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Trebizond, empire of
(Encyclopedia) Trebizond, empire of, 1204–1461. When the army of the Fourth Crusade overthrew (1204) the Byzantine Empire and established the Latin Empire of Constantinople, several Greek successor…The Last Picture Show <span class="date" >(1971)</span>
Director: Peter BogdanovichCast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ben Johnson, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Sam Bottoms and Randy Quaid Heightened by starkly beautiful black-and-white…Fourteen Points
(Encyclopedia) Fourteen Points, formulation of a peace program, presented at the end of World War I by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in an address before both houses of Congress on Jan. 8, 1918. The…Friend
FriendThough very happy in the social atmosphere about her, and very busy with the daily work that earned her bread and made it sweeter for the effort, Jo still found time for literary labors…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…Leonardo da Vinci
(Encyclopedia) Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vincidə vĭnˈchē, Ital. lāōnärˈdō dä vēnˈchē [key], 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a…Gimbel
(Encyclopedia) GimbelGimbelgĭmˈbəl [key], family of American merchants and philanthropists. Adam Gimbel, 1815–96, b. Bavaria, emigrated (1835) to the United States and traveled up and down the…Deccan
(Encyclopedia) DeccanDeccandĕˈkänˌ [key], region of India. Sometimes defined as all India S of the Narmada River, it is in a more limited sense the plateau of central peninsular India, including…Burton, Sir Richard Francis
(Encyclopedia) Burton, Sir Richard Francis, 1821–90, English explorer, writer, and linguist. He joined (1842) the service of the East India Company and, while stationed in India, acquired a thorough…Agnon, S. Y.
(Encyclopedia) Agnon, S. Y. (Shmuel Yosef Agnon)Agnon, S. Y.shm&oomacr;ˈĕl yōˈsəf ägnōnˈ; yōˈzəf [key], 1888–1970, Israeli writer, b. Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Buchach, Ukraine), as…Trending
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