Search
Search results
Displaying 171 - 180
Etruscan art
(Encyclopedia) Etruscan artEtruscan artĭtrŭsˈkən [key], the art of the inhabitants of ancient Etruria, which, by the 8th cent. b.c., incorporated the area in Italy from Salerno to the Tiber River (…Nashville
(Encyclopedia) Nashville, city (1990 pop. 487,969), state capital, coextensive with Davidson co., central Tenn., on the Cumberland River, in a fertile farm area; inc. as a city 1806, merged with…Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett
(Encyclopedia) Bierce, Ambrose GwinettBierce, Ambrose Gwinettămˈbrōz gwĭnĕtˈ bĭrs [key], 1842–1914?, American satirist, journalist, and short-story writer, b. Meigs co., Ohio. He fought with extreme…Cabinet Members Under Carter
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, 1977Edmund S. Muskie, 1980Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal, 1977G. William Miller, 1979Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, 1977Attorney…Biographies: Selected Anthropologists and Archaeologists
Selected Anthropologists and Archaeologists Margaret Mead See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Anthropology Archaeology Some Ancient…Swedenborg, Emanuel
(Encyclopedia) Swedenborg, EmanuelSwedenborg, Emanuelswēdˈənbôrg; āmäˈn&oomacr;ĕl svāˌdənbōrkˈ [key], 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, religious teacher, and mystic. His religious system, sometimes…Monotheletism
(Encyclopedia) Monotheletism or MonothelitismMonothelitismboth: mənŏthˈə lĭtĭzˌəm [key] [Gr.,=one will], 7th-century opinion condemned as heretical by the Third Council of Constantinople in 680 (see…Brewer's: Continence of a Scipio
It is said that a beautiful princess fell into the hands of Scipio Africanus, and he refused to see her, “lest he should be tempted to forget his principles.” The same is said of Cyrus (…Brewer's: Babylonish Captivity
The seventy years that the Jews were captives in Babylon. They were made captives by Nebuchadnezzar, and released by Cyrus (B.C. 538). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Kai-anians
The sixth Persian dynasty. The semi-historic period (B.C. 660-331). So called because they took for their affix the term kai (mighty), called by the Greeks Ku (Kuros), and by the Romans Cy…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
