pro-western orientation
12Thomas Palaiologos — or Palaeologus (Greek: Θωμάς Παλαιολόγος, Thōmas Palaiologos ) (1409 ndash; May 12, 1465) was Despot in Morea from 1428 until the Ottoman conquest in 1460. After the desertion of his older brother to the Turks in 1460, Thomas Palaiologos became… …
13Khomeini, Ruhollah — orig. Ruhollah Musavi born May 17, 1900?, Khomeyn, Iran died June 3, 1989, Tehrān Shīʽite cleric and leader of Iran (1979–89). He received a traditional religious education and settled in Qom с 1922, where he became a Shīʽite scholar of some… …
14Cold War — The competitive standoff between the democracies of the Western world and the Eastern bloc controlled by the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1989 touched upon every country in Europe in some way. The period, however, changed Austria profoundly.… …
15AUSCHWITZ CONVENT — AUSCHWITZ CONVENT. In 1984 Cardinal Macharski, archbishop of Cracow, announced the establishment of a Carmelite convent in Auschwitz in a building on the camp periphery which had originally been a theater but was utilized during World War II to… …
16Maxim Litvinov — Максим Литвинов Soviet Ambassador to the United States In office 10 November 1941 – 22 August 1943 Premier Vyacheslav Molotov …
17Said Nursî — Infobox Philosopher region = Islamic Thinker era = 19th 20th Century color = #B0C4DE image caption = Said Nursî praying in front of the Fatih Sultan Mehmed Tomb in Fatih Mosque in Istanbul name = Said Nursî birth = Between January 5 and March 12 …
18Israel–Jordan peace treaty — The Israel Jordan Treaty of Peace (full name: Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) ( he. הסכם השלום בין ישראל לירדן; transliterated: Heskem Ha Shalom beyn Yisra el Le Yarden ) ( ar. معاهدة السلام… …
19Ali Karimli — Əli Kərimli born Əli Əmirhüseyn oğlu Kərimov (born April 28, 1965 in the Saatli region of Eastern Azerbaijan) is an Azeri politician and the head of the reformist wing of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP). This name is often spelled Ali… …
20Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza Shah — born Oct. 26, 1919, Tehrān, Iran died July 27, 1980, Cairo, Egypt Shah of Iran (1941–79), noted for his pro Western orientation and autocratic rule. After an education in Switzerland, he replaced his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi, as ruler when the… …
