of ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- In certain African communities and east Asia, the process of overcoming ... the Middle East; and S. japonicum in the Far East. S. mekongi and S. intercalatum ...18 KB (2,573 words) - 17:07, 25 January 2023
- it merges with the Sayan Mountains to the east), and extends southeast from ... parallel with the Sayan Mountains as far east as the Kosso-gol, and the ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 08:35, 23 July 2023
- southern Bihar, and parts of Bengal in the east. It was bounded on the north ... Ashoka's Bairat edict, far from Bihar, constitutes the earliest ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- the Silk Road reminded Europeans that the East was home to a great civilization ... men, Subutai and Batu Khan sat on a hill, far from the engagement, where ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- Contact between the Greco-Roman Empire had been far more extensive ... Egypt dare to go further but only came as far as this place, it received ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- In January, 1866 Russian ships appeared on the east coast of Korea ... Fortuitously, the commander of the French Far Eastern Squadron, Rear Admiral ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- of the Hasmonean line, seen by many Jews as far more legitimate than Herod ... Herod who was tetrarch of the territories east of the Sea of Galilee. Although ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 11:05, 22 January 2024
- thus gained substantial territories to the east without a fight, Ahmad Shah ... north of Kandahar and were to be found as far east as Quetta, Baluchistan. ...17 KB (2,664 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- Populations of monarchs as far north as Winnipeg, Canada are known ... are right, and have been sighted as far east as Long Bennington. Monarchs ...17 KB (2,556 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- to go fly through the air and land as far down the hill as possible ... are Finland, Norway, Germany (formerly both East and West), Austria, Poland ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the eleventh to fourteenth ... The dynasty marked the beginning of Turkic power in the Middle East ...17 KB (2,487 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- countries. The concept of wrestling dates as far back as 3400 B.C.E. In fact ... ==== Middle and Far East ==== The Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian literature ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- by steep cliffs. Fjords commonly extend far inland and are extremely deep ... river is referred to as fjorden). In east Sweden, the name fjärd is ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- ) were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a ... This terminology survived in the Byzantine East as late as the reign of Athalaric ...25 KB (3,947 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- devised centuries earlier in the Middle East, where people including the ... km), but it is dwarfed by aqueducts in the far west of the country, most ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- existed but, because wood usually decomposes far more easily than bone, none ... wide for their pitch, and why organs can be far louder than concert flutes ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- people had come, to which he replied "the east": ... Hawaii, as far south as New Zealand, as far east as Easter Island, and as ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- the Papacy, and perhaps bringing the East under his control. Second ... Far more subtle than the Crusades, but far more successful over the ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- while rainy tropical climates extended as far north as 45 degrees latitude ... and Alaska. Tropical rainforests grew as far north as the Pacific Northwest ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 21:20, 9 February 2022
- To the east, the mountains range mostly between 1000 m and 2000 m ... Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Middle East ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and east into present-day Nigeria and ... in the empire were the most ambitious and far-reaching in sub-Saharan history ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:15, 4 February 2023
- their retainers, and freebooters from as far away as Norman Italy. The ... forced to order his cavalry to attack far sooner than he had anticipated ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 09:46, 22 September 2023
- However, the term oracle bone script is by far more common. Bones and shells ... of California, Berkeley, Institute of East Asian Studies. ISBN 1-55729-070-9 ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 00:58, 18 November 2022
- American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, chair of the National B& ... the democratic system. If a state moves too far in one direction or the other ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- in South Africa through Mozambique and Tanzania as far as south-east Kenya, going inland as far as southern Malawi and eastern Zimbabwe. ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- in 1944. After service in the Middle East in World War II he was given ... and was sent to Sudan. He took part in the East African Campaign to liberate ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- the Muslim kingdoms to the west "as far as the borders of Egypt." ... hostility of the khanates to the north and east—the Chagatai khanate in Mughulistan ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 16:11, 12 February 2024
- in eastern South Korea. It lies in the far southeastern corner of North ... became legendary, and was reported as far away as Egypt. The population ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- unknown reasons, however, by November he was far less welcome in the town. ... He then became a symbolic hero for the East German state (German Democratic ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- such unions. Some Muslim scholars go so far as to state that such a marriage ... Africa. Indians have long been traders in East Africa. The British Empire ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection ... Deco masterpiece on New York City's East Side, with its stainless chromium ...11 KB (1,614 words) - 21:55, 10 December 2023
- of his birth, ‘Ebrā, where the old road east of Malatya towards Kharput ... In 1264, he was made primate, or maphrian, of the East by Ignatius ...19 KB (3,000 words) - 19:08, 10 February 2023
- was then the collapse of the Berlin Wall in East Germany. With the exception ... == From East to West == Moscow's largest obstacle to improved ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- or places that are at high altitudes or far inland. In addition, the wastewater ... electricity. For example, in the Middle East and North Africa, it has become ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- Mayr (2001) notes that the Homo genus, a far advanced hominid, appeared ... Leakey, who found fossils in Tanzania, East Africa, between 1962 and 1964. ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 12:08, 2 February 2024
- of the Berbers appear to have come from East Africa, the Middle East, or ... and Algeria, with smaller communities as far east as Egypt and as far south ...26 KB (3,865 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Speke's discovery, instead pushing too far west and entering the Congo ... found in the basin within the three East African countries. These resources ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 23:25, 21 October 2022
- North of the railway line, which crosses Astana in an east-west direction ... former location of Almaty, which lies on the far southeastern border with Kyrgyzstan ...14 KB (2,138 words) - 05:07, 18 August 2023
- The conflict is sometimes referred to as the "Middle East conflict ... Israel has permanently annexed these and so far there is a stand-off between ...29 KB (4,317 words) - 20:21, 11 August 2023
- the sultan could also send them as far as the Muslim regions of Spain. ... family's control over the Middle East. After Saladin's death ...13 KB (2,110 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- part of northern Europe and occurring as far east as the Urals. Some of the ... to mouth. The variety most valued in the East is the pale straw-colored ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- African Republic, Ghana, Chad, Liberia, and as far as Sudan in the east. They refer to themselves as Ful or Fulbe and are also called Peul. ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- . The cost in developed countries is far higher. The cost for the 2000 ... purposes.Amelie Kuhrt, The Ancient Near East c. 3000–330 B.C.E. Vol 2 ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- Western European unity, the nations of the East would also eventually gain ... However, the vision of transcending the nation state has so far floundered. ...13 KB (1,869 words) - 04:30, 23 March 2024
- to lead the Israelites into the country east of the Jordan River, where ... After enlisting the cooperation of the kindred east Jordanic tribes ...17 KB (2,859 words) - 19:56, 7 September 2022
- kindling a love lost. (Manhattan Beach, CA: East-West Understanding Press. ... It has been said that knowledge from as far off as China reached these ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2022
- before joining the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk. ... although towards the end of the trial the East India Company did provide ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- Dynasty (1486-1599) at Taungoo (Kaytumadi), far up the Sittang River, south ... Dynasty (1486-1599) at Taungoo (Kaytumadi), far up the Sittang River, south ...18 KB (2,701 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- Republic of Tanzania, is a nation on the east coast of Africa. The name ... ancestors. Discoveries suggest that East Africa may have been the site ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- widely, visiting Africa, the Middle East and the Far East and also teaching at such institutions as the French National School of Overseas Territories ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- Southern Bug in modern-day Ukraine in the east. During its time, the kingdom ... The territory was settled by the East Slavs from the early Middle ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- council by Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox, the ... for intruding into the affairs of churches far and wide. ...21 KB (3,217 words) - 17:20, 28 March 2024
- are certain parts of these states, such as East Texas and the Florida Panhandle ... the center of the Deep South, stretching as far west as eastern Texas. ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 08:36, 15 January 2023
- east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means ... in the woods of rural Japan, quite far from the distractions of Kamakura ...16 KB (2,429 words) - 00:05, 13 February 2024
- is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. Its ... and Tigris Rivers, where the left (east) bank is held by Iran. ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
