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Sheba, region, Arabian Peninsula

(Encyclopedia) Sheba, biblical name of a region, called in Arabic Saba, of S Arabia, including present-day Yemen and the Hadhramaut. Its inhabitants were called Sabaeans or Sabeans. According to some…

Reza Shah Pahlevi

(Encyclopedia) Reza Shah PahleviReza Shah Pahlevirēˈzä shä päˈləvē [key], 1878–1944, shah of Iran (1925–41). He began his career as an army officer and gained a reputation for valor and leadership.…

Selected Worldwide Religious Sites

—By Kate Pritchard Amritsar, India: Site of the Golden Temple (Sikhism). Axum, Ethiopia: Church of St. Mary of Zion (Ethiopian Orthodox), where the Ark of the Covenant is believed to be kept.…

Light Heavyweight

1903 Jack Root,George Gardner1903–05 Bob Fitzsimmons1905–12 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien11912–16 Jack Dillon1916–20 Battling Levinsky1920–22 Georges Carpentier1923 Battling Siki1923–25 Mike…

Pakistan Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members

Info   Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 08/08/2022 [source] Pres. Arif Alvi Prime Min. Shehbaz Sharif Min. of Climate Change Sherry…

2006 Nobel Prize Winners

Peace: Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh) and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh for “their efforts to create economic and social development from below”Literature: Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) “who in the…

George Foreman Biography

George Foremanboxer, actorBorn: 1/10/1949Birthplace: Marshall, Texas Heavyweight boxer who won the world championship as a 24-year-old, lost it a year later, and then improbably won it back…

Year in Review, 2016

Top events for the nation and the world Slideshows Pictured: LeBron James with daughter, Photo source: AP Photo/Eric Risberg   First unanimous MVP, Career Grand Slam, Twenty…

The Koran/Sura LXXIII — The Enfolded

Sura LXXIII — The Enfolded[32]Mecca — 20 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful O THOU ENFOLDED in thy mantle, Stand up all night, except a small portion of it, for…

The Koran/Sura CXI — Abu Lahab

Sura CXI — Abu Lahab Mecca — 5 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful LET the hands of ABU LAHAB[46] perish,and let himself perish! His wealth and his gains shall…