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 Zug, Szymon Bogumil ... Zygophyllaceae Zug, Szymon Bogumil (from the article "Western architecture") ...interiors designed by Dominik Merlini and Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer in 1776-85. Merlini also designed the ... zugot (from the article "Talmud and Midrash") At the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, a judicial body headed by the zugot-pairs ... Zugspitze mountain on the border between Germany and Austria, the highest point (9,718 ft [2,962 m]) ... [4 Related Articles] Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma one of the greatest of the Arab poets of pre-Islamic times, best known for his ... [4 Related Articles] zuhd (Arabic: "detachment"), in Islam, asceticism. Even though a Muslim is permitted to enjoy fully whatever ... [1 Related Articles] zuhdiyyah (from the article "Arabic literature") ...among other categories, khamriyyat (wine poems), tardiyyat (hunt poems), Zuhuri (from the article "Islamic arts") ...(this kind of descriptive historical poetry was practiced throughout Muslim India and also in Ottoman ... Zuid-Holland provincie, western Netherlands, bordering the North Sea and adjoining the provincies of Noord-Holland (north), Utrecht ... [1 Related Articles] Zuiderkerk (from the article "Keyser, Hendrick de") Appointed stonemason and sculptor of the city of Amsterdam in 1594, Keyser became municipal architect ... Zuiderzee former inlet of the North Sea. From the 13th to the 20th century, the Zuiderzee ... [5 Related Articles] Zuiderzee floods two catastrophic seawall collapses along The Netherlands' coastline that caused major flooding of the former ... Zuiderzee project (from the article "IJsselmeer Polders") The Zuiderzee project, which involved the construction of a dam (Afsluitdijk; completed 1932) enclosing the ... Zukerman, Pinchas Israeli-American violinist, violist, and conductor. Zukofsky, Louis American poet, the founder of Objectivist poetry and author of the massive poem "A." Zukor, Adolph American entrepreneur who built the powerful Famous Players-Paramount motion-picture studio. [2 Related Articles] Zulawy Wislane (from the article "Vistula River") ...the river finally turns northward to approach the Baltic. After receiving three further tributaries-the Osa ... Zuleta, Emiliano Colombian folk musician (b. Jan. 11, 1912, La Jagua del Pilar, Colom.-d. Oct. 30, 2005, ... Zulfiqar Khan (from the article "India") ...was his second son, 'Azim al-Shan, who had accumulated a vast treasure as governor of ... Zulia estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. Zulia is bounded north by the Gulf of Venezuela and west ... zullah (from the article "Islamic arts") ...buildings erected at Kufah and Basra in Iraq and at al-Fustat in Egypt. At Kufah ... Zuloaga y Zabaleta, Ignacio Spanish genre and portrait painter noted for his theatrical paintings of figures from Spanish culture ... Zultepec (from the article "Anthropology and Archaeology") ...skeletons found at an archaeological site called Tecuaque, near Mexico City, provided grisly confirmation of ... Zulu a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu/Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of ... [20 Related Articles] Zulu language a Bantu language spoken by more than nine million people mainly in South Africa, especially ... [5 Related Articles] Zulu War (1879), decisive six-month war in eastern South Africa, resulting in British victory over the Zulus. ... [5 Related Articles] Zululand historical region in the northeast section of present KwaZulu/Natal (formerly Natal) province, South Africa, and ... [1 Related Articles] Zulumart Range (from the article "Pamirs") ...and 6,100 metres), reaching its highest point at Lenin Peak, 23,405 feet. South from the ... Zuma, Jacob politician who served as deputy president of South Africa (1999-2005) and became president of the ... [7 Related Articles] Zumalacarregui y de Imaz, Tomas de Spanish military tactician and the most brilliant soldier to fight for Don Carlos, a Bourbon ... [2 Related Articles] Zumaya, Manuel de (from the article "Latin American music") ...masses) of his time; the Puebla chapelmaster Juan Gutierrez de Padilla showed a special talent ... Zumbo, Gaetano Giulio (from the article "wax sculpture") During the 17th century the polychromatic wax relief came into favour, especially in Spain and ... zummarah (from the article "wind instrument") ...and copied in organ pipes late in the 15th century in Germany.) Sachs noted a ... Zumpe, Johann Christoph German pianoforte maker and builder of the earliest known British piano (1766). [3 Related Articles] Zumsteeg, Johann German composer and conductor known as a pioneer in the development of the ballad. Zumthor, Peter Swiss architect known for his pure, austere structures. Zumwalt, Elmo Russell, Jr. admiral (ret.), U.S. Navy (b. Nov. 29, 1920, San Francisco, Calif.-d. Jan. 2, 2000, Durham, ... zun any of a wide range of ancient Chinese wine vessels. These forms are characterized by ... Zunbil (from the article "Iran") ...counterbalanced by an urban population whose economy could be bolstered by plunder gained through military ... Zune (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") Apple faced competition from Microsoft, whose new Zune digital music player was to vie for ... Zunftrevolution (from the article "merchant guild") ...constitution rather than through the merchant guild as such. It followed that such guilds were ... Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (from the article "diagnosis") ...test and the sentence-completion test.The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a 21-item self-administered test, measures subjective ... Zungur, Sa'adu (from the article "African literature") ...but poets tended to be drawn from a wider range of occupations, and poetry became ... Zuni North American Indian tribe of what is now west-central New Mexico, on the Arizona border. ... [13 Related Articles] Zuni language (from the article "Penutian languages") ...Klamath-Modoc, Cayuse (extinct), Molale (extinct), Coos, Takelma (extinct), Kalapuya, Chinook (not to be confused with ... Zuniga, Francisco (from the article "Latin American art") Perhaps the best sculptor in this political moderne style was Francisco Zuniga, a transplanted Costa ... Zunyi city, northern Guizhou sheng (province), southern China. It is situated on the ... [1 Related Articles] Zunyi Conference (from the article "Mao Zedong") ...as a figurehead with little control over policy, especially in military matters. In any case, ... Zunz, Leopold German historian of Jewish literature who is often considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the ... [2 Related Articles] Zunzunegui, Juan Antonio de Spanish novelist and short-story writer whose straightforward narrative technique was rooted in the 19th century. ... Zuo Zongtang Chinese administrator and military leader, one of the scholar-officials who worked to suppress the great ... [4 Related Articles] Zuoz Bridge (from the article "bridge") ...designer to break completely with the masonry tradition and put concrete into forms technically appropriate ... Zuozhuan ancient commentary on the Chunqiu ("Spring and Autumn [Annals]") and the first sustained narrative work ... [1 Related Articles] zupan (from the article "Montenegro") The Slav peoples were organized along tribal lines, each headed by a Zupancic, Oton (from the article "Slovene literature") ...Bailiff Yerney and His Rights), the most widely translated Slovene author, whose prose and dramas ... zupanija (from the article "Croatia") ...of Representatives for amendment within 15 days of its passage. It is composed of three ... Zuppke, Bob American college football coach, credited with introducing (in the early 1920s) the offensive huddle, enabling ... Zur (from the article "Jordan River") ...into the plain of between about 1,300 and 10,000 feet (400 and 3,000 metres) wide ... zur Hausen, Harald German virologist who was a corecipient, with Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, of the 2008 ... Zurara, Gomes Eanes de (from the article "Henry the Navigator") The starting point of Henry's career was the capture of the Moroccan city of Ceuta ... Zuray'ids (from the article "Sulayhid dynasty") ...1067-84), 'Ali's son, saw the Sulayhid possessions begin to diminish: the Najahids reappeared in the ... Zurbaran, Francisco de major painter of the Spanish Baroque, especially noted for religious subjects. His work is characterized ... [2 Related Articles] Zurich canton, northeastern Switzerland, with an area of 668 sq mi (1,729 sq km), of which ... [1 Related Articles] Zurich largest city of Switzerland and capital of the canton of Zurich. Located in an Alpine ... [12 Related Articles] Zurich Gold Pool (from the article "Zurich") ...in Zurich, the introduction of absolute confidentiality in banking, and the temporary closure of the ... Zurich ware faience (tin-glazed earthenware), faience fine (lead-glazed earthenware), and porcelain made at a factory near Zurich ... [1 Related Articles] Zurich Zoological Garden privately owned zoological park partially funded by the city and canton of Zurich. Opened in ... Zurich, Lake Swiss lake extending southeast from the city of Zurich. It lies at an altitude of ... [2 Related Articles] Zurich, Second Battle of (from the article "Massena, Andre, duc de Rivoli, prince d'Essling") ...a week after his arrival, his troops mutinied and forced his recall. Nevertheless, in March ... Zurich, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") In the mid-19th century the University of Zurich (1833), maintained by the canton, and the ... Zurita y Castro, Jeronimo de Spanish government official who is regarded as the first modern Spanish historian. Zurn, Jorg (from the article "Western sculpture") While the influence of Giambologna persisted in some quarters, Hans Krumper and Hans Reichle produced ... zurna (from the article "African music") ...have spread around the northeastern and northwestern fringes of Africa wherever Islam has taken root. ... Zurvan (from the article "Zurvanism") Zurvan, god of time and fate, remotely influences human destinies, appearing under two aspects: Limitless ... Zurvanism modified form of Zoroastrianism that appeared in Persia during the Sasanian period (3rd-7th century AD). ... [5 Related Articles] Zuse computer any of a series of computers designed and built in Germany during the 1930s and ... Zuse, Konrad German engineer who in 1941 constructed the first fully operational program-controlled electromechanical binary calculating machine, ... [5 Related Articles] Zusmarshausen, Battle of (from the article "Maximilian I") ...to plunder. On March 14, 1647, the elector signed a cease-fire with his enemies, but ... Zutphen gemeente (municipality), east-central Netherlands, at the confluence of the IJssel and Berkel rivers. Founded in ... [1 Related Articles] Zutt (from the article "Arabia") ...In the north are the Sulubah, known to the ancient Arabians as Zuurberg National Park (from the article "Addo Elephant National Park") The northern part of the park consists of deep ravines and rounded hills in the ... Zuwarah Mediterranean port, northwestern Libya. First mentioned in a Catalan sailing manual (1375) as Punta dar ... Zvarych, Roman (from the article "Ukraine") ...his son by accusing the speaker, Serhy Leshchenko, of acting "like a hired killer." In ... Zvenigorod city, Moscow oblast (province), western Russia, located on the Moskva River, 33 ... Zveno Group small political organization that briefly formed a dictatorial regime in Bulgaria (1934-35); the name Zveno ... [1 Related Articles] Zvezda (from the article "Space stations, from 1971") Development difficulties delayed the launch of the next ISS element, Zvezda, a crew habitat and ... Zvishavane town, south-central Zimbabwe. Its name is derived from shavani, a Sindebele word meaning "finger millet," ... Zvobgo, Eddison Zimbabwean politician (b. Oct. 2, 1935, near Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia [now Masvingo, Zimb.]-d. Aug. ... zvon (from the article "bell chime") The Russian zvony ("chimes") are sets of stationary bells rung by pulling ropes attached to ... Zwaardecroon, Hendrick governor-general (1718-25) of the Dutch East Indies who introduced the cultivation of export crops there. Zwangendaba African king (reigned c. 1815-48) who led his Jere people on a monumental migration of ... 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Zwickau prophets (from the article "Muntzer, Thomas") ...a view taught by Nikolaus Storch, a leader of a reform group known as the ... Zwicky, Fritz Swiss astronomer and physicist, who made valuable contributions to the theory and understanding of supernovas ... Zwide (from the article "Sobhuza I") A contemporary of the great Zulu kings Shaka and Zwide, Sobhuza was forced by them ... Zwilgmeyer, Dikken (from the article "children's literature") The Norwegian critic Jo Tenfjord believes that the 30 years from 1890 to 1920 represented ... Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe American composer, the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in composition. Zwinger historical landmark complex in Dresden, Ger., that contains a group of galleries and pavilions housing ... [3 Related Articles] Zwingli, Huldrych the most important reformer in the Swiss Protestant Reformation and the only major reformer of ... [21 Related Articles] Zwinglian (from the article "Hubmaier, Balthasar") ...and Ingolstadt, and he was appointed cathedral preacher at Regensburg in 1516. In 1521 he ... Zwischengoldglaser (German: "gold between glasses"), drinking glasses decorated with engraving in gold leaf laminated between two ... [2 Related Articles] zwitterion (from the article "liquid") ...in physiology. Many molecules that occur in biological systems bear electric charges; a large molecule ... Zwolle gemeente (municipality), north-central Netherlands, on the Zwarte Water (river). Chartered in 1230, it was a ... [1 Related Articles] Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma Russian-born U.S. electronic engineer, inventor, and the father of modern television. [2 Related Articles] Zybina, Galina Soviet shot-putter and javelin thrower who set eight consecutive world records in the shot put ... [1 Related Articles] Zygaenidae (from the article "lepidopteran") ...Central and South America; larvae similar to those of Limacodidae, but with normal prolegs and ... Zygaenoidea (from the article "lepidopteran") ...hairy and brightly coloured, some living gregariously in silk nests; adults medium-size, stout-bodied, short-winged, and ... zygantrum (from the article "snake") ...surfaces that lie above and below; and finally the zygosphenes and zygantra, found almost exclusively ... Zygmund, Antoni Polish-born mathematician who exerted a major influence on 20th-century mathematics, particularly in harmonic analysis, a ... zygodactyly (from the article "cuckoo") ...have long (sometimes extremely long), graduated tails, usually with the individual feathers tipped with white. ... Zygogynum (from the article "Canellales") ...new genus, Tasmannia (with about 40 species), which extends from the Philippines to Australia (including ... zygomatic arch bridge of bone extending from the temporal bone at the side of the head around ... [2 Related Articles] zygomatic bone diamond-shaped bone below and lateral to the orbit, or eye socket, at the widest part ... [2 Related Articles] zygomatic major (from the article "humour") ...produced by the coordinated contraction of 15 facial muscles in a stereotyped pattern and accompanied ... zygomaticofacial nerve (from the article "nervous system, human") ...of the maxillary sinus, (3) the nasal and palatine nerves, which serve portions of the ... zygomaticotemporal nerve (from the article "nervous system, human") ...and gingiva and the lining of the maxillary sinus, (3) the nasal and palatine nerves, ... zygomorphic flower (from the article "flower") ...(see photograph), as in roses and petunias, in which case it is termed regular or ... Zygopetalum genus of about 15 species of tropical American orchids, family Orchidaceae, that are cultivated as ... Zygopetalum intermedium (from the article "Zygopetalum") Zygopetalum flowers have green petals and sepals, spotted with purple or brown, and a white ... Zygopetalum mackayi (from the article "Zygopetalum") Zygopetalum flowers have green petals and sepals, spotted with purple or brown, and a white ... Zygophyllaceae (from the article "Zygophyllales") Zygophyllaceae, or the bean caper family, is a loose-knit assemblage of 22 genera and 285 ...

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