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Morocco Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Morocco Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Moroccan Relations PEOPLEMoroccans are predominantly…

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Notes

  Notes [The references are, except in the first note only, to the stanzas of the Fifth edition.] (Stanza I.) Flinging a Stone into the Cup was the signal for "To Horse!" in the Desert. (II.)…

Timeline: Russian Culture, Part I

Part I: Rise of Russia       888 1036 1300 1411 1505 1655 Next: Peter's Revolution       888-889 Monks Cyril and Methodius develop written Slavic…

Brewer's: Hand

A measure of length = four inches. Horses are measured up the fore leg to the shoulder, and are called 14, 15, 16 (as it may be), hands high. i. Hand (A). A symbol of fortitude in Egypt,…

Corsica

(Encyclopedia) Corsica Corsica kôrˈsĭkə [key], Fr. Corse, island, 3,352 sq mi (8,682 sq km), a…

Alsace

(Encyclopedia) AlsaceAlsaceälzäsˈ [key], Ger. Elsass, former province and former administrative region, E France. It is separated from Germany by a part of the Rhine River. It comprises the…

Spanish language

(Encyclopedia) CEE Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19…

Swiss literature

(Encyclopedia) Swiss literature. The literature of Switzerland is written in German, French, Italian, and Romansh, with German predominating. The extensive literature in Romansh dialect (see Rhaeto-…