Restrict large glass areas to the north and south sides of the house.

The region was famous for exporting various raw materials, and areas of Hattian and Hurrian populated south east Anatolia were colonised by the Akkadians.

Houses generally faced the south, and plaza areas were almost always girt with edifices of sealed-off rooms or high walls.

From the year 1053, the Almoravids began to spread their religious way to the Berber areas of the Sahara, and to the regions south of the desert.

Thus far the only people who have been attested with a high level of genetic, historical, linguistic and cultural research to be the descendants of the ancient Mesopotamians are the Assyrian Christians of Iraq and its surrounding areas in north west Iran, north east Syria and south eastern Turkey.

The most renowned of the dynasty's rulers was Mahmud of Ghazni, who consolidated control over the areas south of the Amu Darya then carried out devastating raids into India.

The Dingo Fence was built to restrict dingo movements into agricultural areas towards the south east of the continent.

The Dingo Fence was built to restrict dingo movements into agricultural areas towards the south east of the continent.

Other affected areas include the south eastern coast of China and Taiwan.

Bosnia occupies the northern areas which are roughly four fifths of the entire country, while Herzegovina occupies the rest in the south part of the country.

Many refugees from areas captured by Israeli forces in 1947 – 48 fled to the Bethlehem area, primarily settling in the what became the official refugee camps of ' Azza ( Beit Jibrin ) and ' Aida in the north and Dheisheh in the south.

The language is most widely spoken in the areas east, south, and northeast of Bamako, where native speakers and / or those that identify as members of the Bambara ethnic group are most densely populated.

Other areas damaged during World War II bombing included: in September 1940 two unexploded bombs hit the Edward VII galleries, the King's Library received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb, incendiaries fell on the dome of the Round Reading Room but did little damage ; on the night of 10 to 11 May 1941 several incendiaries fell on the south west corner of the Museum, destroying the book stack and 150, 000 books in the courtyard and the galleries around the top of the Great Staircase – this damage was not fully repaired until the early 1960s.

* Southern Cone, a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, south of the Tropic of Capricorn

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 de facto partitioned the island into two political areas: 99. 5 % of Greek Cypriots now live in the Republic of Cyprus, while 98. 7 % of Turkish Cypriots live in Northern Cyprus ( of other nationalities, 99. 2 % live in the Greek Cypriot area in the south ).

The north consists largely of poor subsoils and is covered with large areas of extensive Atlantic blanket-bog, whereas the south is largely a limestone landscape.

In addition, the navy's riverine brigade has been patrolling waterways more aggressively in order to establish safer river transport in the more remote areas in the south and east of the country that are controlled by rebel groups.

The areas, which are home to most of Cairo's embassies, are surrounded on the north, east, and south by the older parts of the city.

In Europe, British-based Barnett International supplied crossbows to Serbian forces which according to The Guardian were later used " in ambushes and as a counter-sniper weapon ", against the Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War in the areas of Pec and Djakovica, south west of Kosovo.

The sub-zones are ( clockwise from the north ): the Colli Fiorentini which is located south of the city of Florence ; Chianti Rufina in the northeastern part of the zone located around the commune of Rufina ; Classico in the centre of Chianti, across the provinces of Florence and Siena ; Colli Aretini in the Arezzo province to the east ; Colli Senesi south of Chianti Classico in the Siena hills, which is the largest of the sub-zones and includes the Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano areas ; Colline Pisane, the westernmost sub-zone in the province of Pisa ; Montespertoli located within the Colli Fiorentini around the commune of Montespertoli ; Montalbano in the north-west part of the zone which includes the Carmignano DOCG.

Rather than flowing directly from areas of high pressure to low pressure, as they would on a non-rotating planet, winds and currents tend to flow to the right of this direction north of the equator, and to the left of this direction south of it.

Dar es Salaam is an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: Kinondoni to the north, Ilala in the centre of the region, and Temeke to the south.

The family lived at 40 Stansfield Road, located near the border of the south London areas of Brixton and Stockwell.

They are primarily concentrated in the north-central areas, in and around the city of Keren, and south towards Asmara, the nation's capital.

Major mines and mining areas in the outback include opals at Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge and White Cliffs, metals at Broken Hill, Tennant Creek, Olympic Dam and the remote Challenger Mine.

The Chief Seattle Council serves the main parts of Puget Sound and Seattle areas including the Olympic Peninsula.

It surrounds Broadmoor, borders San Bruno Mountain State Park, the Olympic Club, and unincorporated areas near Colma.

Port Angeles is located in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, which means the city gets significantly less rain than other areas of western Washington.

It is thought that, during glacial periods of the Quaternary, the Chehalis River was a major refugium for aquatic species, as was the west coast from the Olympic Peninsula southward for plants that later formed the northern part of the Pacific temperate rainforest in formerly glaciated areas.

Tourism infastructure in Greece has been greatly improved since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and continues to expand with a number of important projects particularly in areas of less mass-tourism.

Tent-style tensile structures are used to cover large public areas such as entertainment venues, arenas and retail areas ( example: The O < sub > 2 </ sub >) or sports stadiums ( example: Munich Olympic Stadium ) and airports ( example: Denver International Airport ).

However, when data were not pooled across study areas, only nest sites in the Olympic and Cascade regions had significantly ( P < 0. 004 ) greater canopy cover than random plots.

Although several measures of fragmentation did not differ ( P ≥ 0. 14 ) between Northern Spotted Owl and random areas at a large scale in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, a measure of Northern Spotted Owl habitat isolation was significantly ( P < 0. 01 ) lower in 8, 038 acre ( 3, 253-ha ) circles centered on pair locations than in random circles.

Within the Olympic National Forest, there are five designated wilderness areas: The Brothers, Buckhorn, Colonel Bob, Mt.

A major effort is under way to protect additional wilderness areas on the Olympic National Peninsula, protect salmon streams under the Wild and Scenic River Act and provide a means for Olympic National Park to offer to buy land adjacent to the Park from willing sellers.

In 2004, Marousi was considered co-organizer of the Olympic Games Municipality together with Metropolitan Athens, because the majority of the facilities and venues were located in the " Kalogreza region ", and other areas of Marousi, mainly at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.

The Olympic facilities in Sochi ( once the Circassian capital ) are being built in areas that are claimed to contain mass graves of Adyghe who were killed during ethnic cleansing by Russia in military campaigns lasting from 1860 to 1864.

A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.

A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.

After the 1972 retirement of IOC President Avery Brundage, the Olympic amateurism rules were steadily relaxed and in many areas amount only to technicalities and lip service.

Western Sydney Parklands, a major urban parkland stretching through many local government areas in Western Sydney, also contains many attractions such as, Wonderland Sydney ( 1985 – 2004 ), Westfield Penrith, Eastern Creek Raceway, Westfield Parramatta, Westfield Liverpool, Blacktown Olympic Park, Westpoint Blacktown, Channel Nine's Entertainment Studios and Fairfield City Farm.

These are also his areas of responsibility on the US Women's Olympic team.

It is surrounded by three golf courses ( the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public TPC Harding Park ), as well as residential areas, Lowell High School, San Francisco State University, Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School, Fort Funston and the Pacific Ocean.

GEM was the offshoot of Radio Trent, which began to cater for a younger audience and became known as Trent FM upon the frequency split, and the new AM service was launched to much fanfare with a team of Olympic style runners completing a marathon from Leicester to Derby and finally to Nottingham ( the three main areas to which GEM was to broadcast ).

The aquatic center includes an Olympic sized pool, diving well, dressing facilities, hot tub, and spectator areas.

It has an Olympic standard swimming pool, with two large spectator seating areas either side, a large hall and health suite.