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Zab River (from the article "Iraq") ...border, is the country's highest point, Ghundah Zhur, which reaches 11,834 feet (3,607 metres). The ... Zababa (from the article "Anatolian religion") ...that this is the deity denoted in the texts by the logogram KAL, to be ... Zabala, Bruno Mauricio de (from the article "Montevideo") Montevideo was founded in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, governor of Buenos Aires, to ... Zabarella, Jacopo (from the article "Europe, history of") ...theories to those of Ptolemy and Aristotle. Thus, the revival of ancient science brought heliocentric ... Zabdicene (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...of the Parthian period the desert caravan city of Hatra claimed hegemony over this area. ... Zabid town, western Yemen. It lies on the bank of the Wadi Zabid and at the ... [4 Related Articles] Zabljak (from the article "Durmitor") ...the highest, Bobotov Kuk, reaching 8,274 feet (2,522 metres). Between the peaks are deep valleys ... 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