This is crossed by foot-hills and rolling prairies in the central part of the state, where it has a mean elevation of about, becomes lower and more level toward the southwest, and in the extreme south is flat and but slightly elevated above the sea.

One strategy adopted by both Sargon and Naram-Sin, to maintain control of the country, was to install their daughters, Enheduanna and Emmenanna respectively, as high priestess to Sin, the Akkadian version of the Sumerian moon deity, Nanna, at Ur, in the extreme south of Sumer ; to install sons as provincial ensi governors in strategic locations ; and to marry their daughters to rulers of peripheral parts of the Empire ( Urkesh and Marhashe ).

After March it began to pass northwards, a motion quite apparent by the middle of April ; in June it passed at the same distance from the zenith as it did in December ; and in September it passed through its most northerly position, the extreme range from north to south, i. e. the angle between the March and September positions, being 40 ″.

This is a list of the extreme points of Botswana, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Burkina Faso, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Chad, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Cameroon, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of the Central African Republic, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Cote d ' Ivoire, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Comoros, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Egypt, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Eritrea, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

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The vegetation is generally sparse, with the only patch of forested land being found in Nanortalik Municipality in the extreme south near Cape Farewell.

This is a list of the extreme points of Greenland, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Guam, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Guinea, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Guinea-Bissau, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Japan, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

Some scholars go to the extreme of arguing that, in the unlikely scenario Arabs had occupied what is now Ukraine and Russia, the Rus might never have been able to push south and east from the Baltic to establish Russia.

This is a list of the extreme points of Lesotho, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Liberia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

In the extreme south of the country lies " the land of the red rocks "- a reference to the deposits of minerals found here.

In the summer, the extreme maximum temperature is much warmer in the north than in the south, with temperatures near the Gulf of Mexico occasionally reaching 100 ° F ( 38 ° C ), although temperatures above 95 ° F ( 35 ° C ) are commonplace.

The Desert Night Lizard Xantusia vigilis is a night lizard native to southern California east of the Sierras and San Gabriel Mountains into Baja California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and extreme western Arizona.

They are now considered distinct species with the Pygmy Horned Lizard ( P. douglasii ) occupying the northwest portion of the United States and extreme southern British Columbia.

Richard Peters, Secretary of the Board of War, thought Morgan was so extreme on the subject that he accused him of trying to pick a quarrel.

Louise climbed onto a stool and clutched the hand with which I was trying to hold the phone, claiming my immediate attention on grounds of extreme emergency.

On the morning following the Pratt Hall meeting the editor of the Providence Daily Journal wrote that although the meeting was milder and less extreme than those held in other areas for similar purposes, it could have been avoided completely.

The socialist environment, it was stated, had cross-fertilized these two extreme seeds and was about to produce a new plant and fruit.

One of the most interesting findings was the extreme sensitivity of plasma arylesterases to rare earth ions.

But actually these accounts reveal the supernatural powers that the masters were in fact supposed to possess, as well as the extreme degree of popular credulity: `` Hwang Pah ( O Baku ), one day going up Mount Tien Tai which was believed to have been inhabited by Arhats with supernatural powers, met with a monk whose eyes emitted strange light.

At the other extreme in character was the half-hour excerpt from the Petipa-Minkus ballet `` Bayaderka '', which opened the evening.

The eradication of extreme poverty and hunger was the first Millennium Development Goal, as set by 179 United Nations Member States in 2000.

The city suffered extreme overcrowding and deplorable sanitary conditions up to 1875 when the medieval fortifications were finally abandoned as a limit to building operations and new, less miserable quarters were built in the eastern part of the city, where drainage of waste liquids was easiest.

This was perfectly legal in this case, but an example of the extreme severity with which the people could punish those who served them.

The word " extreme " ( final ) indicated either that it was the last of the sacramental unctions ( after the anointings at Baptism, Confirmation and, if received, Holy Orders ) or because at that time it was normally administered only when a patient was in extremis.

In 1960, Inejiro Asanuma, Chairman of the Japanese Socialist Party, was assassinated in a stabbing by an extreme rightist.

The extreme right flank of the Franco-Bavarian army was covered by the Danube ; to the extreme left flank lay the undulating pine-covered hills of the Swabian Jura.

An extreme example was in the Battle of Omdurman, in which a large army of Sudanese Mahdists armed in a traditional manner were destroyed by an Anglo-Egyptian force equipped with Maxim guns.

Likely the most extreme criticism of the practice was given by Sun sports columnist John Steadman suggested that Baltimore forfeit any game where a fan shouts " O!

Black metal was originally used as a term for extreme metal bands with Satanic and anti-Christian lyrics ; today, the most common lyrical theme is opposition to Christianity and other organized religions.

The blue tower in the centre, the Basler Messeturm | Messeturm, was Switzerland's tallest building 2003-10 ; the bridge on the extreme right is the Wettsteinbrücke, Basel's second oldest bridge but recently replaced by a new structure.

" I was confused and without plan, restless and conscious of an extreme loneliness ", he remembered.

Jorge Luis Vasquez, a Cuban who was imprisoned in East Germany, states that the East German Stasi trained the personnel of the Cuban Interior Ministry ( MINIT ).< ref > The relationship between the KGB and the Cuban Intelligence Directorate ( DI ) was complex and marked by both times of close cooperation and times of extreme competition.