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Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet
History · Adaptations
Phonology · Transliteration
Diacritics · Writing of the hamza
Numerals · Numeration
Middle Bronze Age 19-15th c...
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Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Jordan - History
The land that became Jordan forms part of the history-rich Fertile Crescent region. Its known history began around 2000 B.C., when Semiti...
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Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Presentation Of The Alphabet
The following table provides all of the Unicode characters for Arabic, and none of the supplementary letters used for other languages. Th...
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Geography Of Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jordan - Topography
The country consists mainly of a plateau between 700 and 1,000 meters high, divided into ridges by valleys and gorges, and a few mountain...
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Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Jordan - Politics
Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on January 8, 1952. Executive authority is vested in the king a...
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Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Jordan - Economy
Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources. The country is currently exploring ways to expand its limited water supply and ...
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Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Jordan - Economy
Main article: Economy of Jordan
Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources. The country is currently exploring ways to e...
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Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Jordan - Foreign Relations
Jordan has consistently followed a pro-Western foreign policy and traditionally has had close relations with the United States and the Un...
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Geography Of Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jordan - Environmental Concerns
Natural hazards: N/A
Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; deser...
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Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Jordan - Geography
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and Israel ...
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Geography Of Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jordan - Area And Boundaries
Area:
total: 89,213 km²
land: 88,884 km²
water: 329 km²
Land boundaries:
total: 1,619 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km,...
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Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Arabic Alphabets Of Other Languages
Arabic script has been adopted for use in a wide variety of languages other than Arabic, including Persian, Kurdish, Malay and Urdu. Such...
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Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - History
The Arabic alphabet can be traced back to the Nabatean alphabet used to write the Nabataean dialect of Aramaic, itself descended from Pho...
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Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Numerals
There are two kinds of numerals used in Arabic writing; standard numerals and "East Arab" numerals, used in Iran, Pakistan and India. In ...
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Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Computers And The Arabic Alphabet
The Arabic alphabet can be encoded using several character sets, including ISO-8859-6 and Unicode, in the latter thanks to the "Arabic se...
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Geography Of Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jordan - Boundaries
Except for small sections of the borders with Israel and Syria, Jordan's international boundaries do not follow well-defined natural feat...
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Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Structure Of The Arabic Alphabet
The Arabic alphabet is written from right to left and is composed of 28 basic letters. Adaptations of the script for other languages such...
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Geography Of Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jordan - Climate
The major characteristic of the climate is the contrast between a relatively rainy season from November to April and very dry weather for...
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Geography Of Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jordan - Resources And Land Use
Natural resources: phosphates, potash, shale oil
Land use:
arable land: 4%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 9%
forests and woodlan...
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