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The average rainfall is 250 centimetres (98 in) a year [1] and the average temperature is 25.4 °C (77.7 °F). [2] The climates of Peninsular Malaysia and the East Malaysia differ, as the climate on the peninsula is directly affected by wind from the mainland, as opposed to the more maritime weather of East Malaysia.
[4] Origins of many of the concepts in geography can be traced to Greek Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who may have coined the term "geographia" ( c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC ). [ 5 ] The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as the title of a book by Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy (100 – 170 AD). [ 1 ]
Detailed map of Uzbekistan, 1995. Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia, located north of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.With an area of approximately 448,900 square kilometers, Uzbekistan stretches 1,425 km (885 mi) from west to east and 930 km (580 mi) from north to south. [1]
[2] 1313 – King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom. [3] 1365 – Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila (Swedish: Ulvsby). [4] [5] 1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the ...
The concept of a forum for the capitalist world's major industrialized countries emerged before the 1973 oil crisis.On 25 March 1973, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, George Shultz, convened an informal gathering of finance ministers from West Germany (Helmut Schmidt), France (Valéry Giscard d'Estaing), and the United Kingdom (Anthony Barber) before an upcoming meeting in ...
The wintertime is nearly non-existent and averages high temperatures remain above 28 °C or 82.4 °F during the least hot month of the year and averages low temperatures exceed 20 °C or 68 °F. The rainy season along the coast north of Denkalia falls during the winter months but rainy days still remain scarce ; rainfall is even more rare in ...
Boualem is a baker's boy who works early mornings and sleeps during the day. One day, the imam's prayer is boosted to full volume through Bab El-Oued's loud speakers, leading Boualem to tear out one of those speakers and throw it in the sea. The Islamic authorities of the city launch a manhunt for the perpetrator. [2]
The old Bab Bou Jeloud gate was a simple, modest gate that may have dated essentially from the 12th century. [4] It gave access directly to the start of Tala'a Kebira , the main souq street that crosses the medina and leads to the Qarawiyyin mosque and university at the heart of the city.