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Simon, Théodore

(Encyclopedia)Simon, Théodore: see Binet, Alfred. ...

Kut-el-Amara

(Encyclopedia)Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.

Chemical Ali

(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...

Gadhafi, Moammar El-

(Encyclopedia)Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...

Egypt

(Encyclopedia)CE5 CE5 Egypt ēˈjĭpt [key], Arab. Misr, biblical Mizraim, officially Arab Republic o...

Almohads

(Encyclopedia)Almohads ălˈməhădz [key], Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Spain in the 12th and 13th cent. It had its origins in the puritanical sect founded by Ibn Tumart, who stirred up (c.1120) th...

Makkah Royal Clock Tower

(Encyclopedia)Makkah Royal Clock Tower: see Abraj Al-Bait. ...

Aumann, Robert John

(Encyclopedia)Aumann, Robert John, American-Israeli mathematician, b. Frankfurt, Germany, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1938, and moved to ...

Kigoma

(Encyclopedia)Kigoma kēgōˈmäˈ [key], town, capital of Kigoma prov., W Tanzania, a port on Lake Tanganyika; combined with Ujiji in a single municipality, Kigoma-Ujiji (2012 pop. 215,458). It is the terminus of ...

Perim

(Encyclopedia)Perim pārēmˈ, pērˈĭm [key], Arab. Barim, island, c.5 sq mi (13 sq km), off the SW Arabian peninsula in the Bab el Mandeb strait; it is part of Yemen. A rocky and barren island rising to c.215 ft...