Abu Sayyaf (from the article "Philippines") In the southern Philippines, the heaviest fighting in three years disrupted a government cease-fire with ...
Abu Seif, Salah Egyptian filmmaker whose movies, noted for their realism and progressive political messages, drew criticism from ...
Abu Shahrayn (from the article "Abu Shahrayn") mound in southern Iraq, site of the ancient Sumerian city of Eridu (q.v. ).for more general ...
Abu Simbel site of two temples built by the Egyptian king Ramses II (reigned 1279-13 BCE), now ... [6 Related Articles]
Abu Sir ancient site between Al-Jizah (Giza) and Saqqarah, northern Egypt, where three 5th-dynasty (c. 2465-c. 2325 ... [2 Related Articles]
Abu Sufyan (from the article "Muhammad") The Quraysh, however, did not give up their quest to destroy the nascent Islamic community. ...
Abu Taghlib (from the article "Hamdanid Dynasty") ...and expanded westward into Syria. In 979 the Hamdanids were driven out of Mosul by ...
Abu Tahir Sulayman (from the article "Qarmatian") ...became notorious for an insurrection in Syria and Iraq in 903-906 and for the exploits ...
Abu Talib (from the article "Muhammad") ...died when he was six years old. Now completely orphaned, he was brought up by ...
Abu Talib Kalim (from the article "Islamic arts") ...(died 1602), the author of an important, though biased, historical work, deeply influenced the Emperor's ...
Abu Tammam poet and editor of an anthology of early Arabic poems known as the Hamasah . [4 Related Articles]
Abu Widan, Ahmad Pasha (from the article "Sudan, history of the") His successor, Ahmad Pasha Abu Widan, continued his policies with but few exceptions and made ...
Abu Ya'qub Yusuf (from the article "Almohads") ...the Almoravid state in 1147, subjugating the Maghrib, and captured Marrakech, which became the Almohad ...
Abu Yahya (from the article "Marinid dynasty") ...group-traditional allies of the Umayyad caliphs of Cordoba in Spain. The Marinids had been established ...
Abu Yahya Abu Bakr (from the article "Abu al-Hasan 'Ali") Abu al-Hasan expanded his influence in Tunisia and married a daughter of Abu Bakr, the ...
Abu Yusuf (from the article "Hanafiyah") ...Basra. Hanafi legal thought (madhhab ) developed from the teachings of the theologian Imam Abu Hanifah ...
Abu Yusuf Ya'qub (from the article "Marinid dynasty") ...Yahya, captured Fes (Fez) and made it the Marinid capital. With the defeat of the ...
Abu Zaby constituent emirate of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States, or Trucial Oman). Though its ... [2 Related Articles]
Abu Zakariyya' Yahya (from the article "Hafsid dynasty") Amazigh (Berber) dynasty of the 13th-16th century in Ifriqiyyah (Tunisia and eastern Algeria), founded by ...
Abu Zayd al-Saruji (from the article "Hariri, al-") ...al-khawass ). The Maqamat recounts in the words of the narrator, al-Harith ibn ...
Abu Zayd, Nasr Hamid Even five years after he was declared an apostate by a high court, ordered to ...
Abu'l Khayr (from the article "Kazakhstan") ...catastrophe, the "Great Disaster," has never faded among the Kazakhs. The next and last Dzungar ...
Abu'l-Khayr Khan (from the article "Uzbekistan") ...northwestern Siberia, where they probably adopted the name Uzbek from the admired Muslim ruler of ...
Abu'l-Wafa' a distinguished Muslim astronomer and mathematician, who made important contributions to the development of trigonometry. [1 Related Articles]
Abu, Mount (from the article "Abu") city, southwestern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It is situated on the slopes of Mount Abu, ...
Abu-Assad, Hany (from the article "Performing Arts") ...was the portrait of a retiree who returns to Istanbul from teaching in a poor ...
Abu-Jaber, Diana (from the article "Literary Voices for Islam in the West") The virtue of the veiled woman that Aboulela portrays, however, is questioned by Diana Abu-Jaber, ...
Abubakar, Abdusalam Nigerian military leader, who served as head of state (1998-99). [2 Related Articles]
Abubakar, Atiku (from the article "Nigeria") ...of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), the victorious candidate, with a landslide 24.6 million ...
Abuit, Roger (from the article "Vanuatu") Area: 12,190 sq km (4,707 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 216,000 | Capital: Vila ...
Abuja federal capital territory, central Nigeria, created in 1976. The territory is located north of the ...
Abuja city and capital of Nigeria. It lies in the central part of the Abuja federal ... [6 Related Articles]
Abukuma-sammyaku (Japanese: Abukuma Mountains), range in northern Honshu, Japan, extending for 106 miles (170 km) north ... [1 Related Articles]
Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel (from the article "Judaism") ...of "left-hand sefirot " and a corresponding exuberant demonology. The second movement, whose ...
abuna (from the article "Ethiopian Orthodox church") Beginning in the 12th century, the patriarch of Alexandria appointed the Ethiopian archbishop, known as ...
Abuna River a headwater of the Amazon, east of the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes. The navigable ...
abundance of the elements (from the article "Chemical elements") The relative numbers of atoms of the various elements are usually described as the abundances ...
abundant number (from the article "number game") Most numbers are either "abundant" or "deficient." In an abundant number, the sum of its ...
Aburatsubo Bay (from the article "Miura") ...a base for commercial deep-sea fishing, especially of tuna. Besides tuna, the city is well ...
abus de droit (from the article "property law") ...a unified protection of the privilege of use like that of the Anglo-American nuisance law. ...
Abuse of Reason (from the article "Hayek, F.A.") ...later ideas on economics and knowledge, eventually presented in his 1936 presidential address to the ...
Abyad, Jurj (from the article "Arabic literature") ...was particularly true for the countries of northwest Africa (the Maghrib), where such visits to ...
Abydos prominent sacred city and one of the most important archaeological sites of ancient Egypt. The ... [3 Related Articles]
Abydos ancient Anatolian town located just northeast of the modern Turkish town of Canakkale on the ...
Abydos list of kings (from the article "Abydos") ...In a long gallery leading to other rooms is a relief showing Seti and his ...
Abydos passion play (from the article "theatre, Western") ...important of these involved the god Osiris. He was the subject of what was known ...
abyssal circulation (from the article "ocean") ...by horizontal differences in temperature and salinity-namely, the thermohaline circulation. The thermohaline circulation reaches down ...
abyssal cone (from the article "ocean") ...The turbidites build sedimentary deep-sea fans adjacent to the base of the continental slope. Turbidites ...
abyssal hill small, topographically well-defined submarine hill that may rise from several metres to several hundred metres ... [1 Related Articles]
abyssal plain flat seafloor area at an abyssal depth (3,000 to 6,000 m [10,000 to 20,000 feet]), ... [4 Related Articles]
abyssal zone portion of the ocean deeper than about 2,000 m (6,600 feet) and shallower than about ... [2 Related Articles]
abyssalpelagic zone (from the article "marine ecosystem") ...photosynthesis occurs; it is roughly equivalent to the photic zone. Below this zone lie the ...
Abyssinia (from the article "eastern Africa, history of") The Christians retreated into what may be called Abyssinia, an easily defensible, socially cohesive unit ...
Abyssinian breed of domestic cat, probably of Egyptian origin, that has been considered to approximate the ... [1 Related Articles]
Abyssinian Baptist Church (from the article "Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.") Powell was the son of the pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New ...
Abyssinian ibex (from the article "Ethiopia") Uniquely Ethiopian and among the most endangered species are the walia ibex of the Simen ...
Abyssinian intermediate (from the article "barley") ...photograph); Hordeum distichum, a two-rowed type having central florets producing kernels and lateral florets that ...
Abyssinian wolf (from the article "wolf") The critically endangered Abyssinian wolf (C. simensis ) also looks similar to the ...
Abzug, Bella U.S. congresswoman (1971-77) and lawyer who founded several liberal political organizations for women and was ... [2 Related Articles]
AC Milan (from the article "Football") ...Champions League final, played on May 23 at the OACA Spyro Louis Stadium in Athens, ...
AC voltammetry (from the article "analysis") During AC voltammetry an alternating potential is added to the DC potential ramp used for ...
AC/DC Australian heavy metal band whose theatrical, high-energy shows placed them among the most popular stadium ...
acacia any of about 800 species of trees and shrubs comprising a genus (Acacia ) in the ... [11 Related Articles]
acacia ant (from the article "mutualism") Acacia ants (Pseudomyrmex ferruginea ) inhabit the bull-horn acacia (Acacia cornigera ), upon which they obtain food ...
Acacia collinsii (from the article "angiosperm") ...and birds (honeyeaters, hummingbirds, and sunbirds). Nectaries also occur on the nonfloral, or vegetative, parts ...
Acacia cornigera (from the article "mutualism") Acacia ants (Pseudomyrmex ferruginea ) inhabit the bull-horn acacia (Acacia cornigera ), upon which they obtain food ...
Acacia koa (from the article "conservation") ...the loss of their food sources. For example, another rare honeycreeper, the akiapolaau (
Acacia nilotica (from the article "grassland") ...be considered true grassland. The Mitchell grasslands were once much purer until they were altered ...
Acacia senegal (from the article "acacia") Several acacia species are important economically. A. senegal, native to the Sudan region in Africa, ...
Acacian Schism (484-519), in Christian history, split between the patriarchate of Constantinople and the Roman See, caused ... [10 Related Articles]
Acacius (from the article "Homoean") in the Trinitarian controversies of the 4th-century Christian Church, a follower of Acacius, bishop of ...
Acacius (from the article "Felix III, Saint") pope from 483 to 492. He succeeded St. Simplicius on March 13. Felix excommunicated Acacius, ...
academic freedom the freedom of teachers and students to teach, study, and pursue knowledge and research without ... [4 Related Articles]
Academic Skepticism (from the article "epistemology") After the death of Aristotle the next significant development in the history of epistemology was ...
academie (from the article "higher education") Basic differences, however, distinguish these two countries' systems. French educational districts, called academies, are under ...
Academie Parisienne (from the article "Mersenne, Marin") In 1635 Mersenne formed the informal, private Academie Parisienne (the precursor to the French Academy ...
Academy in ancient Greece, the academy, or college, of philosophy in the northwestern outskirts of Athens, ... [13 Related Articles]
academy (from the article "mathematics") After 1700 a movement to found learned societies on the model of Paris and London ...
academy a society of learned individuals organized to advance art, science, literature, music, or some other ...
Academy Award any of several awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, ... [4 Related Articles]
Academy Bay bay at the south end of Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) Island (one of the Galapagos Islands), ...
Academy Curve (from the article "motion-picture technology") In monaural systems, a treble cut is employed in accordance with the Standard Electrical Characteristic ...
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (from the article "Ukraine") The largest single scientific organization is the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Founded in 1918 ...
Academy of Venice, Galleries of the museum of art in Venice housing an unrivaled collection of paintings from the Venetian masters ... [1 Related Articles]
academy ratio (from the article "motion picture") Several different ratios of frame width to frame height, called "aspect ratios," have been used ...
Academy, Gallery of the museum of art in Florence chiefly famous for its several sculptures by Michelangelo, notably his ...
Acadia North American Atlantic seaboard possessions of France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Centred in ... [3 Related Articles]
Acadia National Park national park on the Atlantic coast of Maine, U.S., astride Frenchman Bay. It has an ... [2 Related Articles]
Acadian (from the article "Louisiana") ...Parishes. Each area of settlement preserved a cultural heritage strongly marked by adherence to either ...
Acadian orogeny a mountain-building event that affected an area from present-day New York to Newfoundland during the ... [1 Related Articles]
Acadian Platform (from the article "Saint Lawrence, Gulf of") ...channels occupy approximately one-quarter of the total area of the gulf. Then there are the ...
Acajutla Pacific seaport, southwestern El Salvador. Spanish conquistadores defeated the Indians there in 1524, and it ...
acala (from the article "bhumi") ...("hard to conquer"), (6) abhimukhi ("turning toward" both transmigration and nirvana), (7) durangama ("far-going"), (8) ...
Acalypha godseffiana (from the article "copperleaf") ...plant, or red hot cattail (A. his pida ), reaches a height of 3 m and is ...
ACAM2000 (from the article "smallpox") In 2007 the Food and Drug Administration in the United States approved a new smallpox ...
Acamas (from the article "Soli") ancient Greek city on Cyprus, located west of modern Karavostasi on Morphou Bay. Soli traditionally ...
Acambaro city, southeastern Guanajuato estado (state), central Mexico. Acambaro lies along the Lerma ...
acamprosate (from the article "alcoholism") Most recently, naltrexone (an opiate antagonist) and acamprosate, or calcium acetylhomotaurinate (a modulator of gamma-aminobutyric ...
Acanthaceae one of 23 families in the mint order of flowering plants (Lamiales), containing approximately 230 ... [1 Related Articles]
Acantharia (from the article "marine ecosystem") ...phytoplankton. While many dinoflagellates carry out photosynthesis, some also consume bacteria or algae. Other important ...
acanthella (from the article "spiny-headed worm") ...in the arthropod gut, the larva, called an acanthor, bores through the gut wall into ...
acanthite a silver sulfide mineral (Ag2 S) that is the most important ore of silver. It is ...
Acanthobdella (from the article "annelid") ...Acanthobdellida Primitive group; setae present on 5 anterior segments; no anterior sucker; parasitic on fish in ...
Acanthobdellida (from the article "annelid") ...also modified to form sucker; body with 14 to 15 segments; all species parasitic or ...
Acanthocheilonema perstans (from the article "filariasis") ...eyeball). Loiasis produces irritation but seldom permanent damage. Treatment includes surgical removal of the worms ...
Acanthodes (from the article "spiny shark") Among the genera of spiny sharks most useful for fossil dating is Acanthodes , of the ...
Acanthodiscus radiatus (from the article "Hauterivian Stage") ...the thick Hils clay, whereas in Britain it includes the middle part of the Wealden ...
acanthor (from the article "spiny-headed worm") ...host. No further development occurs until the shelled embryos are eaten by an arthropod, which ...
Acanthostega (from the article "community ecology") By the Late Devonian the earliest tetrapods had appeared. Forms such as
acanthus in architecture and decorative arts, a stylized ornamental motif based on a characteristic Mediterranean plant ... [1 Related Articles]
Acanthus spinosus (from the article "acanthus") in architecture and decorative arts, a stylized ornamental motif based on a characteristic Mediterranean plant ...
Acao Integralista Brasileira (from the article "Latin America, history of") ...organizations were frankly influenced by European fascism, but in most countries their membership was numerically ...
Acapulco city and port, Guerrero estado (state), southwestern Mexico. Situated on a deep, ... [1 Related Articles]
Acarai Mountains low range on the border of Brazil (Para state) and southern Guyana. The mountains, which ... [1 Related Articles]
Acarapis woodi (from the article "beekeeping") Acarine disease is caused by the mite Acarapis woodi that gets into the tracheae of ...
Acaray River (from the article "Paraguay") Paraguay's most important natural resource is its hydroelectric potential. Most electricity in Paraguay came from ...
Acari, Rio de stream in southwestern Peru, rising in the Cordillera Occidental and flowing to the Pacific Ocean; ... [1 Related Articles]
acarid any member of the subgroup of the arthropod class Arachnida that includes the mites and ...
Acariformes (from the article "arachnid") ...in some fully engorged ticks; body segments fused; mouthparts adapted to piercing, sucking, biting, grating, ...
Acarigua city, northern Portuguesa estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. Formerly the state capital, Acarigua is a principal ...
Acarine disease (from the article "beekeeping") Acarine disease is caused by the mite Acarapis woodi that gets into the tracheae of ...
Acarnania district of ancient Greece bounded by the Ionian Sea, the Ambracian Gulf, Mount Thyamus, and ...
Acarosporales (from the article "fungus") ...lichens; thick ascal apex with narrow canal; includes subclasses Acarosporomycetidae, Lecanoromycetidae, and Ostropomycetidae; contains 10 ...
Acarya (from the article "Indian philosophy") The main religious inspirations are from the theistic tradition of the Alvar poet-saints and their ...
acatalasia rare hereditary metabolic disorder caused by lack of the organic catalyst or enzyme called catalase. ...
acatalexis (from the article "catalexis and acatalexis") in prosody, an omission or incompleteness in the last foot of a line or other ...
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