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On October 9 ... quintuplet (from the article "multiple birth") ...developed as a singleton (the three constituting DZ triplets); or from three separate zygotes (trizygotic, ... Quintus Smyrnaeus Greek epic poet, the author of a hexameter poem in 14 books, narrating events at ... Quionga village, Cabo (Cape) Delgado province, extreme northeastern Mozambique, East Africa, just south of the Rio ... quipu an Incan accounting apparatus consisting of a long rope from which hung 48 secondary cords ... [4 Related Articles] Quirauk Mountain (from the article "South Mountain") northernmost section of the Blue Ridge in the Appalachian Mountains, extending southwestward for 65 miles ... Quirigua (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...baroque figures of gods, and its stelae and other monuments are carved with an extraordinary ... Quirinal (from the article "Rome") Like much of the Esquiline, the Viminal and Quirinal lie in the heart of modern ... Quirinal Palace (from the article "Gregory XIII") Gregory's building program, including the Quirinal Palace in Rome, along with his political ventures, together ... Quirinale, Piazza (from the article "Rome") ...Roman families built their homes in this location. The Palazzo Colonna, at the foot of ... Quirino, Elpidio political leader and second president of the independent Republic of the Philippines. [1 Related Articles] Quirinus major Roman deity ranking close to Jupiter and Mars (qq.v.); the flamines (see flamen) of ... [2 Related Articles] Quiris a Roman citizen. In ancient Roman law it was the name by which a Roman ... Quiroga, Elena (from the article "Spanish literature") ...books and received the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 1993. El hereje (1998; The Heretic), perhaps ... Quiroga, Horacio Uruguayan-born short-story writer whose imaginative portrayal of the struggle of man and animal to survive ... Quiroga, Jorge (from the article "Bolivia") ...Meanwhile, the jockeying to succeed Rodriguez got under way. The front-runners were socialist Evo Morales, ... Quiroga, Juan Facundo (from the article "Argentina") ...the porteno (native of Buenos Aires) Bernardino Rivadavia as its first occupant. ... Quiroga, Vasco de Spanish bishop, social reformer, and humanist educator who founded the Colegio de San Nicolas Obisbo ... [1 Related Articles] Quisenberry, Daniel Raymond American baseball player who was known for his wit in addition to his submarine-style pitches ... Quisling, Vidkun Norwegian army officer whose collaboration with the Germans in their occupation of Norway during World ... [4 Related Articles] Quispe Huanca, Felipe (from the article "Bolivia") ...appeared increasingly at odds. Mesa received a degree of support from powerful peasant leader Evo ... Quisqualis (from the article "Myrtales") ...bear opposite, simple, and entire leaves, but there is considerable variation in leaf arrangement between ... Quisquis (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") Atahuallpa's armies, led by the able generals Quisquis (Kizkiz) and Challcuchima (Challku-chima), marched south and ... Quit India movement (from the article "India") ...merely to convey the British offer, not to modify it or negotiate a new formula. ... quite (from the article "bullfighting") ...forceful charges of the horse, the matador assigned to this bull will rush into the ... Quito city and capital of Ecuador. It is situated on the lower slopes of the volcano ... [7 Related Articles] quiver (from the article "archery") ...energy required to draw back an arrow to the fullest-varies from 14 to 23 kg ... quiz show broadcast show designed to test the memory, knowledge, agility, or luck of persons selected from ... 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Qungrat dynasty (from the article "Central Asia, history of") ...In the 1700s the basins of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya passed under the ... Quo Warranto, statute of (from the article "United Kingdom") ...set up under the Statute of Gloucester of 1278 the magnates were asked by what ... Quoc-ngu writing system used for the Vietnamese language. Quoc-ngu was devised in the mid 17th century ... [6 Related Articles] Quoddy Head State Park (from the article "Lubec") ...incorporated in 1811. It was named for Lubeck, Germany. Lubec has developed as a commercial ... quodlibet musical composition in which several well-known melodies are combined, either simultaneously or, less frequently, sequentially, ... quoin in Western architecture, both the external angle or corner of a building and, more often, ... quoits game in which players toss rings at a stake, called the hob. A ring that ... [1 Related Articles] quokka (from the article "quokka") marsupial mammal, a species of wallaby (q.v.).Rottnest Island Quonset Point (from the article "North Kingstown") ...1686-89 it was called Rochester. In 1722-23 it was divided into North Kingstown and South ... quorum sensing (from the article "bacteria") ...the individual state or the planktonic state. Bacteria that have aggregated into biofilms can communicate ... quota in international trade, government-imposed limit on the quantity, or in exceptional cases the value, of ... [2 Related Articles] quota sampling (from the article "public opinion") ...consists of a large population that is not homogeneous. This was the challenge faced by ... quota subscription (from the article "International Monetary Fund") Each member contributes a sum of money called a quota subscription. Quotas are reviewed every ... quotation mark (from the article "punctuation") ...the first time the view that clarification of syntax is the main object of punctuation. ... quotient (from the article "arithmetic") ...antecedents. This characteristic changes drastically, however, as soon as division is introduced. Performing division (its ... Qur'an the sacred scripture of Islam and, for all Muslims, the very word of God, revealed ... [59 Related Articles] Qur'anic school (from the article "education") ...Africa in the 9th and 10th centuries and western Africa in the 11th. It introduced ... Quray, Ahmad (from the article "Israel") ...Bank population at 1,712,000 and that of the Gaza Strip at 1,144,000 | Principal administrative ... Quraysh the ruling tribe of Mecca at the time of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. ... [9 Related Articles] Qurayyat, Al- mintaqah (province), western Al-Shamaliyah (Northern) region, northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is bordered ... Qurayzah, Banu (from the article "Muhammad") When it was discovered that members of the Jewish tribe Qurayzah had been complicit with ... qurb (from the article "hal") ...of muraqabah ("watching") fills the Sufi with either fear or joy according to the aspect ... qurban (from the article "Amhara") Descent is reckoned patrilineally, and married couples usually reside near the husband's home. The Amhara ... Qureshi, Moeen (from the article "Pakistan") ...and the prime minister's office vacant, it was the army that ensured a smooth transition ... qurra' ', professional class of reciters of the text of the Muslim sacred scripture, the Qur'an. ... Qusayr 'Amra (from the article "astronomical map") ...celestial map, which furnishes a remarkable connecting link between the classical representation of the constellations ... Qusayy ibn Kilab (from the article "Arabia, history of") ...hands of Jurhum, a people living on the central west coast recorded in Greco-Latin sources ... Qushayri (from the article "Islamic arts") ...language (thereby contributing to the profundity of Arabic vocabulary), and the handbooks of religious teaching ... qussa (from the article "Islamic arts") ...sermons, which were delivered by governors of the provinces. In these khutbahs, however, political considerations ... Qutaybah ibn Muslim Arab general under the caliphs 'Abd al-Malik and 'Abd al-Walid I whose conquests in Afghanistan ... Qutb Minar (from the article "South Asian arts") ...was built in front to give the building an Islamic aspect, but its rich floral ... Qutb Shahi Dynasty (1518-1687), Muslim rulers of the kingdom of Golconda in the southeastern Deccan of India, one ... [3 Related Articles] Qutb, Sayyid (from the article "Islamic world") ...the Jama'at-i Islami, opposed both secular and religious nationalism and argued for the Islamization of ... Qutb-ud-Din Aybak a founder of Muslim rule in India and an able general of Mu'izz-ud-Din Muhammad of ... 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Quzhou city, western Zhejiang sheng (province), China. Quzhou has been a natural transportation ... Qwaqwa former nonindependent Bantustan, Orange Free State, South Africa, designated for the southern Sotho (often called ... [1 Related Articles] Qyzylorda (from the article "Kazakhstan") ...industrialized areas, such as Qaraghandy province, because Soviet authorities never seriously made environmental protection a ...

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