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(Encyclopedia) Six Dynasties, period of Chinese history between the fall of the Han dynasty (a.d. 220) and the unification of China under the Sui dynasty (a.d. 589). It is named for the six…Qaidam
(Encyclopedia) QaidamQaidamchī-däm [key] or TsaidamTsaidamtsīˈdäm, chī-däm [key], arid basin, c.350 mi (560 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, between two branches of the Kunlun range, central…Guadalajara, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Guadalajara Guadalajara gwäˌᵺälähäˈrä [key], city, capital of Jalisco state, SW Mexico, second largest…Giorgione
(Encyclopedia) GiorgioneGiorgionejōrjôˈnā [key], c.1478–1510, Venetian painter, b. Castelfranco Veneto; fellow student of Titian under Giovanni Bellini in Venice. Giorgione was known also as Zorgo or…Lazy Laurence
Lazy LaurenceLaurie went to Nice intending to stay a week, and remained a month. He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy's familiar presence seemed to give a homelike charm to the…Love of God, Love of Man, Love of Country
by Frederick Douglass Speech on American Slavery I like radical measures, whether adopted by Abolitionists or slaveholders. I do not know but I like them better when adopted by the latter.…Copiapó
(Encyclopedia) CopiapóCopiapókōpyäpōˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 79,268), capital of Atacama region, N central Chile, on the Copiapó River. An industrial city at the southern edge of the Atacama…Craddock, Charles Egbert
(Encyclopedia) Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. of Mary Noailles MurfreeCraddock, Charles Egbert,nō-īˈ [key], 1850–1922, American novelist, b. near Murfreesboro, Tenn. She wrote her best works about…Chioggia
(Encyclopedia) Chioggia Chioggia kyôdˈjä [key], city, Venetia, NE Italy, on a small island at the southern end of…Abijah
(Encyclopedia) AbijahAbijahəbīˈjə [key], in the Bible. 1 See Abi. 2 Died c.911 b.c., king (c.914–c.911 b.c.) of Judah, the southern kingdom. He succeeded his father, Rehoboam, and King Jeroboam…Trending
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