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This area consistsof Greece, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia-Her-cegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Mon-tenegro, Bulgaria, part of Romania andthe European part of Turkey.

Mountainous island.Stronghold of Hinduism.

Known for the theBritish base at Balaklava and the Battle ofBalaklava in the early stages of the CrimeanWar, between Britain and Russia

lndia‘sfirst cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma waslaunched from this cosm_odrome in1984. Also launched lRl-IA (1988) andIRS-IC (1995)

lt was the capitaloftheBabylonian empire on the Euphrates River,south of Baghdad (modern Iraq). Greatest ruler was Nebuchadnezzer (60 5-S62.B.C).Hanging Gardens were one of the Seden .Wonders. Babylon fell in 538 B.C.

Centreof N.Ethiopian empire, 1st·8th c. Kingsconverted to Christianity in 4th c. lt is —believed that the Arc of the Covenant wasbrought here from jerusalem and placed Ain church of St.Mary of Zion where theemperors of Ethiopia were crowned.

Capital of Georgia.Founded in 1837, originally called Termi-nus, Marthasville in 1845, and Atlanta in1947. Headquarters of Coca Cola. Hosted1996 summer Olympic Games.

Location of thePentagon. National Cemetery built in1864, where prominent Americans havebeen buried.

Longest mountainrange in the world. ·

Port. Town wasdestroyed in a major 1960 earthquake.The Portuguese named it Santa Cruz(1505-41).

Seaport, capturedfrom Turks in 1917 by T.E. Lawrence.Gulf of Aqaba had important role inArab·lsraeli wars.

ancient greece the citadel of ancient athens,which contained tha parthenon,the erechtheum ,etc.