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 sanitary paper ... Santa Cruz sanitary paper (from the article "papermaking") The group of papers known collectively as the sanitary grades include toilet tissue, toweling, facial ... sanitary trap (from the article "plumbing") ...the municipal or private sewage system. The venting system consists of pipes leading from an ... sanitation (from the article "building construction") Plumbing and sanitation systems in buildings advanced rapidly in this period. Public water-distribution systems were ... sanitization (from the article "antimicrobial agent") A sanitizer is an agent, usually chemical in nature, that is used to reduce the ... Sanity Code (from the article "football, gridiron") ...declaring the job plan merely hypocritical (entailing phony jobs that required no work). The job ... Sanjar in full Mu'izz Ad-din Sanjar Seljuq prince of Khorasan from c. 1096 to 1157, whose ... [4 Related Articles] Sanjaya Belathiputta (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...into material elements, Nigantha Nataputta, who believed in salvation by an ascetic life of self-discipline ... Sanje mangabey (from the article "mangabey") ...the golden-bellied mangabey (C. chrysogaster), which lacks a whorl and has a ... Sanjo city, central Niigata ken (prefecture), north-central Honshu, Japan. It lies in the ... Sanjo Sanetomi radical court noble who was instrumental in the Meiji Restoration (1868), which ended the 264-year ... Sanjo, Go- 71st emperor of Japan, whose abdication in favour of his son, Kidahito (the emperor Shirakawa), ... [3 Related Articles] Sanjurjo, Jose (from the article "Spain") Sedition from the right came to a head in General Jose Sanjurjo's Sanka outcaste group of people in Japan. The Sanka are sometimes called the Japanese Gypsies, wandering ... Sankanbiriwa (from the article "Guinea Highlands") ...mountain ranges rise above its surface, including the Nimba Range (Mount Nimba, 5,748 feet [1,752 ... Sankara philosopher and theologian, most renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy, from whose ... [19 Related Articles] Sankara Misra (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...broadly be divided into two subschools: the Mithila school represented by Vardhamana (Gangesa's son), Paksadhara ... Sankara, Thomas (from the article "Burkina Faso, flag of") Captain Thomas Sankara, formerly prime minister, seized control of the government of the Republic of ... Sankaran Nair, Sir Chettur Indian jurist and statesman who, despite his independent views and outspokenness, attained high government positions ... Sankei Garden (from the article "Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area") The parks of Yokohama are newer than those of Tokyo, but there are fine ones. ... Sankey, Ira D. (from the article "Moody, Dwight L") In 1870 he met Ira D. Sankey, a hymn writer, and with him became noted ... sankin kotai system inaugurated in 1635 in Japan by the Tokugawa shogun (hereditary military dictator) Iemitsu by ... [2 Related Articles] Sankisa (from the article "Farrukhabad-cum-Fatehgarh") ...the area. Nearby are the ruined tombs of former rulers. The town of Kampil, northwest ... Sankoh, Foday (from the article "Sierra Leone") ...of Liberia (NPFL), led by Charles Taylor. Sierra Leone's army came under attack not only ... Sankore mosque (from the article "Timbuktu") ...(the former has since been rebuilt many times, and of the latter no trace remains). ... Sankore, University of (from the article "Musa") The organization and smooth administration of a purely African empire, the founding of the University ... Sankt Gallen canton, northeastern Switzerland, bounded north by Lake Constance (Bodensee); east by the Rhine Valley, which ... [1 Related Articles] Sankt Gallen town, capital of Sankt Gallen canton, northeastern Switzerland, in the Steinach Valley, just south of ... [3 Related Articles] Sankt Johann town, west-central Austria, on the broad middle course (Pongau) of the Salzach River southeast of ... Sankt Maria im Kapitol (from the article "Western sculpture") ...of the body, in contrast to the contemporary crucifix of Gerresheim (before 1000). The so-called ... Sankt Michael basilican church in Hildesheim, Ger., that was built between 1010 and 1033 under Bishop Bernward, ... [1 Related Articles] Sankt Michaelis (from the article "Hamburg") Of Hamburg's five great churches, the most imposing is probably Sankt Michaelis, an 18th-century Baroque-style ... Sankt Polten city, capital of Niederosterreich Bundesland (federal state), northeastern Austria. It lies along the Traisen River ... [1 Related Articles] Sankt Veit town, southern Austria. It lies along the Glan River north of Klagenfurt. Sankt Veit was ... Sankt Vith (from the article "Eupen-et-Malmedy") ...Belgium. Eupen-et-Malmedy lies along the border with Germany and consists of the so-called cantons redimes ... Sankt Wolfgang town, central Austria. It lies on the east shore of Wolfgang (Aber) Lake in the ... Sankuru River main tributary of the Kasai River (itself a tributary of the Congo River) in Congo ... sankyoku (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...music (shirabemono), the most important type is the danmono, a variation piece in several sections ... Sanliurfa city, southeastern Turkey. It lies in a fertile plain and is ringed by limestone hills ... [6 Related Articles] Sanlucar de Barrameda port city, Cadiz provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma ... Sanmen dam (from the article "Huang He") ...(which crosses the Huang He in western Shandong province). Erosion-control measures on the Loess Plateau ... Sanmen Gorge gorge enclosing one section of the Huang He (Yellow River) in western Henan province, eastern ... [1 Related Articles] Sanmicheli, Michele Mannerist architect, especially noted for his original treatment of military fortifications. [2 Related Articles] Sanming city, west-central Fujian sheng (province), southeastern China. It lies along the Sha ... [1 Related Articles] sanna (from the article "skandha") ...body (rupa), the manifest form of the four elements-earth, air, fire, and water; (2) sensations, ... Sannar Dam dam impounding the Blue Nile River for irrigation at the town of Sannar in The ... [3 Related Articles] Sannazzaro, Jacopo Italian poet whose Arcadia was the first pastoral romance and, until the rise of the ... [1 Related Articles] sanni yakku (from the article "South Asian arts") The sanni yakku dance, exorcising the disease demon, has a series of humorous impersonations. One ... sannidhatri (from the article "India") ...to gauge public opinion. His edicts indicate frequent consultations with his ministers, the ministerial council ... Sannin, Jabal (from the article "Lebanon") ...(10,131 feet [3,088 metres]) in the north, where the renowned cedars of Lebanon grow in ... Sanniquellie town, north-central Liberia, located at the intersection of roads from Monrovia and Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory ... Sanno Ichijitsu Shinto in Japanese religion, the syncretic school that combined Shinto with the teachings of the Tendai ... [1 Related Articles] sannyasi in Hinduism, religious ascetic who has renounced the world by performing his or her own ... [5 Related Articles] Sano city, southern Tochigi ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan. It is situated on ... Sanofi-Aventis French pharmaceutical company founded in 2004 through the merger of Sanofi-Synthelabo SA and a much ... Sanofi-Synthelabo (from the article "Economic Affairs") Merger activity in the pharmaceuticals industry was heavy. French drugmaker Sanofi-Synthelabo won a $65 billion ... Sanpoil (from the article "Salish") ...In winter a band would occupy a river village; in summer it would travel, living ... Sanquhar Declaration (from the article "Cameron, Richard") Cameron returned at the end of the year, and, on June 22, 1680, he and ... Sans egal (from the article "bagatelle") Sans egal is a French form of the game. Two players take part, one using ... Sans Sault Rapids (from the article "Mackenzie River") Where the Mountain River joins the Mackenzie from the west there is a fast-water section ... sans serif in printing, a style of roman letter stripped of its serif-i.e., such embellishments as the ... [2 Related Articles] Sans Souci (from the article "Christophe, Henry") ...capital at Cap-Haitien. In August 1820 he suffered a paralytic stroke. When his condition was ... sansculotte in the French Revolution, a label for the more militant supporters of that movement, especially ... [5 Related Articles] Sanseki (from the article "Fujiwara Yukinari") Japanese calligrapher, known as one of the Sanseki ("Three Brush Traces"), in effect the finest ... Sansevieria genus of ornamental foliage plants in the family Agavaceae, with more than 50 species variously ... [1 Related Articles] Sansevieria trifasciata (from the article "angiosperm") ...(Figure 10), long flat leaves in the same plane as the stem are formed (Iris; ... Sansi nomadic criminal tribe originally located in the Rajputana area of northwestern India but expelled in ... Sansin in Korean religion, a guardian spirit residing in mountains, whose cult has been closely associated ... Sanskrit language (Sanskrit samskrta: "prepared, cultivated, purified, refined"), Old Indo-Aryan language, the classical literary language of the ... [27 Related Articles] Sanskrit literature body of writings produced by the Aryan peoples who entered the Indian subcontinent from the ... [12 Related Articles] Sanskritization (from the article "Hinduism") The development of Hinduism can be interpreted as a constant interaction between the religion of ... Sansom, William writer of short stories, novels, and travel books who is considered particularly acute in his ... Sansovino, Andrea Italian architect and sculptor whose works reflect the transition from early to High Renaissance. [2 Related Articles] Sansovino, Jacopo sculptor and architect who introduced the style of the High Renaissance into Venice. In 1502 ... [5 Related Articles] Sant (from the article "Sikhism") ...were people who sought spiritual guidance. In its earliest stage Sikhism was clearly a movement ... Sant'Abbondio, Church of (from the article "Como") ...Maria Maggiore (14th-18th century), a fine example of the fusion of Gothic and Renaissance styles; ... Sant'Agnese in Agone (from the article "Borromini, Francesco") ...to the late 16th-century oval church of S. Anna dei Palafrenieri was Borromini's personal project. ... Sant'Agostino (from the article "Rome") Of the scores of churches in the Campus Martius of historical, architectural, and artistic interest, ... Sant'Agostino (from the article "Piero della Francesca") ...Sansepolcro, and a "Madonna del Parto" in the chapel of the cemetery at Monterchi. In ... Sant'Ambrogio Basilica basilica in Milan, Italy, that is an outstanding example of Lombard Romanesque architecture. Although the ... [2 Related Articles] Sant'Andrea (from the article "Correggio") ...arriving before the death in 1506 of the famed early Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna. It ... Sant'Andrea della Valle (from the article "Bernini, Gian Lorenzo") ...to control the environments of his statuary led Bernini to concentrate more and more on ... Sant'Angelo Bridge ancient Roman bridge, probably the finest surviving in Rome itself, built over the Tiber by ... [1 Related Articles] Sant'Angelo, Mount (from the article "Sorrento") ...on a peninsula separating the Bay of Naples, which it faces, from the Gulf of ... Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri (from the article "Borromini, Francesco") ...lantern of the church's dome himself. Borromini's personality is apparent in these projects, though Maderno's ... Sant'Anna, Sergio (from the article "Brazilian literature") ...sometimes take the form of political allegory, as in the collection Seminario dos ratos (1977; ... Sant'Antioco (from the article "Sant'Antioco Island") The chief town and port, on the northeast coast, is Sant'Antioco, site of the Phoenician ... Sant'Antioco Island volcanic island in the Mediterranean Sea, situated just off the southwestern coast of Sardinia, Italy. ... Sant'Antonio, Battle of (from the article "Garibaldi, Giuseppe") ...Garibaldi took command of a newly formed Italian Legion at Montevideo, the first of the ... Sant'Apollinare in Classe (from the article "campanile") ...variously dated from the 6th to the 10th century, were plain round towers with a ... Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (from the article "Ravenna") ...king Theuderic (d. 526), the most impressive is his mausoleum. This two-storied structure is capped ... Sant'Elia, Antonio Italian architect notable for his visionary drawings of the city of the future. [2 Related Articles] Sant'Elmo, Castel (from the article "Naples") ...the San Martino Hill is surmounted by a former Carthusian monastery-now an important museum of ... Sant'Ignazio (from the article "Borromini, Francesco") ...towers with the existing oval dome prefigured his S. Agnese in Agone (in Piazza Navona) ... Sant'Ivo della Sapienza (from the article "Borromini, Francesco") ...the supporting metal cage for a barrel vault in the Palazzo Pamphili in Piazza Navona; ... Santa Ana city, seat (1889) of Orange county, southern California, U.S. It lies at the base of ... Santa Ana (from the article "Los Angeles") The many days of sun and comparative lack of rain add to a sense of ... Santa Ana city, western El Salvador. Santa Ana is situated in a basin between mountains at an ... [1 Related Articles] Santa Ana Mountains segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), southern California, U.S. The range extends ... Santa Ana Volcano , mountain peak in southwestern El Salvador. The highest peak in the country, it rises ... Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de army officer and statesman who was the storm centre of Mexico's politics during such events ... [13 Related Articles] Santa Barbara town, northwestern Honduras. It lies in the hot lowlands near the Ulua River and west ... Santa Barbara city, seat (1850) of Santa Barbara county, southwestern California, U.S. It lies along the Pacific ... [1 Related Articles] Santa Bibiana (from the article "painting, Western") The little church of Santa Bibiana in Rome harbours three of the key works that ... Santa Catalina Island one of the Channel Islands, 22 miles (35 km) off the Pacific coast of California, ... [2 Related Articles] Santa Catarina southern coastal estado (state) of Brazil, bounded to the north by the state of Parana, ... [1 Related Articles] Santa Catarina River (from the article "Guadalupe") city, central Nuevo Leon estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It lies 672 feet (205 m) above ... Santa Catarina, Serra de (from the article "Guimaraes") city, northwestern Portugal. Guimaraes lies at the foot of the Serra de Santa Catarina (2,018 ... Santa Catharina System (from the article "Gondwana") ...is particularly cited in this regard. The rock strata that contain this evidence are called ... Santa Chiara (from the article "Vittone, Bernardo Antonio") ...within structures might also be illusionistically achieved or enhanced by skillful painting or by the ... Santa Chiara (from the article "Naples") Overlooked from the west by Palazzo Pignatelli (where the painter Edgar Degas resided while in ... Santa Clara city, central Cuba. It lies at 367 feet (112 m) above sea level amid hills ... Santa Clara (from the article "Silicon Valley") ...city in northern California. Electronics, computers, and computer software made the region's wealth, but much ... Santa Clara city, Santa Clara county, west-central California, U.S. It lies along the Guadalupe River in the ... Santa Clara University private coeducational institution of higher learning in Santa Clara, California, U.S., affiliated with the Jesuit ... Santa Clara Valley (from the article "San Jose") ...east of Sacramento. In 1864 the coming of the railroad from San Francisco gave San ... Santa Clarita city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. Situated along the Santa Clara River in the ... Santa Claus legendary figure who is the traditional patron of Christmas in the United States and other ... [2 Related Articles] Santa Claus town, Spencer county, southwestern Indiana, U.S. It lies 38 miles (61 km) east-northeast of Evansville. ... Santa Coloma de Gramenet city, Barcelona provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous ... Santa Costanza (from the article "Western architecture") ...building, round, polygonal, or cruciform in design, gathered considerable momentum in the West as well ... Santa Croce church of the Franciscans in Florence, one of the finest examples of Italian Gothic architecture. ... [7 Related Articles] Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (from the article "Rome") There is similar lack of record regarding St. Helena's acquisition of the True Cross, which ... Santa Cruz provincia (province), southern Argentina, lying within the region known as Patagonia and ... Santa Cruz city, seat (1850) of Santa Cruz county, west-central California, U.S. It lies on the north ... Santa Cruz (from the article "Manila") ...of 14 districts. The districts developed from the original fortress city of Intramuros (Within Walls) ... Santa Cruz city, east-central Bolivia, situated in the hot, tropical lowlands at 1,365 feet (416 metres) above ...

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