A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Calpurnia ... Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Calpurnia (from the article "Julius Caesar") ...He persuades the reluctant Brutus-Caesar's trusted friend-to join them. Brutus, troubled and sleepless, finds comfort ... Calpurnius Siculus Roman poet, author of seven pastoral eclogues, probably written when Nero was emperor (AD 54-68). Caltabellotta, Peace of (from the article "Charles II") ...Nicholas IV as intermediaries. Charles promised to give up his claim to Sicily, but, once ... Caltanissetta city, central Sicily, Italy. The city lies in the mountains west of the Salso River ... Caltex (from the article "Chevron Corporation") Company geologists discovered vast quantities of oil in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in the early ... Calton Hill (from the article "Edinburgh") At the east end of Princes Street, Calton Hill rises above the central government office ... Calukya Dynasty either of two ancient Indian dynasties. The Western Calukyas ruled as emperors in the Deccan ... [6 Related Articles] Calukya dynasty, Eastern (from the article "India") ...who are associated with Vatapi in the 6th century. The Calukyas controlled large parts of ... Calumet City city, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. A southern suburb of Chicago, Calumet City lies on ... Calumet District heavily industrialized area, mostly in Lake county, northwestern Indiana, U.S. It lies along the southern ... Calumet Farm (from the article "Wright, Warren") American financier, owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses, and proprietor of Calumet Farm. Calumet Sag Channel (from the article "Chicago") ...maritime traffic. A second important body of water, Lake Calumet, is located in the industrial ... Calusa North American Indian tribe that inhabited the southwest coast of Florida from Tampa Bay to ... [1 Related Articles] calusari (from the article "Morris dance") ...examples are the Perchten dancer-masqueraders of Austria, the ritual dances such as the moriscas (or ... calutron (from the article "nuclear weapon") ...achieved by Fermi and his group on Dec. 2, 1942, in the squash court under ... Calvados (from the article "Basse-Normandie") region of France encompassing the northwestern departements of Orne, ... Calvatia (from the article "Lycoperdaceae") Calvatia is a genus of about 35 species that are especially common in temperate regions. ... Calve, Emma operatic soprano famed for her performances in the title role of Georges Bizet's Carmen. Calvert county, south-central Maryland, U.S., consisting of a tidewater peninsula lying between the Patuxent River to ... Calvert, Alan (from the article "physical culture") Lifting various weighted objects had been growing in popularity since the late 19th century, mainly ... Calvert, Frederick (from the article "Schliemann, Heinrich") ...the Santorin eruption to 2000 BC, which suggested a great antiquity for Fouque's finds and ... Calvert, Leonard first governor of Maryland colony. [4 Related Articles] Calvert, Phyllis British actress (b. Feb. 18, 1915, London, Eng.-d. Oct. 8, 2002, London), brought grace and ... Calvin and Hobbes American newspaper comic strip that ran from 1985 to 1995, chronicling the high jinks of ... Calvin, Genevieve (from the article "Calvin, Melvin") In 1942 Calvin married Genevieve Jemtegaard, with later Nobel chemistry laureate Glenn T. Seaborg as ... Calvin, John theologian and ecclesiastical statesman. He was the leading French Protestant Reformer and the most important ... [33 Related Articles] Calvin, Melvin American biochemist who received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the ... [2 Related Articles] calving (from the article "livestock farming") Calving of beef cows is arranged to occur in the spring months to take advantage ... calving (from the article "glacier") The ice sheets lose material by several processes, including surface melting, evaporation, wind erosion (deflation), ... Calvinism the theology advanced by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the 16th century, and its ... [50 Related Articles] Calvino, Italo Italian journalist, short-story writer, and novelist, whose whimsical and imaginative fables made him one of ... [2 Related Articles] Calvo Doctrine a body of international rules regulating the jurisdiction of governments over aliens and the scope ... [1 Related Articles] Calvo Sotelo y Bustelo, Leopoldo Spanish politician was Spain's second prime minister (February 1981-December 1982) to preside over the country's ... [1 Related Articles] Calvo Sotelo, Jose (from the article "Gil Robles, Jose Maria") ...followed his youth leader Ramon Serrano Suner into the Falange. He remained chief opposition spokesman ... Calvus, Gaius Licinius Roman poet and orator who, as a poet, followed his friend Catullus in style and ... [1 Related Articles] calx (from the article "phlogiston") ...Greek, meaning "burned"). Stahl believed that the corrosion of metals in air (e.g., the rusting ... Calycanthaceae (from the article "Laurales") The members of Calycanthaceae differ from most of the other families in Laurales in having ... Calycanthus occidentalis (from the article "sweet shrub") ...egg-shaped fruiting body contains many dry, single-seeded achenes. Calycanthus floridus (Carolina allspice), a shrub about ... Calyceraceae family of small and economically unimportant dicotyledonous flowering plants containing six genera (Boopis, Calycera, Acicarpha, ... Calydon ancient Aetolian town in Greece, located on the Euenus (Evinos) River about 6 miles (9.5 ... Calydonian boar hunt (from the article "Meleager") in Greek mythology, the leader of the Calydonian boar hunt. The Iliad relates how Meleager's ... Calymene genus of trilobites (extinct arthropods) dating from the Ordovician Period (505 to 438 million years ... Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (from the article "granuloma inguinale") ...sexually transmitted disease occurring predominantly in tropical areas and characterized by deep purulent ulcers on ... Calypso in Greek mythology, the daughter of the Titan Atlas (or Oceanus or Nereus), a nymph ... [1 Related Articles] Calypso (from the article "Moons of Saturn") ...satellites, but, because Tethys and Dione are much more massive than their co-orbiters, there is ... calypso a type of folk song primarily from Trinidad though sung elsewhere in the southern and ... calyptra (from the article "bryophyte") ...remains in the archegonium and undergoes many mitotic cell divisions to produce an embryonic sporophyte. ... Calyptraeacea (from the article "gastropod") ...plants; some species used for human food; conchs (Strombidae) of tropical oceans and the pelican's ... Calyptraeidae (from the article "gastropod") ...and the pelican's foot shells (Aporrhaidae) of near Arctic waters.Superfamily CalyptraeaceaCap shells (Capulidae) and slipper ... calyptrogen (from the article "angiosperm") ...living parenchyma cells called the root cap. As the cells of the root cap are ... Calyptrogyne (from the article "palm") ...that are associated in some way with most palms. Few modern studies have been done, ... calyx (from the article "renal pelvis") ...that is curved to one side, is almost completely enclosed in the deep indentation on ... calyx (from the article "flower") ...flower parts are usually arrayed in whorls (or cycles) but may also be disposed spirally, ... calyx krater (from the article "krater") ...inverted bell, with loop handles and a disk foot; the volute krater, with an egg-shaped ... Calzabigi, Ranieri Italian poet, librettist, and music theorist who exerted an important influence on Christoph Willibald Gluck's ... [2 Related Articles] Calzaghe, Joe Welsh professional boxer. At the start of the 21st century, he ranked as the longest-reigning ... [2 Related Articles] cam machine component that either rotates or moves back and forth (reciprocates) to create a prescribed ... [2 Related Articles] cam follower (from the article "gasoline engine") The hydraulic lifter comprises a cam follower that is moved up and down by contact ... Cam Lam (from the article "Cam Ranh") city, south-central Vietnam. It is situated on a peninsula enclosing Cam Ranh Bay, an inlet ... Cam Linh (from the article "Cam Ranh Bay") The Binh Ba Bay, or outer bay, with Binh Ba Island lying off the tip ... cam pump (from the article "pump") ...of operation, can be divided into two main classes, reciprocating and rotary. Reciprocating pumps include ... Cam Ranh city, south-central Vietnam. It is situated on a peninsula enclosing Cam Ranh Bay, an inlet ... Cam Ranh Bay a two-part deepwater inlet on the South China Sea, south-central Vietnam. It is approximately 20 ... Cam, River (from the article "Cambridge") Cambridge has good rail and road access to London, about 60 miles (95 km) south. ... Camaenidae (from the article "gastropod") ...(Oleaciniidae) and herbivorous (Sagdidae) snails of the Neotropical region.Superfamily HelicaceaLand snails without (Oreohelicidae and Camaenidae) ... Camaguey city, east-central Cuba. Founded in 1514 as Santa Maria de Puerto Principe, at the site ... [1 Related Articles] camaieu painting technique by which an image is executed either entirely in shades or tints of ... Camaldolese an independent offshoot of the Benedictine order, founded about 1012 at Camaldoli near Arezzo, Italy, ... [2 Related Articles] Camar widespread caste in northern India whose hereditary occupation is tanning leather; the name is derived ... Camara, Eugene (from the article "Guinea") Area: 245,836 sq km (94,918 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 9,370,000 | Capital: ... Camara, Helder Pessoa Roman Catholic prelate whose progressive views on social questions brought him into frequent conflict with ... [2 Related Articles] Camara, Joao da (from the article "Portuguese literature") ...of Santarem"), and especially Frei Luis de Sousa (1843; Brother Luiz de ... camaraderia (from the article "Pocomam") ...Pocomam practice ritual kinship involving the choosing of godparents for children at baptism, marriage, or ... Camarasauridae (from the article "sauropod") Sauropods and theropods were saurischian dinosaurs. The sauropods evolved into several major subgroups: Cetiosauridae, Brachiosauridae ... Camarasaurus a group of dinosaurs that lived during the Late Jurassic Period (161 million to 146 ... Camargo Society group credited with keeping ballet alive in England during the early 1930s. Named after Marie ... [2 Related Articles] Camargo, Ibere Bassanti Brazilian artist (b. Nov. 18, 1914, Restinga Seca, Brazil--d. Aug. 9, 1994, Porto Alegre, Brazil), ... Camargo, Marie ballerina of the Paris Opera remembered for her numerous technical innovations. [1 Related Articles] Camargue delta region in Bouches-du-Rhone departement, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, southern ... [1 Related Articles] Camarina (from the article "coin") Among other cities of Sicily there was a notable series from Acragas in the 5th ... Camayenne Peninsula (from the article "Guinea") Guinea's main urban centre is Conakry. The old city, located on Tumbo Island, retains the ... Cambaceres, Jean-Jacques-Regis de, duke de Parme French statesman and legal expert who was second consul with Napoleon Bonaparte and then archchancellor ... Cambambe Dam (from the article "Cuanza River") ...of the river's basin is served by the Luanda-Malanje railway. A right-bank tributary of the ... Cambay city, east-central Gujarat state, west-central India. It lies at the head of the Gulf of ... Cambay, Gulf of trumpet-shaped gulf of the Arabian Sea, indenting northward the coast of Gujarat state, western India, ... [2 Related Articles] Cambel, Halet (from the article "Karatepe") ...fortress city, located in the piedmont country of the Taurus Mountains in south-central Turkey. The ... Cambert, Robert the first French composer of opera, though the dramatic sense of the word cannot be ... [1 Related Articles] Cambisol one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture ... cambium in plants, layer of actively dividing cells between xylem (wood) and phloem (bast) tissues that ... [9 Related Articles] Cambo i Batlle, Francesc (from the article "Spain") ...against "Castilian" free trade to a demand for political autonomy. The Regionalist League (Catalan: Lliga ... Cambodia country on the Indochinese mainland of Southeast Asia. Largely a land of plains and great ... [38 Related Articles] Cambodia, flag of horizontally striped blue-red-blue national flag featuring, in white, the main building of Angkor Wat, an ... Cambodia, history of (from the article "Cambodia") The historical importance of Cambodia in mainland Southeast Asia is out of proportion to its ... Cambodian literature (from the article "Cambodia") Cambodia has a long literary tradition, based largely on Indian and Thai literary forms. Few ... Cambodian People's Party (from the article "Cambodia") The dominant Cambodian People's Party (CPP) overwhelmingly won commune council elections in April, further consolidating ... Cambodian tea plant (from the article "tea production") The Cambodia variety, a single-stem tree growing to about 16 feet (five metres) in height, ... Cambon, Joseph financial administrator who attempted, with considerable success, to stabilize the finances of the French Revolutionary ... [1 Related Articles] Cambon, Jules French diplomat who played an important role in the peace negotiations between the United States ... Cambon, Paul French diplomat who as ambassador to Great Britain (1898-1920) was instrumental in the formation of ... [1 Related Articles] Cambrai town, Nord departement, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, northern France. It lies ... [1 Related Articles] Cambrai, Battle of British offensive (November-December 1917) on the Western Front during World War I that marked the ... [4 Related Articles] Cambrai, League of formed Dec. 10, 1508, an alliance of Pope Julius II, the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian ... [6 Related Articles] Cambrai, Treaty of (French: "Peace of the Ladies"; Aug. 3, 1529), agreement ending one phase of the wars ... [8 Related Articles] Cambria county, central Pennsylvania, U.S. It consists of a mountainous region on the Allegheny Plateau, with ... Cambria, Joe (from the article "Latin Americans in Major League Baseball") The next Latin group of note comprised Cubans signed by Joe Cambria, who became a ... Cambrian explosion (from the article "community ecology") The beginning of the Cambrian Period, now thought to date from 542 rather than 570 ... Cambrian Mountains (from the article "United Kingdom") The Cambrian Mountains, which form the core of Wales, are clearly defined by the sea ... Cambrian Period earliest time division of the Paleozoic Era, extending from about 542 to 488.3 million years ... [7 Related Articles] Cambrian Series 1 (from the article "Cambrian Period") earliest time division of the Paleozoic Era, extending from about 542 to 488.3 million years ... Cambrian Series 2 (from the article "Cambrian Period") ...Era, extending from about 542 to 488.3 million years ago. The Cambrian Period is divided ... Cambrian Series 3 (from the article "Cambrian Period") ...ago. The Cambrian Period is divided into four stratigraphic series: Series 1 (542 to 521 ... cambric lightweight, closely woven, plain cotton cloth first made in Cambrai, France, and originally a fine ... Cambridge city, regional municipality of Waterloo, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies 55 miles (90 km) west-southwest ... Cambridge city, seat (1686) of Dorchester county, eastern Maryland, U.S., on the Choptank River's south bank ... Cambridge city, Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., situated on the north bank of the Charles River, ... Cambridge city (district), administrative and historic county of Cambridgeshire, England, home of the internationally known University ... [1 Related Articles] Cambridge Agreement (Aug. 26, 1629), pledge made in Cambridge, Eng., by English Puritan stockholders of the Massachusetts ... Cambridge critics group of critics who were a major influence in English literary studies from the mid-1920s ... Cambridge Gulf (from the article "Joseph Bonaparte Gulf") The Ord, Durack, Pentecost, and Forrest rivers enter the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf via an estuarine ... Cambridge Platform basic document of New England Congregationalism, prepared in Cambridge, Mass. (U.S.), in 1648. It provided ... [3 Related Articles] Cambridge Platonists group of 17th-century English philosophic and religious thinkers who hoped to reconcile Christian ethics with ... [6 Related Articles] Cambridge Rules (from the article "football (soccer)") ...As early as 1843 an attempt to standardize and codify the rules of play was ... Cambridge school of economics (from the article "Pigou, Arthur Cecil") ...1908, Pigou was named as Marshall's replacement. Pigou was responsible for disseminating many of Marshall's ... Cambridge Synod of 1648 (from the article "Mather, Richard") Richard's most respected work is his summation of principles as adopted at the Cambridge Synod ... Cambridge University Press (from the article "Encyclopaedia Britannica") The famed 11th edition was issued in 29 volumes by the Cambridge University Press in ... Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of British field marshal, seventh son of King George III.

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