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Chichibu
(Encyclopedia)Chichibu chēˈchēbo͞o [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Japan, on the Ara River. It is a ...Quiriguá
(Encyclopedia)Quiriguá kērēgwäˈ, kērēwäˈ [key], city of the Classic epoch of the Maya, E Guatemala. It is famous for its zoomorphics. Its stone steles have fine hieroglyphs. Near the ruins the United Fruit...Falköping
(Encyclopedia)Falköping fälˈchöˌpĭng [key], city, Skaraborg co., S Sweden, between lakes Vänern and ...Thomas Stone National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Thomas Stone National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Edward III
(Encyclopedia)Edward III, 1312–77, king of England (1327–77), son of Edward II and Isabella. Edward's long reign saw many constitutional developments. Most important of these was the emergence of the Commons ...pavement
(Encyclopedia)pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common...tracery
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Types of tracery tracery, bands or bars of stone, wood, or other material, either subdividing an opening or standing in relief against a wall and forming an ornamental pattern of solid members...Minnesota, river, United States
(Encyclopedia)Minnesota, river, 332 mi (534 km) long, rising in Big Stone Lake at the W boundary of Minnesota and flowing SE to Mankato, then NE to the Mississippi S of Minneapolis. Earlier called the St. Peter or ...Serpukhov
(Encyclopedia)Serpukhov syĕrˈpo͝okhəf [key], city (1989 pop. 143,600), central European Russia, on the Oka River. It is an important textile center. A fortress town since 1339, it retains a stone kremlin (16th ...Ålesund
(Encyclopedia)Ålesund ôˈləso͝on [key], city, Møre og Romsdal county, W Norway, on 3 islands in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Storfjord. It is a major commercial and fishi...Browse by Subject
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