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 Namur ... nanxi Namur (from the article "Low Countries, history of") About 1100 such other territories as Brabant, Hainaut, Namur, and Holland began to expand and ... Namur city, capital of Namur province, south-central Belgium. It lies at the junction ... [6 Related Articles] Namwan Tract (from the article "Bhamo") ...chiefly by Kachin hill tribes. The Shan Plateau is east of the river. To the ... Nan town, northern Thailand, in the Luang Phra Bang (Prabang) Range. Nan lies about 90 miles ... Nan Chen dynasty (from the article "China") ...constantly plagued by internal feuds and revolts. (The six were actually five-Dong Jin, 317-420; Liu-Song, ... Nan Han (from the article "China") ...Nan Ping (924-963), the Chu (927-951), the Qian (Former) Shu (907-925), the Hou (Later) Shu ... Nan Liang dynasty (from the article "China") ...and militarily weak and constantly plagued by internal feuds and revolts. (The six were actually ... Nan Madol (from the article "Pohnpei") In the lagoon on the eastern coast of Pohnpei is Nan Madol, or Nanmadol, a ... Nan Ming dynasty (from the article "China") Ming loyalists ineffectively resisted the Qing (Manchu) dynasty from various refuges in the south for ... Nan Mountains series of mountain ranges in southern China that forms the divide and watershed between Hunan ... [3 Related Articles] Nan Ping (from the article "China") ...and culturally wealthy south. Between 907 and 960, 10 independent kingdoms emerged in China, mainly ... Nan River river in northern Thailand, rising in the northern portion of the Luang Phra Bang Range ... [1 Related Articles] Nan-ga ("Literati Painting"), style of painting practiced by numerous Japanese painters of the 18th and 19th ... [5 Related Articles] Nan-k'ai University (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...Tsinghua (Qinghua) University, which is oriented primarily toward science and engineering; and People's University of ... Nan-t'ou hsien (county), central Taiwan. It has an area of 1,585 square miles (4,106 square km) ... Nan-t'ou shih (municipality) and seat of Nan-t'ou hsien (county), west-central Taiwan. It lies 26 miles (42 ... Nan-tu (from the article "Hainan") The major rivers are the Nan-tu (208 miles [334 km] long), flowing northeastward; the Wan, ... Nan-wen-ch'uan Park (from the article "Chungking") ...large numbers of visitors. Of particular appeal are the hot springs, which are open year-round. ... Nan-wu Ch'eng (from the article "Canton") ...inhabitants of the Canton area were the Pai Yueh, a Tai, or Shan, people. At ... Nana Chiricahua Apache Indian warrior who was one of the leaders in the Apaches' final resistance ... Nana Ghat inscriptions (from the article "numerals and numeral systems") ...is known, the country that first used the largest number of these numeral forms is ... Nana Sahib a prominent leader in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Although he did not plan the ... Nanacampantar (from the article "South Asian arts") The most important Nayanars were Appar and Campantar, in the 7th century, and Cuntarar, in ... Nanai (from the article "Amur River") The Amur River basin originally was populated by hunting and cattle-breeding nomadic people. North of ... Nanaimo city, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on Vancouver Island and the Georgia Strait. Founded as Colvilletown ... Nanak Indian spiritual teacher who was the first guru of the Sikhs, a monotheistic religious group ... [11 Related Articles] Nanao city, Ishikawa ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Noto Peninsula, facing Nanao Bay. During the ... nanban picture (from the article "Japan") ...reliance on gold, Momoyama paintings provide a vivid contrast to the somber tones of the ... Nanboku goitsu (from the article "Tani Buncho") ...known in Japanese as the Bunjin-ga, or "Literati Painting") as well as of Yamato-e (traditional ... Nancen Pinco (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") The legendary Chimu ruler Nancen Pinco, who began to expand the state, is thought to ... Nanchang city and capital of Jiangxi sheng (province), China. The city is situated ... [2 Related Articles] Nanchang Uprising (from the article "China") The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the unified organization of all Chinese land, sea, and ... Nanchong city in east-central Sichuan sheng (province), China. Nanchong is situated in the ... Nancowry (from the article "Nicobar Islands") ...to the north, constitute the boundary between the southeastern Bay of Bengal (west) and the ... Nancy city, capital, Meurthe-et-Moselle departement, Lorraine region, eastern France, in what was formerly the province of ... [2 Related Articles] Nancy, battle of (from the article "France") ...The king succeeded in reconciling the Swiss cantons with Austria to form a coalition with ... NAND function (from the article "logic, history of") ...indicate that two concepts are disjoint-i.e., having no basic concepts in common; in its propositional ... Nand Kumar (from the article "India") ...by Hastings in a duel-returned to London in 1780, to continue his vendetta there. The ... Nand Lal (from the article "Sikhism") The devotional works of Bhai Gurdas (1551-1637) and Nand Lal (1633-1715) are the only texts ... Nanda Bayin king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma whose reign (1581-99) ended with the dismemberment of ... [1 Related Articles] Nanda Devi (from the article "mountaineering") ...great Himalayan peaks. 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Nandi (from the article "Shaka") Shaka was the son of Senzangakona, chieftain of the Zulu, and Nandi, an orphaned princess ... Nandi bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Siva. Some scholars suggest that the bull was ... [1 Related Articles] Nandi Kalenjin-speaking people who inhabit the western part of the highlands of Kenya. Their dialect of ... [4 Related Articles] Nandinia (from the article "civet") ...places, coming out to forage at night. Except for the arboreal palm civets, such as ... Nandja, Zakari (from the article "Togo") ...for rural development. The EU cautioned, however, that continued aid would depend on the implementation ... nanduti (Guarani Indian: "spider web"), type of lace introduced into Paraguay by the Spaniards. It is ... [1 Related Articles] Nanedi Vallis (from the article "Mars") ...of small valleys that resemble terrestrial drainage systems created by flowing water. Examples include Nirgal ... Nanfan, Sir Richard (from the article "Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal") The son of a butcher of Ipswich, Wolsey was educated at the University of Oxford. ... nang-mchod in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies, pleasurable sense perceptions presented to honour tranquil deities. The offerings include ... [1 Related Articles] Nanga Parbat one of the world's tallest mountains, 26,660 feet (8,126 metres) high, situated in the western ... [5 Related Articles] Nangarhar, University of (from the article "Afghanistan") ...has been limited to two institutions: Kabul University, founded in 1946 by the incorporation of ... Nangnang one of four colonies (Nangnang, Chinbon, Imdun, and Hyonto) established in 108 BCE by the ... [2 Related Articles] Nangnim Mountains mountain range stretching from north to south, west of the Kaema Highlands (q.v.), in central ... [1 Related Articles] Nangpa La (from the article "Cho Oyu") mountain, one of the world's highest (26,906 feet [8,201 m]), in the Himalayas on the ... Naning War (1831-32), disastrous attempt by the British to exact tribute from the Minangkabau people of the ... Nanino, Giovanni Maria Italian singer, teacher, and composer who was one of the better-known figures in late 16th-century ... Naniwa (from the article "Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area") ...that ascribed to the semilegendary emperor Nintoku; the largest tomb of the Tumulus period, the ... Nanjing (from the article "Beijing") ...One of these was established by the Khitans, who, after destroying Youzhou, founded the Liao ... Nanjing Massacre (December 1937-January 1938), mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers ... Nanjing, Treaty of (from the article "colonialism, Western") ...arrived at the mouth of the Canton River to begin the Opium War. The Chinese ... nankeen durable, firm-textured cotton cloth originally made in China and now imitated in various countries. The ... Nankeen night heron (from the article "heron") ...bills and shorter legs and are more active in the twilight hours and at night. ... Nanking city, capital of Kiangsu sheng (province) in east-central China. It is a ... [9 Related Articles] Nanking porcelain Chinese blue-and-white porcelain made for export during the Qing dynasty (especially in the reign of ... [2 Related Articles] Nanking salted duck (from the article "Kiangsu") ...most renowned are the simple Ming tombs (of Ming emperors) and the magnificent Sun Yat-sen ... Nannaya Bhatta (from the article "Telugu language") ...the 6th-century Calukya dynasty and is related to that of the Kannada language. Telugu literature ... Nannen, Henri German journalist who was one of the founders of the general-interest weekly magazine Stern, served ... Nanni Di Banco Florentine sculptor whose works exemplify the stylistic transition from the Gothic to the Renaissance that ... [2 Related Articles] Nanning city and capital of the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, China. The city is located ... [2 Related Articles] Nannochloropsis (from the article "algae") ...described, with probably more to be discovered; mostly small, pale green, and spherical; fewer than ... Nannomys (from the article "mouse") The 19 species of subgenus Nannomys live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in many ... Nannorrhops (from the article "palm") ...at or below the surface of the soil and producing the crown at ground level, ... Nannostomus beckfordi (from the article "pencil fish") ...(family Hemiodontidae). Several species of pygmy pencil fish belong to the genus Nannostomus (family Lebiasinidae) ... Nannostomus eques (from the article "pencil fish") ...aquarium fishes as Anostomus anostomus (family Anostomidae) and various species of Hemiodus (family Hemiodontidae). Several ... Nannostomus marginatus (from the article "pencil fish") ...Several species of pygmy pencil fish belong to the genus Nannostomus (family Lebiasinidae) and reach ... nanny-goat orchid (from the article "donkey orchid") ...and drooping. The common donkey orchid (Diuris longifolia) bears from three to five flowers about ... Nano, Fatos (from the article "Albania") ...sq km (11,082 sq mi) | Population (2005 est.): 3,130,000 (not including Albanians living abroad) ... nano-C60 (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...no potential hazard to living organisms and their environment. Joseph Hughes of the Georgia Institute ... nano-elevator (from the article "Nanotechnology-Small Is Beautiful") Some of the most exciting nanoscale technology has no practical application as yet. Such technology ... nanoelectromechanical system (from the article "microelectromechanical system") ...design and modeling tools, and the need for more reliable packaging. A current research focus ... nanofabrication (from the article "nanotechnology") Two very different paths are pursued. One is a top-down strategy of miniaturizing current technologies, ... nanometre (from the article "International System of Units (SI)") ...high-energy gamma rays can be shorter than 10−16 metre, which is one-millionth of the diameter ... nanoparticle (from the article "Physical Sciences") Nanoparticles, such as buckyballs (soccer-ball-shaped molecules [C60] made of 60 carbon atoms), are ultrasmall particles ... nanoscale (from the article "Physical Sciences") As more consumer products included nanoscale materials-materials manufactured from particles 1 to 100 billionths of ... nanosensor (from the article "nanotechnology") ...such traditional applications for physical sensing generally rely on microscale sensing devices, the advent of ... nanotechnology the manipulation and manufacture of materials and devices on the scale of atoms or small ... [4 Related Articles] nanotesla (from the article "geomagnetic field") ...terms of the rate of change of potential, volts per metre (V/m). Magnetic fields are ... Nanotyrannus (from the article "Life Sciences") ...(with Northern Illinois University) a major symposium at which most of the world's experts on ... nanowhisker (from the article "nanotechnology") ...for working at the nanoscale have become essential to electronic engineering, and nanoengineered materials have ... nanowire (from the article "nanotechnology") Carbon nanotubes have remarkable electronic, mechanical, and chemical properties. Depending on their specific diameter and ... nanpa (from the article "pipa") One type of pipa very popular in Fujian and Taiwan is sometimes ... Nanpan River (from the article "Xi River system") The Xi's main headstream is generally considered to be the Nanpan River, which rises in ... Nanping city in north-central Fujian sheng (province), China. Nanping occupies an important position ... [1 Related Articles] nanren (from the article "Kublai Khan") The bulk of the population belonged to the third and fourth classes, the han-jen, or ... Nansen Basin (from the article "Arctic Ocean") ...at a depth of 14,070 feet. The geographic north pole is located over the floor ... Nansen bottle ocean-water sampler devised late in the 19th century by the Norwegian oceanographer Fridtjof Nansen and ... [1 Related Articles] Nansen Cordillera (from the article "Arctic Ocean") The Eurasia Basin is divided into two smaller basins by a trans-Arctic Ocean extension of ... Nansen International Office for Refugees international office opened by the League of Nations in 1931 to complete the work of ... [1 Related Articles] Nansen, Fridtjof Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, statesman, and humanitarian who led a number of expeditions to the Arctic ... [10 Related Articles] Nanshe in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian city goddess of Nina (modern Surghul, Iraq) in the southeastern part ... Nantahala National Forest (from the article "Nantahala River") river rising in the Nantahala Mountains southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, U.S., near the border ... Nantahala River river rising in the Nantahala Mountains southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, U.S., near the border ... Nanterre city, capital of the Hauts-de-Seine departement, Ile-de-France region. Located on the east bank of a ... Nantes city, capital of Loire-Atlantique departement, Pays de la Loire region, western France. Nantes is situated ... [1 Related Articles] Nantes, Edict of law promulgated at Nantes in Brittany on April 13, 1598, by Henry IV of France. ... [21 Related Articles] Nantes, University of autonomous, state-financed coeducational institution of higher learning at Nantes, in western France. Founded in 1970 ... Nanteuil, Robert the outstanding French portrait engraver of his age, whose achievement resulted in the elevation of ... 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It is situated on the northern ... [1 Related Articles] Nantong Museum (from the article "museums, history of") ...Tokyo National Museum and National Science Museum. Although some learned-society museums existed in China in ... Nantucket island in the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, ... [1 Related Articles] Nantwich town (parish), Crewe and Nantwich borough, administrative and historic county of Cheshire, England, in the ... nanxi one of the first fully developed forms of Chinese drama. [4 Related Articles]

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