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Tibetan art and architecture
(Encyclopedia) Tibetan art and architecture have been almost entirely religious in character (see Tibetan Buddhism). The art of Tibetan Lamaism retains strong elements drawn from the forms of both…polo
(Encyclopedia) polo, indoor or outdoor ball and goal game played on horseback. Some historians claim that polo originated in Persia in the 6th cent.; it spread to Turkey, India, and Tibet and, with…Biographies: A -C
Alvar Aalto Iorwith Wilbur Abel Sir Patrick Abercrombie Henry Carter Adams Alexander Agassiz Horace Marden Albright Maurice Allais Sir Hugh Allan Linda Alvarado Oakes Ames Othmar Hermann…1943 Academy Awards
The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Outstanding Motion PictureCasablanca (Warner Bros.)For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount)…Pilgrims
(Encyclopedia) Pilgrims, in American history, the group of separatists and other individuals who were the founders of Plymouth Colony. The name Pilgrim Fathers is given to those members who made the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: December 9, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark December 8, 1805December 10, 1805December 9, 1805 December 9th Monday 1805 rained all the last night we are all wet, Send 2 men in pursute of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, February 26, 1806
Day 1228 Day 1230 Lewis, February 26, 1806 Wednesday February 26th 1806. This morning we dispatched Drewyer and two men in our Indian canoe up the Columbia River to take sturgeon and…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 18, 1806
Day 1334 Day 1336 Clark, April 18, 1806 Friday 18th April 1806 Early this Morning I was awoke by an indian man of the Chopunnish Nation who informed me that he lived in the neighbourhood…Anderson, Lindsay
(Gordon)directorBirthplace: Bangalore, IndiaBorn: 1923Died: 1994Biographies: 2008 People in the News
2008 People in the News See also 2007 People in the News 2006 People in the News 2005 People in the News 2004 People in the News 2003 People…Trending
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