The South African plateau is connected towards East African plateau, with probably a slightly greater average elevation, and marked by some distinct features.

The eastern branch of the East African Rift, contains much smaller lakes, many of them brackish and without outlet, the only one comparable to those of the western trough being Lake Turkana or Basso Norok.

This block of country lies just west of the line of the great East African Trough, the northern continuation of which passes along its eastern escarpment as it runs up to join the Red Sea.

For example, there are differences between African, East Asian and Indo-racial groups in how they metabolize alcohol.

* East African Railway Master Plan

* East African Bongo

* East African shilling: East African Community ( Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda )

Clement Martyn Doke ( 16 May 1893 in Bristol, United Kingdom – 24 February 1980 in East London, South Africa ) was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages.

In 1902, Meinhof made recordings of East African music.

A distinctive East African English is spoken in countries such as Kenya or Tanzania.

Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of African, Amerindian, European, East Indian, and Chinese cuisine.

In addition, there are between 350, 000 and 400, 000 native African adherents in East, Central and South Africa.

This would indicate that both humans and members of the Pan clade were present in the East African Rift Valley during the Middle Pleistocene.

Elements of the FP were also used to form Belgian colonial units that fought in the East African Campaign during World War II.

British and Commonwealth forces fought the neighboring Italians during the East African Campaign.

In 1996 a revitalized organization of seven East African states, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development ( IGAD ), established its secretariat in Djibouti.

That same year, Datsun won the East African Safari Rally and merged with Prince Motors, giving the company the Skyline model range, as well as a test track at Murayama.

It would go on to two outright wins in the East African Rally.

The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of people with common roots, particularly movements of an involuntary nature, such as the expulsion of Jews from the Middle East, the African Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the southern Chinese during the coolie slave trade, or the century-long exile of the Messenians under Spartan rule.

Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the third-most populous on the African continent ( after Nigeria and Ethiopia ).

Isfahan became more of a legend than a place, and now it is for many people simply a name to which they attach their notions of old Persia and sometimes of the East.

The device refers to an old legend of the three crowns of East Anglia, and the blue colour represents the Anglo-Scandinavian heritage of much of East Anglia.

The legend of the roc, popularized in the West in the travels of Marco Polo and later in the 1001 Nights tales, of Abd al-Rahman and Sinbad the Sailor, was widespread in the East.

With a capacity of 800 people it was designated St Mellitus, the name probably derived from the legend, propagated by Sir Montagu Sharpe, the Middlesex historian, that Mellitus, Bishop of the East Saxons, was instrumental in the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons of Hanwell.

The seal of East Looe was An antique one-mast vessel in it a man and boy against the side of the hulk three escutcheons each charges with three bends, with the legend " Si: comunetatis de Loo ".

In the centre of the East range, the portico of the hall entrance commemorates its construction during the reign of Charles I with the legend " REGNANTE CAROLO ", Charles, being King, in pierced stonework.

According to legend, in 832 A. D. Óengus II led an army of Picts and Scots into battle against the Angles, led by Æthelstan, near modern-day Athelstaneford, East Lothian.

A legend from Saterland and East Friesland, recorded by Thorpe in 1852, tells of a kobold called the Alrûn.

The legend of Alal is celebrated across south Iran and parts of the Middle East.

According to legend, Achaius, King of Scots ( possibly coming to the aid of Óengus mac Fergusa, King of the Picts ), while engaged in battle at Athelstaneford with the Saxon King Æthelstan of East Anglia, saw in the heavens the cross of St Andrew.

Another legend derives from the origin of the name Avigliano from the Latin Avis locum, which is " place of the fowl ", a name given to the area by a group of sailors from the East.

One of the Kindred of the East books also makes reference to an ancient legend amongst the Kue-Jin, of powerful heroes of old who were corrupted by their own power.

According to legend, Christian Rosenkreuz was a doctor who discovered and learned esoteric wisdom on a pilgrimage to the Middle East among Turkish, Arab, and Persian sages, possibly Sufi or Zoroastrian masters, supposedly in the early 15th century ( see section below on Symbolism ); returned and founded the " Fraternity of the Rose Cross " with himself ( Frater C. R. C.

Additionally, a Cheyenne legend exists about gold and silver being taken from the West and buried in mountains in the East, dating from roughly 1820.

They represent Bodhidharma, an East Indian who founded Zen about 1500 years ago ; according to legend, he removed his own eyelids to prevent sleep from breaking his concentration, and his limbs withered after prolonged meditation.

Alongside the likes of AC Milan legend Franco Baresi and Juventus FC's Antonio Cabrini and Gaetano Scirea, he formed the backbone of the national team's defence for much of the 1980s, making his debut on 14 April 1982 in a 0 – 1 friendly loss in East Germany, aged only 18 years and 3 months ; in the victorious World Cup run in Spain, he appeared in three games, including the full 180 minutes in the last two matches.

* Before unification, Bunke was a folk legend in East Germany.

They spoke of their ancient legend that before the end of the present age of darkness, a white-clad warrior would come from the East and create an army of warriors in white who would rise up and protect the " Unified Supreme Spirit.

The Lambton Worm is a legend from North East England in the UK.

According to Elaph E-newspaper, Angham will continue her tour and her third concert around the Middle East is due to take place at the Doha's 9th Music Festival, where she will be closing the event alongside Gulf legend artist Mohammad Abdo on 29 January 2008.

The bogatyr (; Old East Slavic богатырь, from baɣatur ( Modern Turkish: Bahadır ) a historical Turco-Mongol honorific ) is a stock character in medieval East Slavic legend ( byliny ), akin to a Western European knight-errant.

President George W. Bush honors music legend Lionel Hampton during a ceremony recognizing Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House on June 30, 2001.