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Estate Agent Finchley

2006-07-26T06:05:00.000-07:00

Lets Go has been an established Estate Agent Finchley since 1994 specializing in Lettings, Management and Sales.Our offices are in the heart of North Finchley enabling us to focus on our main areas where we have unrivalled local knowledge and specialise in property for sale Finchley,North, East, West and Central Finchley, property for sale North Hendon, property for sale North Whetstone, property for sale Golders Green and property for sale Woodford Park. We also cover property for sale Barnet

Cosmetic Dentistry

2006-07-18T03:35:00.000-07:00

I am passionate about my cosmetic dentistry and dental hygiene and I have been very impressed with the whole experience I have had with James Hull the Cosmetic Dentists. After booking my appointment my cosmetic dental consultant offered me a range of treatments from Braces, Dental Veneers,

Saturnian Verse

2005-11-18T10:25:00.000-08:00

Also called Saturnian metre the ancient Latin verse used mainly by Livius Andronicus and Gnaeus Naevius before the adoption of Greek verse forms by later Latin writers. Little is known about its origins or whether its rhythm was accentual or quantitative.

Liber And Libera

2005-07-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

In Roman religion, a pair of fertility and cultivation deities of uncertain origin. Liber, though an old and native Italian deity, came to be identified with Dionysus. The triad Ceres, Liber, and Libera (his female counterpart) represented in Rome, from early times and always under Greek influence, the Eleusinian Demeter, Iacchus-Dionysus, and Kore (Persephone). At the festival

Straits Question

2005-07-23T04:00:00.000-07:00

The straits were in Turkish territory, but when Russia gained control of the north shore of the

Kuala Belait

2005-07-08T01:25:00.000-07:00

Town, western Brunei. It lies along the Belait River near the South China Sea, west of Seria. It is the centre of an oil field that includes offshore wells. Kuala Belait is a river port on the coastal road that runs eastward to Seria and Bandar Seri Begawan, the national capital. A government vocational school supplies technical training in construction and engineering

Police Power

2005-07-06T05:55:00.000-07:00

In U.S. constitutional law, the permissible scope of federal or state legislation so far as it may affect the rights of an individual when those rights conflict with the promotion and maintenance of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the public. When the U.S. Supreme Court has considered such cases, it has tended to use a doctrine called “balance of interests,

Seladang

2005-06-29T06:00:00.000-07:00

Malayan wild cattle, a species of gaur (q.v.).

Gundulic, Ivan (franov)

2005-06-15T23:10:00.000-07:00

A prolific writer, Gundulic also occupied various governmental positions in the Dubrovnik

Cromwell, Oliver

2005-06-03T08:00:00.000-07:00

As one of the generals on the parliamentary side in the English Civil War against King Charles I, Cromwell helped to bring about

Accra

2005-06-01T02:25:00.000-07:00

When the Portuguese first settled on the coast of what is now Ghana in 1482, the present site of Accra was occupied

Dowry

2005-05-17T17:35:00.000-07:00

One of the basic functions of a dowry has been to serve as a form of protection for the wife against ill treatment by her husband. A dowry used in this way was actually a conditional gift to the husband that would be

Fable, Parable, And Allegory, China

2005-05-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

Chinese philosophers from the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) onward often used extended metaphors (from which fable is the logical development) to make their points. This is believed to reflect the fact that, as “realistic” thinkers, the Chinese generally did not favour more abstract argument. Thus simple allegory helped to stimulate audience interest and to increase the force of

Burgos

2005-05-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

Province, in the Castile-León comunidad autónoma (“autonomous community”), north-central Spain. Created in 1833, it has an area of 5,525 square miles (14,309 square km) and includes the enclave of Treviño, which is administratively part of Álava province. Burgos is crossed by the Ebro (north) and the Duero (south) rivers, neither of which is navigable. Burgos is one of the great forested provinces

Chemoreception, Mammals

2005-03-15T00:06:00.000-08:00

Chemoreceptively, mammals are the best studied of vertebrates by far, and man is probably the most studied of all, although experimental techniques that can be used with blowflies (Phormia) and rats are inappropriate for humans. The taste buds of mammals are mostly on the upper surface of the tongue, on so-called vallate, foliate, and fungiform papillae. Some taste buds

Wokha

2005-03-14T14:17:00.000-08:00

Town, Nagaland state, northeastern India, at the foot of the Wokha Hills, 50 miles (80 km) north of Kohima town. It is a trade and agricultural centre for the surrounding Naga Hills, in which grains (mainly rice) and fruits are grown on previously forested slopes. There are some cottage industries (weaving, pottery making, woodworking). Wokha is linked by highway to Mokokchung and

Requests, Court Of

2005-03-11T08:11:00.005-08:00

Called the Court of Poor Men's Causes until 1529, it was a popular court because of the limited expense of bringing suit before it. Modeled after the French Chambre

Requests, Court Of

2005-03-11T08:11:00.004-08:00

Called the Court of Poor Men's Causes until 1529, it was a popular court because of the limited expense of bringing suit before it. Modeled after the French Chambre

Requests, Court Of

2005-03-11T08:11:00.003-08:00

Called the Court of Poor Men's Causes until 1529, it was a popular court because of the limited expense of bringing suit before it. Modeled after the French Chambre

Requests, Court Of

2005-03-11T08:11:00.002-08:00

Called the Court of Poor Men's Causes until 1529, it was a popular court because of the limited expense of bringing suit before it. Modeled after the French Chambre

Requests, Court Of

2005-03-11T08:11:00.001-08:00

Called the Court of Poor Men's Causes until 1529, it was a popular court because of the limited expense of bringing suit before it. Modeled after the French Chambre

Requests, Court Of

2005-03-11T08:11:00.000-08:00

Called the Court of Poor Men's Causes until 1529, it was a popular court because of the limited expense of bringing suit before it. Modeled after the French Chambre

Beskid Mountains

2005-03-07T05:35:00.000-08:00

Czech �Beskydy�, Polish �Beskidy� discontinuous series of forested mountain ranges lying in the eastern Czech Republic, northwestern Slovakia, and southern Poland. The Czech sections at the western end of the Carpathian Mountains lie south and east of the Moravian Gate and are identified locally by smaller units. The Moravian-Silesian Beskid Mountains, which extend from the eastern Czech Republic

Latite

2005-03-06T06:56:00.000-08:00

Also called �trachyandesite� extrusive igneous rock very abundant in western North America. Usually coloured white, yellowish, pinkish, or gray, it is the volcanic equivalent of monzonite (q.v.). Latites contain plagioclase feldspar (andesine or oligoclase) as large, single crystals (phenocrysts) in a fine-grained matrix of orthoclase feldspar and augite. They also contain phenocrysts of diopside,

Annelid

2005-03-04T18:22:00.000-08:00

Phylum name �Annelida, �also called �segmented worm, � any member of a phylum of invertebrate animals that are characterized by the possession of a body cavity (or coelom), movable bristles (or setae), and a body divided into segments by transverse rings, or annulations, from which they take their name. The coelom is reduced in leeches, and setae are lacking a few specialized forms, including leeches. A major invertebrate phylum

Nilus Of Rossano, Saint

2005-03-04T15:36:00.000-08:00

Also called �Nilus The Younger� abbot and promoter of Greek monasticism in Italy, who founded several communities of monks in the region of Calabria following the Greek rule of St. Basil of Caesarea. A supporter of the regular successors to the papal crown in their controversies with antipopes,

Botosani

2005-03-03T22:22:00.000-08:00

City, capital of Botosani judet (county), northeastern Romania. It lies in a rich farming area of northern Moldavia, near the border with Moldova. As a settlement, it was first documented in 1439. The Popauti Church dates from 1496. Long known as a market centre for agricultural produce and wines, Botosani has also become an industrial centre, particularly in textiles. Pop. (1989 est.) 119,563.

China

2005-03-02T17:06:00.000-08:00

American collegiate athletic association that grew out of the Southern Conference. Members are the University of Alabama, the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville), Auburn University, the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, the University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University, the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University,

Vail, Alfred Lewis

2005-03-02T07:42:00.000-08:00

Shortly after Vail graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1836, he met Morse and became interested in Morse's telegraph experiments. In return for a share in the

Triad

2005-03-01T17:14:00.000-08:00

In music, a chord of three tones, consisting of a root with its third and fifth and constituting the harmonic basis of tonal music. See chord.

Pen

2005-03-01T07:08:00.000-08:00

Tool for writing or drawing with a coloured fluid, such as ink. The earliest ancestor of the pen probably was the brush used for writing by the Chinese by the 1st millennium BC. The early Egyptians employed thick reeds for penlike implements about 300 BC. A specific allusion to the quill pen occurs in the 7th-century writings of St. Isidore of Sevilla, but such pens made of bird feathers

Australia, Flag Of

2005-02-28T23:01:00.000-08:00

Thought was given to an all-Australian flag long before confederation was achieved on January 1, 1901. For example, in 1823 a National Colonial Flag displayed four white eight-pointed stars on a red cross on a white field with the Union Jack. From 1831 until as late as the 1920s there was a somewhat similar design known as the Australian Federation Flag, with a blue cross and five white stars.

Pitney, Gene

2005-02-28T03:42:00.000-08:00

In 1961 Pitney began recording his compositions, with �I Wanna Love My Life Away� demonstrating a passionate vocal style. However, he sold more

Windsor

2005-02-27T14:18:00.000-08:00

Town, Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority, historic county of Berkshire, England. Windsor is situated on the south bank of the River Thames and lies to the west of London. The modern town is dominated by Windsor Castle, standing on the outcrop of chalk on which William I the Conqueror (reigned 1066 - 87) built the original fortress. The castle is in regular occupation as a

Leafbird

2005-02-27T13:00:00.000-08:00

Leafbirds are about 17 to 20 cm (6.5 to 8 inches) long. They live high up in the jungle canopy, feeding mainly on nectar, plus some insects and berries.

Faience Parlante

2005-02-26T23:59:00.000-08:00

(French: �talking faience�), in French pottery, popular utilitarian 18th-century earthenware, principally plates, jugs, and bowls, that had inscriptions as part of its decoration. The city of Nevers was the outstanding centre for the production of faience parlante. The range of inscriptions included owners' names, coats of arms, bacchic or facetious references, Masonic

Moreau, Jeanne

2005-02-26T05:05:00.000-08:00

Moreau studied at the Conservatoire Nationale d'Art Dramatique and became at 20 years of age the youngest member of the Com�die-Fran�aise. Le Dernier Amour (1949; The Last Love) marked her film debut, but Ascenseur pour l'�chafaud (1957; �Elevator to the Scaffold�; released as Frantic

Thomas The Rhymer

2005-02-25T22:04:00.000-08:00

Also called �Thomas Learmont�, or �Thomas Of Erceldoune� Scottish poet and prophet who was likely the author of the metrical romance Sir Tristrem, a version of the widely diffused Tristan legend. The romance was first printed in 1804 by Sir Walter Scott from a manuscript of about 1300. Thomas is now probably best known through the ballad �Thomas the Rhymer,� included by Scott in his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802). In popular lore

Baranovichi

2005-02-25T06:29:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Baranovici, � town, Brest oblast (province), Belarus, on the southern edge of the Novogrudok Hills. It developed from a small village in the late 19th century into a major railway junction, with lines to Moscow, Warsaw, and other eastern European centres. It has cotton, food-processing, and machine construction industries. Pop. (1991 est.) 166,700.

Vanadzor

2005-02-24T14:47:00.000-08:00

Formerly (until 1935) �Karaklis� or (1935 - 93) �Kirovakan� city, northern Armenia. It lies at the confluence of the Pambak, Tandzut, and Vanadzoriget rivers. In 1826 the villages of Bolshoy and Maly Karaklis were merged into the town of Karaklis. Construction of the Tiflis-Karaklis-Alexandropol railway at the end of the 19th century speeded the town's development. In 1935 the name of Karaklis was officially changed to Kirovakan to

Aesir

2005-02-23T16:03:00.000-08:00

Old Norse ��sir�, singular ��ss� in Scandinavian mythology, either of two main groups of deities, four of whom were common to the Germanic nations: Odin (q.v.), chief of the Aesir; Frigg (q.v.), Odin's wife; Tyr (q.v.), god of war; and Thor (q.v.), whose name was the Teutonic word for thunder. Some of the other important Aesir were Balder, J�rd, Heimdall, and Loki (qq.v.).

Hugh Iii

2005-02-23T01:36:00.000-08:00

Succeeding his cousin Hugh II as king of Cyprus in 1267, he obtained the disputed crown of the dwindling crusader kingdom of Jerusalem two years later. The efforts of his rival, Charles I of Anjou, king of Sicily, who also claimed his rights to be a king of Jerusalem, and the resistance

Magnes, Judah Leon

2005-02-22T18:13:00.000-08:00

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati (A.B., 1898), Magnes attended Hebrew Union College and was ordained as a rabbi in 1900. He then travelled to Germany for further studies. After

Frieze

2005-02-22T14:40:00.000-08:00

The frieze in

Alfonso Viii

2005-02-21T23:57:00.000-08:00

Before Alfonso came of age his reign was troubled by internal strife and the intervention of the kingdom of Navarre in Castilian affairs. Throughout his reign he maintained a close alliance with the kingdom of Aragon, and in 1179 he concluded the Pact of Cazorla, which settled

Kamehameha I

2005-02-21T16:41:00.000-08:00

First named Paiea, meaning �Hard-Shelled Crab,� the future sovereign was the son of Keoua, a high chief, and of Kekuiapoiwa, a daughter of the former

Ari Thorgilsson The Learned

2005-02-20T15:32:00.000-08:00

Icelandic chieftain, priest, and historian whose �slendingab�k (Libellus Islandorum; The Book of the Icelanders) is the first history of Iceland written in the vernacular. Composed before 1133 and covering the period from the settlement of Iceland up to 1120, it includes information on the founding of the Althing (parliament) and on the settlement of Greenland and

Szombathely

2005-02-20T11:30:00.000-08:00

German �Steinamanger, � town and seat of Vas megye (county), northwestern Hungary. Szombathely is situated on the Gy�ngy�s River, near the frontier with Austria, south-southeast of Vienna and west of Budapest. The town is the successor to the Roman settlement of Savaria (Sabaria), the capital of Pannonia, founded in AD 43 by Claudius I at the intersection of two Roman roads still extant. There is in the

Rourke, Constance Mayfield

2005-02-19T17:57:00.000-08:00

After earning an A.B. from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., (1907) and studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, Rourke taught English at Vassar. In 1915 she resigned, thereafter working as a research historian and free-lance writer devoted to defining the historical aspects

Ankle

2005-02-19T13:31:00.000-08:00

In humans, hinge-type, freely moving synovial joint between the foot and leg. The ankle contains seven tarsal bones that articulate (connect) with each other, with the metatarsal bones of the foot, and with the bones of the lower leg. The articulation of one of the tarsal bones, the ankle bone (talus, or astragalus), with the fibula and tibia of the lower leg forms the actual

Bone Marrow

2005-02-18T04:47:00.000-08:00

Also called �Myeloid Tissue, � soft, gelatinous tissue that fills the cavities of the bones. Bone marrow is either red or yellow, depending upon the preponderance of vascular (red) or fatty (yellow) tissue. In humans, the red bone marrow forms all of the blood cells with the exception of the lymphocytes, which are produced in the marrow and reach their mature form in the lymphoid organs. Red bone marrow

Castile-la Mancha

2005-02-18T02:05:00.000-08:00

The autonomous community, established in 1982, is bounded by the provinces of C�ceres and Badajoz to the west, C�rdoba, Ja�n, and Murcia to the south, Alicante, Valencia, and Teruel to the east, and Zaragoza,

Davao City

2005-02-17T18:25:00.000-08:00

City, southeastern Mindanao Island, Philippines. It lies at the mouth of the Davao River near the head of Davao Gulf. It is the leading regional centre for southeastern Mindanao and encompasses about 50 small ports in its commercial sphere. Pakiputan Strait, formed by offshore Samal Island, shelters both Santa Ana, an urban port servicing small vessels, and the deepwater

Muromachi Period

2005-02-17T15:04:00.000-08:00

The most successful of the Ashikaga rulers, the third shogun Yoshimitsu, managed

Journal De Gen�ve

2005-02-16T16:23:00.000-08:00

Like the German-language Neue Z�rcher Zeitung, the Journal de Gen�ve was a national newspaper, serious in tone and generally liberal in outlook. Its careful and thorough

Gabon

2005-02-16T07:20:00.000-08:00

Following the smashing victory of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) in the December 1996 parliamentary elections, in which it won 100 of the 120 seats, Prime Minister Paulin Obame-Ngu�ma announced his new Cabinet on Jan. 29, 1997. Alexandre Sambat,

Alcohol

2005-02-15T18:57:00.000-08:00

Any of a class of organic compounds characterized by one or more hydroxyl (OH) groups attached to a carbon atom of an alkyl group (hydrocarbon chain). Alcohols may be considered as derivatives of water (H2O) in which one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by an alkyl group. Alcohols are among the most common organic compounds and are valuable intermediates in the synthesis

Narcissus

2005-02-15T13:06:00.000-08:00

In Greek mythology, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Leiriope; he was distinguished for his beauty. His mother was told that he would have a long life, provided he never looked upon his own features. His rejection, however, of the love of the nymph Echo or of his lover Ameinias drew upon him the vengeance of the gods. He fell in love with his own reflection in

Akutagawa Prize

2005-02-14T08:56:00.000-08:00

The Akutagawa Prize was created in 1935 by the

Farandole

2005-02-14T00:37:00.000-08:00

Sudan, History Of The, Medieval Christian kingdoms

2005-02-13T13:42:00.000-08:00

The 200 years from the fall of Kush to the middle of the 6th century is an unknown age in the Sudan. Nubia was inhabited by a people called the Nobatae by the ancient geographers and the X-Group by modern archaeologists, who are still at a loss to explain their origins. The X-Group were clearly, however, the heirs of Kush, for their whole cultural life was dominated by Meroitic

France, History Of, The Consulate

2005-02-13T01:11:00.000-08:00

The �revisionists� who engineered the Brumaire coup intended to create a strong, elitist government that would curb the republic's political turmoil and guarantee the conquests of 1789. They had in mind what might be called a senatorial oligarchy rather than a personal dictatorship. General Bonaparte, however, advocated a more drastic concentration of power. Within

Sudan, History Of The, Medieval Christian kingdoms

2005-02-12T08:25:00.000-08:00

Gastronomy, The Italian influence on France

2005-02-12T03:06:00.000-08:00

Italy has been called the mother of the Western cuisines, and perhaps its greatest contribution was its influence on France. The crucial event was the arrival of Catherine de M�dicis in France in the 16th century. The great-granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Catherine married the young man who later was to become Henry II of France. She brought with her a retinue

Finland, Education

2005-02-11T23:22:00.000-08:00

School attendance in Finland is compulsory beginning at the age of seven. The national and local governments support the schools, and tuition is free. The introduction of a new nine-year comprehensive school system, consisting of a six-year primary stage and a three-year secondary stage, was completed during the 1970s. The English language is taught beginning in the third

Costigan, Edward Prentiss

2005-02-11T11:22:00.000-08:00

Costigan spent most of his youth in Colorado, where his parents moved in 1877. He graduated from Harvard University in 1899 and began his law practice in Denver the next year. His interest in good government led him to join nonpartisan

Morante, Elsa

2005-02-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

Morante early exhibited literary talent, and, although her formal education remained incomplete, her marriage to the novelist Alberto

Laatste Nieuws, Het

2005-02-10T10:11:00.000-08:00

A liberal paper with a serious approach to national and international news, it also publishes such features as comic strips, crossword puzzles, and cartoons. In the 1960s a large and attractive sports section of several pages

Mexico, History Of

2005-02-09T17:01:00.000-08:00

Mexico's population exploded at the end of World War II. The industrialism spawned by the war became a major element in the economy. The military increasingly faded into the background as arbiters of national policy, and Mexico had an unbroken line of civilian presidents, beginning with the election of Miguel Alem�n in 1946. With him the emphasis shifted from the C�rdenas

Computers, The first computer

2005-02-09T13:39:00.000-08:00

By the second decade of the 19th century, a number of ideas necessary for the invention of the computer were in the air. First, the potential benefits to science and industry of being able to automate routine calculations was appreciated, as it had not been a century earlier. Specific methods to make automated calculation more practical, such as doing multiplication

French Literature, The novel between the wars

2005-02-08T20:14:00.000-08:00

With a few notable exceptions, novels were less technically innovative in the second quarter of the century. The Surrealists made their contribution with Andr� Breton's Nadja (1928; Eng. trans., Nadja) and Louis Aragon's Le Paysan de Paris (1926; The Night-Walker), and they influenced the works of Raymond Queneau. The tradition of the family novel was continued by Roger Martin du

Cole, Thomas

2005-02-08T02:14:00.000-08:00

Cole's family immigrated first to Philadelphia and then settled in Steubenville, Ohio. He was trained by an itinerant portrait painter named Stein and then spent two years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1825 some of Cole's

French Literature, The novel between the wars

2005-02-07T19:30:00.000-08:00

Byname �Star Wars� proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks - as originally conceived, from the Soviet Union. The SDI was first proposed by President Ronald Reagan in a nationwide television address on March 23, 1983. Because parts of the defensive system that Reagan advocated would be based in space, the proposed system was dubbed �Star Wars,� after the space

Mansur, Al-

2005-02-07T09:18:00.000-08:00

Al-Mansur was born at al-Humaymah, the home of the 'Abbasid family after their emigration from the Hejaz in 687 - 688. His father, Muhammad, was a great-grandson of 'Abbas; his

Biblical Literature, Background and overview

2005-02-06T19:10:00.000-08:00

In the New Testament canon of 27 books, 21 are called �letters,� and even the Revelation to John starts and ends in letter form. Of the 21, 13 belong to the Pauline corpus; the Letter to the Hebrews is included in the Pauline corpus in the East but not, however, in the West. Three letters of this corpus, the Pastoral Letters, are pseudonymous and thus are not considered here. Of the remaining

Wright, Joseph

2005-02-06T07:04:00.000-08:00

Wright was trained as a portrait painter by Thomas Hudson in the 1750s. Wright's home was Derby, one of the great centres of the birth of the Industrial Revolution, and his depictions

Atargatis

2005-02-05T06:26:00.000-08:00

Great goddess of northern Syria; her chief sanctuary was at Hierapolis (modern Manbij), northeast of Aleppo, where she was worshiped with her consort, Hadad. Her ancient temple there was rebuilt about 300 BC by Queen Stratonice, wife of Seleucus I, and it was perhaps partly as a result of that Greek patronage that her cult, carried by Greek merchants and mercenaries, spread to

Laterality

2005-02-05T05:12:00.000-08:00

The most obvious example of laterality is handedness, the tendency to use one hand or the other to perform activities. It is the usual practice to classify persons as right-handed, left-handed, or ambidextrous (two-handed).

Mugwump

2005-02-04T21:01:00.000-08:00

In U.S. politics, member of a reform-oriented faction of the Republican Party that refused to support the candidacy of James G. Blaine for the presidency in 1884. Instead, the Mugwumps supported the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Their leaders included Theodore Roosevelt, George Curtis, and Henry Cabot Lodge; all returned to Republican ranks after the defeat of Blaine.

Duroc

2005-02-04T19:39:00.000-08:00

Breed of pig developed between 1822 and 1877 from the Old Duroc pig of New York and the Red Jersey pig of New Jersey; it was formerly called the Duroc-Jersey. The Duroc proved particularly suitable for feeding in the United States Corn Belt; by the 1930s it was the predominant breed in the United States, a distinction it held intermittently throughout the century. Exportation has

Lead-210 Dating

2005-02-03T14:47:00.000-08:00

Method of age determination that makes use of the ratio of the radioactive lead isotope lead-210 to the stable isotope lead-206. The method has been applied to the ores of uranium. In the series of unstable products from the radioactive decay of uranium-238, lead-210 results from the decay of radon-222 and is a precursor of the stable isotope lead-206. Lead-210 dating is particularly useful for

Ferdinand I

2005-02-03T13:48:00.000-08:00

Because his elder brother, Henry III, was an invalid, Ferdinand took the battlefield against the Muslims of Granada. When Henry III died in 1406, his son John II was an infant and the regency was divided between Henry's widow, Queen Catherine of Lancaster,

Arabia, The Hejaz and Asir

2005-02-02T05:52:00.000-08:00

A virtually unbroken escarpment runs the length of the peninsula above the Red Sea. The stretch from the Gulf of Aqaba to a point about 200 miles south of Mecca is called the Hejaz (Al-Hijaz, meaning �The Barrier�), and the higher stretch from there to the Najran region near the Yemeni border has acquired the name of Asir ('Asir; from the name, meaning �Difficult,� of a prominent highland

Ust-orda Buryat

2005-02-02T05:31:00.000-08:00

Also called �Ust-ordynsky Buryat,� autonomous okrug (district) in Irkutsk oblast (province), east-central Russia. It lies west of Lake Baikal and extends across the Angara River. The okrug was created in 1937. Its plateau relief is partly in boreal forest, or taiga, of larch, spruce, fir, pine, and birch and partly in forest-steppe. Coal is mined in the west, where the Trans-Siberian Railroad crosses the okrug. Timber

Magnus V Erlingsson

2005-02-01T20:04:00.000-08:00

The son of Erling the Crooked, Magnus became king in 1162 when his supporters, led by his father, defeated the forces of the incumbent king, Haakon II Sigurdsson.

Gregory X, Blessed

2005-02-01T11:30:00.000-08:00

In 1270 he joined the future king Edward I of England on a crusade to the Holy Land. At St. Jean d'Acre in Palestine, he was notified of his election as pope at Viterbo in the Papal States (Sept. 1, 1271). Gregory, who at the time

Tradescant, John

2005-01-31T18:24:00.000-08:00

Tradescant added to his father's collection of natural history objects, ultimately forming a significant collection acquired principally from Algiers and Virginia. After the younger

Switzerland, Settlement patterns

2005-01-31T05:46:00.000-08:00

The diversity of geomorphology, climate, and plant distribution in Switzerland provides a wide variety of sites for the formation of settlements, a variety further enhanced by the country's central European location. Because of its distinct cultural differences, Switzerland provides varied examples for the study of the geography of settlements. For example,

Switzerland, Settlement patterns

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The common name given to about 50 to 60 species of small, stubby, generally short-tailed birds abundant in American tropical forests. Manakins are short-billed birds that range in size from 8.5 to 16 cm (3.5 to 6.5 inches) long and weigh a mere 10 - 40 grams (0.35 - 1.4 ounces). Females and immature males are typically coloured in drab greens and browns, but adult males are often black with

Earth, Convective electrojets

2005-01-30T01:03:00.000-08:00

The auroral electrojets are two broad sheets of electric current that flow from noon toward midnight in the northern and southern auroral ovals. The dawn side current flows westward, creating a decrease in the magnetic field on the surface. The dusk side current flows eastward and produces an increase in the magnetic field. Both currents flow at an altitude of approximately

Zaporizhzhya

2005-01-29T22:53:00.000-08:00

Russian �Zaporozhye, �also spelled �Zaporozhe, or Zaporozje, � oblast (province), southeastern Ukraine. It encompasses the northwestern shore of the Sea of Azov and stretches inland across the coastal plain, the Azov Upland, and the Dnieper Plain to the Dnieper River to include a very small part of that river's right-bank area. The entire oblast lies within the steppe zone, although much of the natural grass cover has been plowed

Waqidi, Al-

2005-01-29T16:36:00.000-08:00

As a youth al-Waqidi is said to have been such an authority on the sacred cities of Mecca and Medina that he was guide to the 'Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid during the latter's pilgrimage. Al-Waqidi became a grain dealer

Performing Arts, Nontheatrical Films.

2005-01-28T19:14:00.000-08:00

The Academy Award-winning

Povazsk� Bystrica

2005-01-27T22:28:00.000-08:00

Economic activities include the manufacture of heavy munitions. One of the town's notable structures is a Gothic church with tombstones dating

Wolfdietrich

2005-01-27T07:32:00.000-08:00

Germanic hero who appears in the Middle High German poems of Ortnit and Wolfdietrich in Das Heldenbuch (see Heldenbuch, Das) as the son of Hugdietrich, emperor of Constantinople. Repudiated by his father, who mistakenly believes him illegitimate, he is brought up by the emperor's faithful retainer Berchtung von Meran. Berchtung and his 16 sons support Wolfdietrich,

Atlanta

2005-01-26T18:31:00.000-08:00

The city owes its existence to the railroads, the routes of which were

Regency Style

2005-01-26T03:03:00.000-08:00

Decorative arts produced during the regency of George, prince of Wales, and the opening years of the 19th century as well as his entire reign as King George IV of England, ending in 1830. The major source of inspiration for Regency taste was found in Greek and Roman antiquity, from which designers borrowed both structural and ornamental elements. The classical revival of

Great Chain Of Being

2005-01-25T18:44:00.000-08:00

Also called �Chain Of Being, � conception of the nature of the universe that had a pervasive influence on Western thought, particularly through the ancient Greek Neoplatonists and derivative philosophies during the European Renaissance and the 17th and early 18th centuries. The term denotes three general features of the universe: plenitude, continuity, and gradation. The principle of plenitude

Devequt

2005-01-25T17:20:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Devekut� (Hebrew: �attachment�), in Jewish religious thought, an adherence to or communion with God that stops short of mystical union. The notion of devequt apparently derived from the biblical reference to �loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him� (Deuteronomy 11:22). As a fundamental concept of the Jewish mystical system called the Kabbala, devequt was

Wandjina Style

2005-01-24T20:35:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Wondjina, � type of depiction in Australian cave paintings of figures that represent mythological beings associated with the creation of the world. Called wandjina figures, the images are believed by modern Aborigines to have been painted by the Wondjinas, prehistoric inhabitants of the Kimberley region in northwest Australia, the only area where cave paintings in the