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 Esfahan ... Essex, Arthur Capel, 1st earl of, Viscount Malden, Baron Capel Of Hadham Esfahan major city of western Iran. Situated on the north bank of the Zayandeh River at ... [8 Related Articles] Esfahan carpet floor covering handwoven in Esfahan (Isfahan), a city of central Iran that became the capital ... [1 Related Articles] Esfahan school last great school of Persian miniature painting, at its height in the early 17th century ... [3 Related Articles] Esfahan, Great Mosque of ' ("Universal Mosque"), a complex of buildings in Esfahan, Iran, that centres on the 11th-century ... [1 Related Articles] Eshkol, Levi prime minister of Israel from 1963 until his death. [3 Related Articles] Eshkol, Noa (from the article "dance notation") The system developed by the Israeli dance theorist Noa Eshkol and the architect Abraham Wachmann ... Eshnunna ancient city in the Diyala River valley lying about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of ... [5 Related Articles] Eshnunna, Laws of (from the article "Eshnunna") ...sometime before 3000 BC. The city expanded throughout the Early Dynastic Period, and during the ... Eshposhteh (from the article "Afghanistan") Petroleum resources have proved to be insignificant. Many coal deposits have been found in the ... Eshu (from the article "angel and demon") ...beings of nonliterate religions of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas are generally viewed as ... Esie (from the article "art, African") To the north is Esie, where about 800 sculptures in soapstone were found by the ... Esipova, Anna Russian pianist celebrated for her singing tone, grace, and finesse. Critics liked to contrast her ... Eskender (from the article "Covilha, Pero da") Pero was received by the Abyssinian ruler, Emperor Eskender, and was well treated and made ... esker a long, narrow, winding ridge composed of stratified sand and gravel deposited by a subglacial ... [4 Related Articles] Eskil archbishop who restored the unity of the Danish church and championed its independence. [1 Related Articles] Eskilstuna town, lan (county) of Sodermanland, southeastern Sweden, on the Eskilstuna River, west of Stockholm. Although ... Eskimo any member of a group of peoples who, with the closely related Aleuts, constitute the ... [44 Related Articles] Eskimo Channel (from the article "Saint Lawrence, Gulf of") ...of the gulf can be subdivided into several sections. First of all, there are the ... Eskimo curlew (from the article "curlew") The Eskimo curlew (N. borealis) is one of the world's rarest birds, a species now ... Eskimo dog breed of sled and hunting dog found near the Arctic Circle. It is believed by ... [1 Related Articles] Eskimo language (from the article "Table 60: Eskimo-Aleut languages") family of languages spoken in Greenland, Canada, Alaska (United States), and eastern Siberia (Russia), by ... Eskimo-Aleut languages family of languages spoken in Greenland, Canada, Alaska (United States), and eastern Siberia (Russia), by ... [3 Related Articles] Eskisehir city, west-central Turkey. It lies along the Porsuk River, a tributary of the Sakarya River, ... Eskola, Pentii E. (from the article "phase") In 1915 the Finnish petrologist Pentii E. Eskola set up a classification scheme for metamorphic ... ESKOM Building (from the article "Johannesburg") ...reflected the growing importance of American architectural techniques and idioms. American influence was even more ... Esla Valley (from the article "Zamora") ...25 miles (40 km). Except in the northwest, where it is entered by two outlying ... Eslinger, Greg (from the article "Football") Louisville defensive end Elvis Dumervil won the Bronko Nagurski Award for defenders, and Minnesota centre ... Esmarch, Friedrich von German surgeon who is best known for his contributions to military surgery, including his introduction ... Esmeraldas city, major seaport of northwestern Ecuador. It lies on the Pacific coast at the mouth ... Esnault-Pelterie, Robert French aviation pioneer who made important contributions to the beginnings of heavier-than-air flight in Europe. [2 Related Articles] Esocidae (from the article "salmoniform") The pike and its allies (family Esocidae) have a distribution somewhat similar to the Salmonidae; ... esonarthex (from the article "narthex") ...is usually separated from the nave by columns or a pierced wall, and in Byzantine ... esophageal atresia (from the article "atresia and stenosis") Esophageal atresia is a disorder in which only part of the esophagus develops and often ... esophageal cancer disease characterized by the abnormal growth of cells in the esophagus, the muscular tube connecting ... [1 Related Articles] esophageal sphincter (from the article "esophagus") ...and heart and in front of the spinal column; it passes through the muscular diaphragm ... esophagectomy (from the article "esophageal cancer") Esophageal cancers are best treated surgically when possible. If the cancer is confined to the ... esophagogastrectomy (from the article "esophageal cancer") ...be done to remove the cancerous portion, along with nearby lymph nodes, and to reconnect ... esophagogastroduodenoscopy (from the article "diagnosis") As the lengthy name implies, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is an endoscopic examination in which a scope ... esophagus relatively straight muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach. The ... [7 Related Articles] Esoteric Buddhism (from the article "Buddhism") Mystical practices and esoteric sects are found in all forms of Buddhism. The mystical tendency ... esotericism (from the article "Hellenistic religion") ...the material was reinterpreted both in light of common Hellenistic ideals and in accord with ... Espaces d'Abraxas, Les (from the article "Western architecture") ...on what he saw as modern technology's destruction of civic order and human dignity. The ... espagnolette (from the article "Regence style") ...tortoise-shell marquetry on ebony was adapted to the new taste. Woods such as walnut, rosewood, ... Espahbadiyeh dynasty (from the article "Bavand Dynasty") ...and early years of the dynasty are clouded by myth and legend. The Bavands can ... espalier tree or other plant that is trained to grow flat against a support (such as ... [2 Related Articles] Espana, Banco de (from the article "Spain") The central bank is the Banco de Espana (Bank of Spain). Having complied with the ... Espanola Island southernmost of the major Galapagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles (965 ... Espartero, Baldomero, principe de Vergara Spanish general and statesman, victor in the First Carlist War, and regent. [6 Related Articles] esparto either of two species of gray-green needlegrasses (Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum) that are indigenous ... [3 Related Articles] Espejo Peak (from the article "Sierra Nevada National Park") ...are found above the timberline. The park's wildlife includes deer, bear, and many birds. A ... Esperanca Peak (from the article "Sao Jorge Island") ...North Atlantic. Lying 35 miles (56 km) south of the island of Graciosa, the island ... Esperance Rock, l' (from the article "Kermadec Islands") ...island group in the South Pacific Ocean, 600 mi (1,000 km) northeast of Auckland, New ... Esperanto artificial language constructed in 1887 by L.L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist, and intended for use ... [4 Related Articles] Esperanza culture (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") This implanted Teotihuacan culture is called Esperanza. Mexican architects must have accompanied the elite, for ... Esperia (from the article "Bandiera brothers") ...correspondence with him and with members of his organization, Giovine Italia (Young Italy). In 1841, ... esperpento (from the article "Spanish literature") ...continued with his violent trilogy (1908-09) on the 19th-century Carlist wars (see Carlism). Valle's third ... Espin Guillois, Vilma Cuban revolutionary and women's rights activist. As the wife of Raul Castro, the younger brother ... [2 Related Articles] Espina de Serna, Concha (from the article "Spanish literature") ...Ramp"]) as well as spiritualism, the occult, and the supernatural (El retorno ["The Reappearance"], Los ... Espinacito (from the article "Andes Mountains") ...A line of lofty, snowcapped peaks rise between Tupungato and the mighty Mount Aconcagua. To ... espinal (from the article "Gran Chaco") ...division. The eastern Chaco is noted for its parklike landscape of clustered trees and shrubs ... Espinel, Vicente Spanish writer and musician remembered chiefly for his picaresque novel La vida del Escudero Marcos ... Espinhaco Mountains mountain range of Minas Gerais and Bahia states, eastern Brazil. Their peaks reach between 3,600 ... [2 Related Articles] Espino, Hector professional baseball player with the Mexican League (an affiliate with U.S. Minor League Baseball). Although ... Espinosa, Pedro de Spanish poet and editor of the anthology Flores de poetas ilustres de Espana (1605; "Flowers ... espionage process of obtaining military, political, commercial, or other secret information by means of spies, secret ... [7 Related Articles] Espionage Act (from the article "Palmer, A. Mitchell") ...Upon U.S. entry into World War I, Palmer was appointed alien property custodian. In 1919 ... Espirito Santo estado (state) on the east coast of Brazil. It is bounded to ... Espiritu Pampa (from the article "Bingham, Hiram") ...that Machu Picchu was Vilcabamba, and it wasn't until the mid-20th century that his claim ... Espiritu Santo largest (1,420 square miles [3,677 square km]) and westernmost island of Vanuatu, in the southwestern ... [2 Related Articles] Esplanade des Quinconces (from the article "Bordeaux") ...colonnade, is one of the finest in France; its imposing double stairway and cupola were ... ESPN International (from the article "ESPN, Inc.") ESPN began distributing sports programming outside the United States in 1983, leading to the formation ... ESPN, Inc. cable television sports-broadcasting network based in Bristol, Conn. It was launched in 1979 and is ... [3 Related Articles] Espoo city, southern Finland, just west of Helsinki, in a region of broad, flat valleys covered ... Esposito, Phil Canadian-born U.S. professional ice hockey centre (1963-81) in the National Hockey League (NHL), who was ... Espoz y Mina, Francisco outstanding guerrilla leader during the Peninsular War, or Spanish War of Independence (1808-14), against the ... espresso coffee (from the article "coffee") ...recirculated until the brew reaches the desired strength. In the filter, or drip, method, hot ... Espronceda y Delgado, Jose de Romantic poet and revolutionary, often called the Spanish Lord Byron. [1 Related Articles] Espy, James Pollard American meteorologist who apparently gave the first essentially correct explanation of the thermodynamics of cloud ... [2 Related Articles] Esquemelin, Alexander (from the article "buccaneer") ...the word buccaneer came into use after the publication, in 1684, of Bucaniers [sic] of ... Esquerra Republicana (from the article "Catalonia") ...it was repealed in 1925 by Primo de Rivera, who attacked all manifestations of Catalan ... Esquiline (from the article "ancient Rome") ...10th or 9th century BC, not the mid-8th century. Rome therefore cannot have been ruled ... Esquiline treasure (from the article "metalwork") ...of the traditional techniques of embossing and chasing. Even the subject matter is sometimes classical: ... Esquimalt district municipality and western suburb of metropolitan Victoria, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, at the southeastern ... Esquipulas town, southeastern Guatemala, in the central highlands near the borders of Honduras and El Salvador ... [1 Related Articles] Esquipulas II (from the article "Central America") ...in the formation of the Organization of Central American States in 1951, followed by the ... esquire originally, a knight's shield bearer, who would probably himself in due course be dubbed a ... [1 Related Articles] Esquire American monthly magazine, founded in 1933 by Arnold Gingrich. It began production as an oversized ... [3 Related Articles] Esquirol, Jean-Etienne-Dominique early French psychiatrist who was the first to combine precise clinical descriptions with the statistical ... Esquival, Juan de (from the article "Jamaica") ...in 1503-04. The Spanish crown granted the island to the Columbus family, but for decades ... Esquivel, Juan Garcia Mexican composer and bandleader (b. Jan. 20, 1918, Tampico, Mex.-d. Jan. 3, 2002, Jiutepec, Mex.), ... Esquivel, Laura (from the article "Literature") Chilean Isabel Allende and Mexican Laura Esquivel published historical novels about female characters at the ... Esquivel, Manuel (from the article "Belize") In domestic politics the United Democratic Party (UDP), formed in 1973 and led by Manuel ... Esref Dynasty Turkmen dynasty (c. 1290-c. 1326) that ruled in Beysehir, west of Konya in central Anatolia. ... Esref oglu Sayfeddin Suleyman I (from the article "Esref Dynasty") The dynasty traced its origins to a Turkmen tribe that was settled by the Seljuqs ... Esrefoglu Rumi (from the article "Turkish literature") ...in Persian and in a form of Turkish rather closer to Azerbaijani. The 15th century ... Essad Pasa (Toptani) political leader who played a prominent but often disruptive role in Albania's affairs during the ... Essaouira Atlantic port city, western Morocco, midway between Safi and Agadir. The site was occupied by ... [1 Related Articles] essay an analytic, interpretative, or critical literary composition usually much shorter and less systematic and formal ... [12 Related Articles] esse est percipi doctrine (from the article "Berkeley, George") ...his original line of argument for immaterialism, based on the subjectivity of colour, taste, and ... essedarius (from the article "gladiator") ...worn helmets with closed visors-that is, to have fought blindfolded; the dimachaeri ("two-knife men") of ... Essen city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It is situated between the ... Essen, Louis English physicist who invented the quartz crystal ring clock and the first practical atomic ... [1 Related Articles] essence (from the article "metaphysics") ...interests as much as upon what is really there. Aristotle, by contrast, believed in a ... Essene member of a religious sect or brotherhood that flourished in Palestine from about the 2nd ... [17 Related Articles] essential cryoglobulinemia (from the article "cryoglobulinemia") ...disease, such as multiple myeloma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia; it may disappear, sometimes permanently, after ... essential elements of information (from the article "intelligence") ...begins when the commander determines what information is needed to act responsibly. Several terms are ... essential fatty acid (from the article "carboxylic acid") ...cis configuration. (3) Linoleic and linolenic acids are needed by the human ... essential fatty acid deficiency (from the article "nutritional disease") There is also a minimum requirement for fat-not for total fat, but only for the ... essential hypertension (from the article "hypertension") When there is no demonstrable underlying cause of hypertension, the condition is classified as essential ... essential nutrient (from the article "nutrition, human") The six classes of nutrients found in foods are carbohydrates, lipids (mostly fats and oils), ... essential oil highly volatile substance isolated by a physical process from an odoriferous plant of a single ... [40 Related Articles] essential tremor (from the article "nervous system disease") Essential tremor is an inherited disorder characterized by movements that are interrupted by a regular ... essentialism (from the article "Kripke, Saul") ...truth and synthetic truth, or truth by virtue of meaning and truth by virtue of ... Essentialist education (from the article "education") ...lines of 20th-century education, there have been strong voices advocating older traditions. These voices were ... Essequibo (from the article "Demerara River") ...(105 km) to Linden for bauxite; smaller ships reach Malali, 25 miles (40 km) farther ... Essequibo River river in east central Guyana, the largest river between the Amazon and the Orinoco. It ... [1 Related Articles] Essex one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England; i.e., that of the East Saxons. An area ... Essex administrative, geographic, and historic county of eastern England, extending along the North Sea coastline between ... Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., bounded by Newark Bay to the southeast and the Passaic ... Essex town (township), Chittenden county, northwestern Vermont, U.S., on the Winooski River just east of Burlington. ... Essex county, northeastern Vermont, U.S., bordered to the north by Quebec, Can., and to the east ... Essex county, northeastern New York state, U.S. It comprises a mountainous region bounded by the Ausable ... Essex county, extreme northeastern Massachusetts, U.S., bordered by New Hampshire to the north and the Atlantic ... Essex Decision decision rendered by the British High Court of Admiralty in 1804 and confirmed the following ... Essex Junto in early U.S. history, a group of Federalist political leaders in Massachusetts. John Hancock coined ... Essex, Arthur Capel, 1st earl of, Viscount Malden, Baron Capel Of Hadham English statesman, a member of the "Triumvirate" that dominated policy at the time of the ... [3 Related Articles]

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