Jordan is a monarchy in the Middle East. It borders Syria in the north, Iraq in the northeast, Saudi Arabia in the east and south, and Israel and Palestine (West Bank) in the west. The country has a coastal strip of 26 kilometers towards the Gulf of Aqaba in the south. Jordan is ruled by a Hashemite dynasty which is officially descended from the Prophet Muhammad and is rooted in…
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Cyprus has a number of monuments from ancient times. The ancient city of Kition, which is mostly under today’s Larnax (Larnaca), was founded around 1200 BC. The city ruins include of an ancient Cyclopean wall, the great Astarte temple and four small temples. The ruins of the great Aphrodite temple in Paleopafos (Ancient Paphos), at present Kuklia, were erected in the period 1100 BC – 300 AD. Unique mosaic floors…
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The history of the Philippines is limited mainly to the time after the country was colonized by Europeans in the 16th century, as there is little historical source material for knowledge of the time before this. The Philippines was populated from the mainland in the Stone Age. From the 8th century AD, Chinese seafarers visited the islands, but in the 15th century Muslims pushed back the Chinese influence. In the…
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