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Tombalbaye, Ngarta
(Encyclopedia) Tombalbaye, NgartaTombalbaye, Ngartaən-gärˈtä tŏmbəlbäˈyā [key], 1918—75, president of Chad (1960–75). Born François Tombalbaye, he Africanized his given name in 1973. A businessman…Berbera
(Encyclopedia) Berbera Berbera bûrˈbərə [key], city, Somaliland region, N Somalia, a port on the Gulf of Aden. The…Ruiz, Juan
(Encyclopedia) Ruiz, JuanRuiz, Juanhwän r&oomacr;ēthˈ [key], 1283?–1350?, Spanish poet, musician, and archpriest of Hita. Ruiz suffered 13 years in prison, during which time he revised his…Said, Sayyid
(Encyclopedia) Said, SayyidSaid, Sayyidsäēdˈ säēdˈ [key] or Said ibn Sultan, 1791?–1856, ruler of Oman and Zanzibar. He became ruler of Oman in 1806, when he was about 15. After defeating opposition…Qantarah esh Sharqiya
(Encyclopedia) Qantarah esh SharqiyaQantarah esh Sharqiyakänˈtärä ĕsh shärkēˈyä [key], town, NE Egypt, on the east bank of the Suez Canal. It is on the ancient military road between Egypt and Syria.…Abano, Pietro d'
(Encyclopedia) Abano, Pietro d'Abano, Pietro d'pyāˈtrō däˈbänō [key], 1250?–1316?, Italian physician and philosopher, a professor of medicine in Padua. His famous work Conciliator differentiarum was…Intifada
(Encyclopedia) IntifadaIntifadaĭntēfăˈdĕ [key] [Arab.,=uprising, shaking off], the Palestinian uprising during the late 1980s and early 90s in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, areas that had been…Mosul
(Encyclopedia) MosulMosulmōˈsəl, mōs&oomacr;lˈ [key], Arab. al Mawsil, city (1987 pop. 664,221), provincial capital, N Iraq, on the Tigris River, opposite the ruins of Nineveh. It is the largest…Nablus
(Encyclopedia) NablusNablusnăˈbləs, näˈ– [key], Heb. Shechem, city (2003 est. pop. 127,000), the West Bank. It is the market center for a region where wheat and olives are grown and sheep and goats…Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Gertrude Margaret LowthianBell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthianlōˈᵺēən [key], 1868–1926, British traveler, author, and government official, one of the builders of the modern state of…Trending
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