Persian Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/b_mp.html
Persian Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/c_pp.html
Persians In 1783, the al-Khalifa family captured Bahrain from the Persians. In order to secure these holdings, it entered into a series of treaties with the UK during the 19th century that ... www.exxun.com/Bahrain/a_fg.html
Persians ... dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It ... www.exxun.com/Egypt/a_fg.html
Persians ... in the first centuries A.D. and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks was followed by a Georgian golden age (11th-13th centuries) that was ... www.exxun.com/Georgia/a_fg.html
Persians ... with the migrating Indo-Aryan peoples. The area underwent successive invasions in subsequent centuries from the Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Arabs (who brought Islam), Afghans, and Turks. The Mughal Empire flourished in the ... www.exxun.com/Pakistan/a_fg.html
persist ... armed wing, the Islamic Salvation Army, disbanded in January 2000. However, small numbers of armed militants persist in confronting government forces and conducting ambushes and occasional attacks on villages. The army placed ... www.exxun.com/Algeria/a_fg.html
persist ... affirmed as president. The government still does not fully control the countryside, where pockets of lawlessness persist. Unrest in neighboring nations, Chad, Sudan, and the DRC, continues to affect stability in the ... www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/a_fg.html
persist periodic skirmishes over water and grazing rights among related pastoral populations along the border with southern Sudan persist www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/i_ti.html
persist strong winds persist throughout the year www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/b_mp.html
persist ... in the oil and gas, metals, and telecom sectors. Despite Russia's recent success, serious problems persist. Oil, natural gas, metals, and timber account for more than 80% of exports and 30 ... www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
persist disputes persist with Malaysia over deliveries of fresh water to Singapore, Singapore's extensive land reclamation works, bridge construction, and maritime boundaries in the Johor and Singapore Straits; in November 2007, the ... www.exxun.com/Singapore/i_ti.html
persist ... has invested in and effectively administers the area; periodic violent skirmishes with Sudanese residents over water and grazing rights persist among related pastoral populations along the border with the Central African Republic www.exxun.com/Sudan/i_ti.html
persist ... medium enterprises and attract foreign direct investment is acute. Overgrazing, soil depletion, drought, and sometimes floods persist as problems for the future. More than one-fourth of the population needed emergency food ... www.exxun.com/Swaziland/e_ec.html
persist ... the layering and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country ... www.exxun.com/Switzerland/i_ti.html
persisted ... followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983, and has persisted despite numerous challenges, the most formidable of which was a severe economic crisis in 2001-02 ... www.exxun.com/Argentina/a_fg.html
persisted ... the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, and ... www.exxun.com/Guyana/a_fg.html
persisted ... Hungary's fiscal and current account deficits. In 2007, Hungary eliminated a trade deficit that had persisted for several years. Inflation declined from 14% in 1998 to a low of 3.7% in ... www.exxun.com/Hungary/e_ec.html
persistent polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and ... www.exxun.com/ArcticOcean/b_mp.html
persistent ... countries 100 years ago, Argentina suffered during most of the 20th century from recurring economic crises, persistent fiscal and current account deficits, high inflation, mounting external debt, and capital flight. A severe ... www.exxun.com/Argentina/e_ec.html
Persistent party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants www.exxun.com/Armenia/b_mp.html
persistent ... and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December www.exxun.com/AtlanticOcean/b_mp.html
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