Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty - Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty The Israel-Egypt peace treaty was signed in Washington on March 26, 1979. It consisted of Israel returning the Sinai Peninsula including its oil wells and strategic location, dismantling Israeli Settlements and removing (in some instances such as Yamit forcefully, the Jewish population of the area, in exchange for Egypt recognizing Israel's right to exist and pledging not to attack it again. Also involved was an arrangement of autonomy for the Palestinian population of the disputed Israeli territories of Judea, Samaria (together also called the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip..
Hatshepsut of Egypt - Hatshepsut of Egypt Hatshepsut (1504?-1458 BC; sometimes spelled Hapshepsut) was a female Pharaoh of Egypt in the 18th dynasty. She ruled from 1473 BC to 1458 BC. She was the daughter of Thutmose I. Ostensibly regent for Thutmose III of Egypt, she gradually assumed power for herself, eventually being crowned as Pharaoh. Along with it, she assumed the male trappings of power, wearing the male clothing and even false beard of the Pharaohs and having herself addressed by the male titles. She was a hands-on ruler, leading a successful military campaign in Nubia and traveling on a rich trading mission in Punt. Hatshepsut is regarded as the first female monarch in recorded history. See also: List of Pharaohs.
Ha, Egyptian god - Egyptian mythology, Ha was a god of the deserts to the west of Egypt. He was related to the underworld, Duat..
History of Egypt - History of Egypt The history of Egypt is the longest continuous history, as a unified state, of any country in the world. The Nile valley forms a natural geographic and economic unit, being bounded to the east and west by deserts, to the north by the sea and to the south by the Cataracts of the Nile. The need to have a single authority to manage the waters of the Nile led to the creation of the world's first state in Egypt in about 3000 BC. Egypt's peculiar geography made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Pharaonic Egypt was for so long an independent and self-contained state. Once Egypt did succumb to foreign rule, however, it proved unable to escape from it, and for.
Vespasian - with Nero's retinue to Greece, and in 66 was appointed to conduct the war in Judaea, which was threatening unrest throughout the East. According to Suetonius, a prophecy ubiquitous in the Eastern provinces claimed that from Judaea would come the future rulers of the world. Vespasian eventually believed that this procphecy applied to him, and found a number of omens and oracles and portents that reinforced this belief. He also found encouragement in Licinius Mucianus, the governor of Syria; and although a strict disciplinarian, and reformer of abuses, Vespasian had a soldiery thoroughly devoted to him. All eyes in the East were now upon him; Mucianus and the Syrian legions were eager to support him; and while he was at Caesarea, he was proclaimed emperor (July 1, 69), first by the.
Karnak - Karnak Karnak is a village in Egypt that was once part of the ancient capital of Egypt, Thebes. It is situated about 2 miles North of Luxor. For many centuries Karnak was the religious centre of Egypt, with each Pharaoh adding, or altering to the temple complex. It was the main temple for the cult of Amon, but like many other Egyptian temples, other gods and goddesses were worshipped there. The temple now has a daily Sound and Light show, which gives an insight into the history of this sacred site. External Links http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/karnaktm.htm http://www.touregypt.net/karnak.htm.
Karsten Niebuhr - he managed to obtain some lessons in surveying. It was while he was working at this subject that one of his teachers, in 1760, proposed to him to join the expedition which was being sent out by Frederick V of Denmark for the scientific exploration of Egypt, Arabia and Syria. To qualify himself for the work of surveyor and geographer, he studied hard at mathematics for a year and a half before the expedition set out, and also managed to acquire some knowledge of Arabic. The expedition sailed in January 1761, and, landing at Alexandria, ascended the Nile. Proceeding to Suez, Niebuhr made a visit to Mount Sinai, and in October 1762 the expedition sailed from Suez to Jeddah, journeying thence overland to Mocha. Here in May 1763 the philologist of.
Veneration of the dead - exuding from their bones. This, combined with their belief in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and future resurrection of all Christians, eventually led to the veneration of saints and of their relics. Early accounts of martyrs include Christian witnesses making great efforts to obtain the remains of the martyrs, and of the Romans sometimes trying to prevent this. Also, it became common to continue to ask Christian leaders to pray for them, even after the leaders had died, as they believed that these Christians were still able to pray and that their prayers would still be effective. Catholicism's attitudes toward, practices in connection with, and festivals of the dead See All Saints Day, Saint, Day of the dead Chinese attitudes toward, practices in connection with, and festivals of the dead See.
Karnack, Texas - the 1990 census, the city had a total population of 755. The city is named after Karnack, Egypt (now Luxor). It was thought that the city's alignment with the city of Port Caddo was relative to that of Karnack and Thebes. The city is the birth place and location of the childhood home of Lady Bird Johnson..
Venus (planet) - that Venus's crust is stronger and thicker than had previously been assumed. It is theorized that Venus does not have mobile plate tectonics like Earth does, but instead undergoes massive volcanic upwellings at regular intervals that inundate its surface with fresh lava; the oldest features present on Venus seem to be only around 800 million years old, with most of the terrain being considerably younger (though still not less than several hundred million years for the most part). Recent findings suggest that Venus is still volcanically active in isolated geological hot spots. Venus has no magnetic field, possibly due to its slow rotation being insufficient to drive an internal dynamo of liquid iron. As a result, the solar wind impacts directly on Venus's upper atmosphere. It is thought that Venus originally.
Kamal Ganzouri - Ganzouri (born 1933) was the prime minister of Egypt from 1996 until 1999. He replaced Atef Sedki and was succeeded by Atef Ebeid. Before becoming prime minister he was planning minister..
Keith Green - who attended the same church. The Greens began an outreach program to California by purchasing seven homes to provide housing and care for prostitutes, drug addicts, and homeless people. Eventually, this outreach program relocated to Linsdale, Texas, where the Greens founded Last Days Ministries. Green began to release a series of albums in the new Contemporary Christian music market in 1977. Two years later, he would shock many in the industry by refusing to charge money for concerts or for albums. He insisted that his new label, Sparrow Records, let him out of his contract. The Greens then mortgaged their home to privately finance the album So You Wann Go Back To Egypt? (featuring his friend Bob Dylan), which was then offered through mail-order and at concerts for "whatever you could.
Kerak - predominantly Christian under the Arabs. Construction of the Crusader castle began in the 1140s, under Paganus, the butler of King Fulk. The Crusaders called it Crac des Moabites. Paganus was also Lord of Oultrejordain (Transjordan), and Kerak became the centre of his power. Because of its position east of the Jordan River, Kerak was able to control Bedouin herders as well as the trade routes from Damascus to Egypt and Mecca. In 1176 Raynald of Chatillon gained possession of Kerak after marrying Stephanie, the daughter of Humphrey of Toron. From Kerak, Raynald harassed the trade caravans and even attempted an attack on Mecca itself. In 1184 Saladin besieged the castle in response to Raynald's attacks. The siege took place during the marriage of Humphrey and his second wife Isabella, and Saladin.
Kenezites - According to the Torah and Tanakh, the clan seems to have become a part of the tribe of Judah later in the history of the Jewish nation. The most famous Kenezite was Caleb, who accompanied Moses and Joshua in the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt..
Khartoum - Nile coming from Ethiopia. The Nile flows north from here towards Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. The city proper has a population of well over a million, but forms with its neighbours Khartoum North (al-Khartūm Bahrī) and Omdurman (Umm Durmān) a metropolis totalling now probably over four million inhabitants. Troops loyal to the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad laid siege to Khartoum starting on March 13, 1884 and captured the city nearly on January 26, 1885. Omdurman was the scene of the bloody battle (September 2, 1898) in which British forces destroyed the Mahdist army defending the city. Following the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the United States., accusing Osama bin Laden's Islamic extremist al-Qaeda group of responsibility, retaliated with cruise missile attacks (August 20) on al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and the al-Shifa pharmaceutical.
Khosrau II of Persia - grandfather. He was haughty and cruel, rapacious and given to luxury; he was neither a general nor an administrator. At the beginning of his reign he favoured the Christians; but when in 602 Maurice had been murdered by Phocas, he began war with Rome to avenge his death. His armies plundered Syria and Asia Minor, and in 608 advanced to Chalcedon. In 613 and 614 Damascus and Jerusalem were taken by the general Shahrbaraz, and the Holy cross was carried away in triumph. Soon after, even Egypt was conquered. The Romans could offer but little resistance, as they were torn by internal dissensions, and pressed by the Avars and Slavs. At last, in 622, the emperor Heraclius (who had succeeded Phocas in 610) was able to take the field. In 624.
Khufu - (in Greek known as Cheops) was a Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt's 4th dynasty, reigning from around 2589 BC to 2566 BC. He was the son of King Sneferu, and Queen Hetepheres, and unlike his father, was remembered as a cruel and ruthless Pharaoh. Khufu had several sons and his immediate successor was his son Djedefre. He is most famous for the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Little else remains in his memory, and only one miniature statuette of him has been discovered. His mummy was never discovered..
Khwarezmia - In the 11th century a Muslim Khwarezmi state was formed by Oghuz nomads under a shah. The Khwarezm shah in the early 13th century, immediately before the Mongol conquest, was victorious over the Kara-Khitay Empire under its last Gur-Khan, the usurper Kuchlug. In 1218 Genghis Khan sent some emissaries to the Khwarezmian shah. The shah executed the Mongol diplomats in defiance of the emerging great power, and Genghis retaliated with a force of 200,000 troops. The Shah fled and sought refuge throughout Khorasan, and eventually died on an island on the Caspian Sea. By 1220 the Muslim state was eradicated and the Khwarezmians, like many other Turkic tribes, were forced to flee westward. In 1927's Great Captains Unveiled, B.H. Liddell Hart gave details of the Mongol campaign against Khwarezm which underscored.
Khedive - was a title created in 1867 by the Ottoman sultan for the then-governor of Egypt, Ismail Pasha. Ismail's son Tewfik Pasha inherited the title, as did Tewfik's son Abbas. Abbas was deposed by the British in 1914, and the title ended with him. The HMS Khedive was the United States Navy escort aircraft carrier USS Cordova renamed; the ship was loaned to the Royal Navy during World War II..
Kingdom of Jerusalem - new king, allotting money to the king, and raising armies. The problem of lack of manpower for armies was solved to some extent by the creation of the military orders. The Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller were both formed in early years of the kingdom, and they often took the place of the nobles in the countryside. Although their headquarters were in Jerusalem, they often lived in vast castles and bought land that the other nobles could no longer afford to keep. The military orders were under the direct control of the Pope, however, not the king; they were essentially autonomous and technically owed no military service, though in reality they participated in all the major battles. Troubled Times When Baldwin II died in 1131, his successor was his son-in-law,.
