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	Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Al-Jazira is characterised as a riparian plain, quite distinct from the Syrian Desert and lower-lying central Mesopotamia.
		The name was used by Islamic sources to refer to the northern section of Mesopotamia, which together with Sawād, made up Al-‘arāgh (Iraq).
		Umayyads), the administration of Jazira was often shared with that of Armenia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al-Jazira,_Mesopotamia (632 words)

	Jazira - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Al Jazira, Mesopotamia — the riparian plain of Mesopotamia, which encompasses northeastern Syria and northwestern Iraq.
		Al Jazeera — a major Arabic television channel, based in Qatar.
		Jazira (جزيرة) means island or peninsula in Arabic, and may refer to:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jazirah (168 words)

	People Of Ancient Assyria
		The rivers of Mesopotamia depend on the fall of rain and melting of snow in the mountains to the north and east.
		Oracular responses from deities were obtained in Mesopotamia, among other methods, by examination of the entrails of the sacrificial animals, in particular by an investigation of the liver of a ritually-sacrificed sheep.
		Even before the fall of Babylon to the Hittite attack, small groups of Kassites were established in Mesopotamia; we find them, for example, engaged as harvest workers.
	www.aina.org /books/poaa/poaa.htm (17783 words)

	Gause, Oil Monarchies: Chapter 3
		The highest proportions are in Bahrain (6 of 15) and Qatar (9 of 17), with Oman, where the ruling family is the smallest in terms of size, having the lowest proportion (5 of 30, though the Sultan himself holds the Defense, Foreign Affairs and Finance portfolios, as well as the prime ministership).
		This kind of redistribution method was extremely important in Kuwait, where in the 1950's it was the major channel for the Al Sabah to filter oil revenues to the merchant elite and tribal notables.
		ud, Al Thani, Al Khalifa and the various UAE families, family members are placed throughout the civilian bureaucracy and the officer corps.
	www.arts.mcgill.ca /programs/icas/gause/chapter3.html (11503 words)

	Anonymization.Net
		The main article for this category is Mesopotamia.
	67.18.35.242 /-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mesopotamia (95 words)

	Chapter 6
		Ali was still the legitimate caliph chosen by the community at large in Medina; this was not publicly repudiated by the community as a whole, nor was the declaration of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari deposing Ali and that of Amr b.
		After such treatment at the hands of his own troops, the disheartened and shaken Hasan found it impossible to stay in the army camp; he took to his horse and, escorted by his close associates and faithful followers, rode to the safety of the White Castle of Al-Mada'in, the residence of his governor.
		In the final analysis, we are left with no choice but to accept that Hujr's only motive was his religious conviction and his unshakable faith in the leadership of the Ahl al- Bayt.
	www.al-shia.com /html/eng/books/history/origins-development-shia-islam/08.htm (13939 words)

	Encyclopedia: County of Edessa
		Edessa is the historical name of a town in northern Mesopotamia.
		Length 2,800 km Elevation of the source 4,500 m Average discharge 818 mÂ³/s Area watershed 765,831 kmÂ² Origin Eastern Turkey Mouth Shatt al Arab Basin countries Turkey Syria Iraq Boat on the Shatt-al-Arab The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name for the river, which is...
		The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/County-of-Edessa (396 words)

	THE MESOPOTAMIAN
		And this is a relatively a mild T.V. station funded by KSA, your dear ally Americans, not Al Arabia or Al Jazira.
		Al Kubaisi (no pro American collaborator, I can assure you), was saying today in an interview in Al Arabiya, that the Sunnis are simply going to be left behind and the train will go by them and leave them as some kind of anachronism.
		This Man, Al Kubaisi, is quite an admirable man, not just because of his shrewdness today but generally and I have personally been very impressed by him from longtime as a scholar, linguist, theologian and thinker.
	messopotamian.blogspot.com /2003_12_01_messopotamian_archive.html (9089 words)

	World Factbook Iraq, Map of Iraq, Iraq Map, Physical Map of Iraq, Weather of Iraq, Information on Iraq
		The northern portion of Iraq, known as Al Jazira, is mountainous and borders with Iran and Turkey.
		The country has to its credit enormous deposits of petroleum and natural gas and is endowed with large quantities of water, supplied by its two main rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, and their tributaries.
		The country is bound by Turkey on the north; by Iran on the east; by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the Persian Gulf on the south; and on the west by Jordan and Syria.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/iraq.html (548 words)

	al- RAA [VIII:410a]
		and Aleppo, as being the gate for supremacy in Northern Mesopotamia.
		in central Mesopotamia, from where it supposedly reached al-
		For the irrigation of the palace city, two canals were laid out: one channelling the water of the Euphrates from about 15 km/9 miles further west, and another of over 100 km/62 miles collecting water from the Anatolian mountains to the north.
	www.encislam.brill.nl /data/EncIslam/C7/COM-0907.html (4137 words)

	Suryoyo.com Forum: Re: My Parents' Empire is Osroene & Assyria, & NOT the Desert!, Hanna Hajjar at 1/27/2000 01:51
		All their learning centers were in Mesopotamia, in cities like Urhoy/Edessa, Nisibis/Nisibin, Jundaishapur, Tur-Abdin, Mardin etc. In other words he was talking about the Assyrians, and not the Arameans who lived west of the Euphrates.
		Remember, the Syrians who come from Mesopotamia are Assyrians, and those are the people that Philip Hitti is talking about.
		That renaissance which became and still is the pride of the ancient Islamic period".
	f16.parsimony.net /forum28457/messages/240.htm (2092 words)

	10/02/01: TCP
		He was going over the birthplace of western civ, Mesopotamia which is today Iraq, and decided to discuss the war at some length.
		During Desert Storm I heard different opinions, but the professor I was taking for the History of Western Civilization remained very neutral.
	www.mrcranky.com /movies/dontsayaword/123/16.html (498 words)

	cms24_05.htm
		Although the cultural and political center during the Early Islamic II period was in the east (Mesopotamia and Persia), the trade relations of Caesarea were mainly with Egypt.
		The trade route between Mesopotamia and Persia probably ran along the overland 'highway', mentioned by Ibn Khurdadhbih.
		The ceramic data, together with data pertaining to other significant artifacts, supports the assumption that large-scale commercial activity took place at Caesarea during the Early Islamic II period, despite the lack of historical evidence.
	maritime.haifa.ac.il /cms/newslett/cms24/cms24_05.htm (1812 words)

	Addewid Diary - April 2003
		Al Jazira è online, ma la tv del Qatar non c'entra di F. Basso.
		Al Sahaf: «Colpiti 2 bus di scudi umani».
	www.fracturedparadise.com /AddewidDiary/years/2003/april (940 words)

	Global Road Warrior
		This treaty was the first of the so-called 'Exclusive Agreements' under which Bahrain and other Gulf states signed away control of their foreign affairs in return for Britain's protection.
		The most popular area is the Bab al Bahrain (Gateway to Bahrain), where visitors once passed through the archway directly off the gangplank from cruise vessels.
		Bahrain's ruling family, the Al-Khalifas, first arrived in the mid-eighteenth century, coming from Kuwait.
	www.worldtradepress.com /grwUnigroup/country/bahrain/05grw.html (700 words)

	03his
		An archaeological and historical survey of the Arab Gulf region in ancient times and its relations with neighboring countries, including introduction geographical outline of the Gulf region, survey of archaeological sites and important findings in the region, economic, political and cultural contacts with Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.
		Natural and human Geography - Islamic conquest - period of viceroys (walis) - Rise of the Andalusean Umayyad State - The internal Problems - Foreign relations with Northmen, Abbasids, Christian states and north Africa states.
		Iran defined: the origins of Iranian society: the religious structure, the literary genres, the artistic styles Anatolia, Indo-european infiltration, the Hittite society, the religious structure, the literary genres, the artistic styles.
	www.reg.kuniv.edu.kw /course/03his.htm (3121 words)

	Repubblica.it » esteri » Giuliana Sgrena, un sequestro lungo un mese: la cronologia
		Al Jazira trasmette la versione in arabo del video realizzato dalla redazione del Manifesto per illustrare il lavoro della sua inviata e perorarne la liberazione.
		Giuliana Sgrena nelle quattro ore precedenti l'agguato aveva incontrato nella moschea sunnita al Kastal, posta all'interno dell'università, alcuni sfollati di Falluja.
		Lo rende noto Al Jazeera, citando un comunicato dell'organizzazione.
	www.repubblica.it /2005/b/sezioni/esteri/iraq44/tempiseq/tempiseq.html (609 words)

	pandemonium00596.html
		Al propio tiempo, el general Richar Myers, jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, comentaba la situación con una observación digna del librito de frases célebres de Bush: «pensamos que la batalla más dificil está por venir, lo que, desde luego, ya lo sabíamos desde el comienzo y estamos preparados para ello».
		La humanidad asume, al fin, conciencia de estar colectivamente amenazada por un proyecto de dominación planetaria de contornos fascistas que asusta.
		necesita que al país entre cada día 1, 5 mil millones de dólares para sostener su déficit externo y no está alcanzado ni la mitad de esa cifra debido a las condiciones generadas por la política militarista.
	www.franz-lee.org /files/pandemonium00596.html (8968 words)

	Jims_Bibliography.txt
		Salah-ad-Din and the Jazira Campaigns of A.H. 578 and A.H. 581: The Evidence of the Figured Coins.
		A description of a hoard of 273 silver coins of the Islamic Mongol Ilkhanid dynasty, mostly from the Jazira.
		The Struggle for Syria and Mesopotamia (330-58/941-69) as Reflected on Hamdanid and Ikhshidid Coins.
	islamiccoinsgroup.50g.com /Jims_Bibliography.txt (16759 words)

	Read about Jazira at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Jazira and learn about Jazira here!
		riparian plain of Mesopotamia, which encompasses northeastern Syria and northwestern
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Jazirah (122 words)

	User:Garzo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merging disambiguation pages on Jazira, and writing a new article on Al Jazira, Mesopotamia.
		Tidied up articles around different spellings of Jazira.
		A rewrite and merge of articles on Tadmor (aka Palmyra).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:Garzo (1305 words)

	Dust and Sand Forecasting in Iraq
		Locates and describes sources of sand and dust in Mesopotamia, Southwest Asia, and the Red Sea area.
		Provides practical tips and rules of thumb for forecasting airborne sand and dust.
	www.comet.ucar.edu /~alanbol/AWS_TN91_1.htm (3621 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Baghdad Museum, Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
		A year or two ago, searching for evidence that eye make-up was first used for magic and ritual purposes, I happened upon the painted eyes of beautiful sculptures from Mesopotamia, revealing kohl-lined eyes that, beyond the need of the required evidence, left a haunting imprint of their gaze in my mind.
		And Iraqis, in almost a full century of coup d'etats, revolutions and wars, had respected culture and cultural heritage, the only one of the Arab nations to have such respect for a history that it can hardly ignore, with some 10 000 archeological and standing sites.
		And how can plain soldiers who do not care two hoots about archeology, history and culture, be expected to pay much attention to ruined bricks, when they can't even tell friend from foe, innocent civililans, journalists from enemy fighters?
	www.iranian.com /FSFF/2003/April/Baghdad/p.html (3451 words)

	Issues in the News
		The discovery of records of linen and oil deliveries made 5,300 years ago in southern Egypt challenges the theory that the Sumerians of southern Mesopotamia were the first people to develop writing around 5,000 years ago.
		A German archeologist announced that recently discovered carbon-dated (between 3,300 BC and 3,200 BC) Egyptian line drawings of animals, plants and mountains were the initial stages of what later became intricate hieroglyphics.
		More than 65,000 Algerians have been killed since early 1992, when authorities canceled a general election in which the Islamic Salvation Front, the major Islamist party, had taken a decisive lead.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/0399/9903038.html (3762 words)

	two arabic questions
		Don't know why jazira reminded me of ozero.
		both the Arabian peninsula and NW mesopotamia (hence the syrian province)
	www.groupsrv.com /science/about26827.html (295 words)

	Part II - COUNTRY REPORTS
		Nearly half of the country's wheat is grown in Al Hassake province (the Al Jazira plains).
		Insecticides have affected bees in some areas (Al Ghab, Aleppo and Idlib provinces), as well as sheep and cattle when they are brought into fields before the pesticide has safely degraded.
		The altitude is low in the south, and 50 percent of the land is covered by water.
	www.fao.org /docrep/V9976E/v9976e05.htm (12837 words)

	Imperial Israel: The Nile-to-Euphrates Calumny - Middle East Quarterly - March 1994
		The Jewish seven-branched candelabrum against the background of an incredible map: an outline shows the region which goes from the Mediterranean to Mesopotamia, from the Red Sea to the Euphrates.
		[11] Four years later he spoke of settling Jews in Mesopotamia.
		In 1898, Herzl planned to ask the Ottoman sultan for a territory stretching from the Egyptian frontier to the Euphrates.
	www.meforum.org /article/215 (5343 words)

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