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22 hours ago · For more information, see the Saturn V article. The Saturn V launch record is usually quoted as having never failed, e.g. "The rocket was masterminded by Wernher Von Braun and did not fail in any of its flights", Alan Lawrie and Robert Godwin; Saturn, but the Apollo 6 launch should be considered a partial mission failure.
22 hours ago · The eight-year-long Iran–Iraq War (September 1980 – August 1988, known as The Imposed War in Iran [98]) was the most important international event for the first decade of the Islamic Republic and possibly for its history so far. It helped to strengthen the revolution although it cost Iran much in lives and treasure.
22 hours ago · Introductory summary overview map from al-Idrisi's 1154 world atlas (South is at the top of the map.) Apart from the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates, navigable rivers were uncommon in the Middle East, so transport by sea was very important. Navigational sciences were highly developed, making use of a rudimentary sextant (known as a kamal). When ...
22 hours ago · The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300,000–250,000 years ago — anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. [1]
22 hours ago · Oasis. The desert oasis city of Jubbah in Saudi Arabia as photographed from space. In ecology, an oasis ( / oʊˈeɪsɪs /; pl.: oases / oʊˈeɪsiːz /) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment [1] that sustains plant life and provides habitat for animals. Surface water and land may be present, or water may only be accessible ...
22 hours ago · The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians.
22 hours ago · This is a list of cities in Iran, categorized by province.The census years listed below comes from the Statistical Center of Iran; since the year 2006 the country of Iran has had a census every 5 years.
