Word: egypt
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Saladin got his chance with the death, in 1169, of his uncle Shirkuh, a one-eyed, overweight brawler in Nur al-Din's service who had become the de facto leader of Egypt. A seasoned warrior despite his small stature and frailty, Saladin still had a tough hand to play. He was a Kurd (even then a drawback in Middle Eastern politics), and he was from Syria, a Sunni state, trying to rule Egypt, a Shi'ite country. But a masterly 17-year campaign employing diplomacy, the sword and great good fortune made him lord of Egypt, Syria and much...
...Technology transfer The Arabs took paper from Iraq and Egypt to North Africa and Muslim Spain...
...quickly--and sold for $290. A vase she got for $5 went to a California buyer--for $585. She even sold an old tractor online--for $2,300, to a priest from New York. Checks have been pouring in from as far away as Iceland, Egypt and China. "The top month I ever had in the stall I sold 15 items," she says. "Now I can sell 15 items in an hour...
...After I got a 103.5 degree fever, I decided the drugs they gave me in Egypt didn't work and I flew back to New York and saw a tropical disease specialist," Richards said...
...probably just touched something and didn't wash my hands before I ate," says Peter D. Richards '01, who deferred his first year of college to travel to Egypt with his brother...