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The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia,...263 KB (27,637 words) - 18:00, 18 July 2024
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula...239 KB (21,155 words) - 02:38, 19 July 2024
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bounded by the Mediterranean...254 KB (23,526 words) - 04:41, 19 July 2024
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic,...221 KB (21,529 words) - 03:17, 16 July 2024
Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra; Marathi: [məhaːɾaːʂʈɾə] ) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan...260 KB (22,600 words) - 13:59, 20 July 2024
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the...117 KB (12,308 words) - 08:57, 15 July 2024
Jerusalem (/dʒəˈruːsələmˌ -zə-/ jə-ROO-sə-ləm, -zə-; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushaláyim, pronounced [jeʁuʃaˈlajim] ; Arabic: القُدس al-Quds, pronounced...344 KB (33,861 words) - 15:58, 18 July 2024
The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology]) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey...69 KB (7,517 words) - 14:40, 8 July 2024
Hamas, an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah...322 KB (30,878 words) - 01:58, 19 July 2024
Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided...166 KB (15,266 words) - 01:03, 7 July 2024
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting...187 KB (21,238 words) - 04:15, 20 July 2024
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), is the most populous...134 KB (12,350 words) - 12:10, 20 July 2024
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration...226 KB (22,777 words) - 07:55, 18 July 2024- Hinduism (/ˈhɪnduˌɪzəm/) is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide. The word Hindu is an exonym, and...301 KB (31,264 words) - 08:07, 20 July 2024
- Hezbollah (/ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː/, /ˌxɛz-/; Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, lit. 'Party of Allah' or 'Party of God') is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political...253 KB (23,993 words) - 05:49, 6 July 2024
Kurds or Kurdish people (Kurdish: کورد, Kurd) are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern...180 KB (19,692 words) - 18:25, 19 July 2024
Palestinians (Arabic: الفلسطينيون, romanized: al-Filasṭīniyyūn) or Palestinian people (الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-shaʿb al-filasṭīnī), also referred to as Palestinian...220 KB (23,304 words) - 23:11, 13 July 2024
Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: תֵּל אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, romanized: Tēl ʾĀvīv-Yāfō, IPA: [tel aˈviv jaˈfo]; Arabic: تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, romanized: Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā)...203 KB (18,374 words) - 14:59, 18 July 2024
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea...86 KB (8,766 words) - 09:44, 20 July 2024
Sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, 鮓, pronounced [sɯɕiꜜ] or [sɯꜜɕi] ) is a Japanese dish of prepared vinegared rice (鮨飯, sushi-meshi), usually with some sugar and salt...104 KB (9,749 words) - 15:04, 19 July 2024