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- (from the article "Cyzicus") ancient Greek town, located on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara in what is now Balikhisar, Tur. It was probably founded as a colony of Miletus in 756 BC, and its advantageous position soon gave it commercial importance.
- Balikpapan
- bay and seaport, East Kalimantan propinsi (province), Indonesia. It is situated on the eastern coast of Indonesian Borneo, facing the Makassar Strait, and is the site of a major oil refinery that processes both imported and local crude oils. There ...
- Balilty, Oded
- (from the article "Art and Art Exhibitions") ...Malian photographer Malick Sidibe received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his years of documentary photography in his home country. Pulitzer Prizes in 2007 went to Oded Balilty of the Associated Press for breaking news photography and ...
- Balinese
- people of the island Bali, Indonesia. They differ from other Indonesians in adhering to the Hindu religion, though their culture has been heavily influenced by the Javanese. Their language belongs to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) linguistic family. [2 Related Articles]
- Balinese language
- (from the article "Austronesian languages") ...include Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Bikol, Waray, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan of the Philippines; Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Minangkabau, the Batak languages, Acehnese, Balinese, and Buginese of western Indonesia; and Malagasy of Madagascar. Each of these languages has more than one ...
- Balint, Endre
- Hungarian painter and printmaker.
- Balint, Miklos
- (from the article "Esterhazy Family") Count Miklos Balint (1740-1806), whose father, Jozsef Balint, was Count Antal's son, had entered the service of France. Miklos Balint became a favourite of Marie Antoinette and also stood in favour with the Count d'Anjou (later Charles X of France). ...
- balk
- (from the article "baseball") ...lead or even "pick off" the runner (catch him off base) by making throws over to the runner's base. The pitcher attempting to pick off a runner must be careful not to commit a "balk." A balk occurs when (1) ...
- balk
- (from the article "balkline billiards") ...either 14 or 18 in (36 or 46 cm) away from them. The object of the games is to score caroms by driving a cue ball against both object balls. The eight areas between the lines and cushions are called ...
- Balka
- (from the article "India") ...authority in Lakhnauti (northern Bengal) and was encroaching on the province of Bihar. 'Iwaz Khalji was defeated and slain in 1226, and in 1229 Iltutmish invaded Bengal and slew Balka, the last of the Khalji chiefs to claim independent power. ...
- Balkan Crises
- (from the article "international relations") The Balkan crises and the outbreak of war, 1907-14
- Balkan Entente
- (Feb. 9, 1934), mutual-defense agreement between Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Yugoslavia, intended to guarantee the signatories' territorial integrity and political independence against attack by another Balkan state (i.e., Bulgaria or Albania). The agreement provided for a Permanent Council, composed of ... [3 Related Articles]
- Balkan League
- (1866-68), an alliance organized by the Serbian prince Michael III (Mihailo Obrenovic). Concluded by the governments of Serbia, Romania, Montenegro, and Greece and a Bulgarian revolutionary society, it tried to drive the Turks from the Balkans and to unite the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balkan League
- (1912-13), alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro, which fought the First Balkan War against Turkey (1912-13). Ostensibly created to limit increasing Austrian power in the Balkans, the league was actually formed at the instigation of Russia in order to ... [8 Related Articles]
- Balkan Mountains
- chief range of the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria and an extension of the Alpine-Carpathian folds. The range extends from the Timok River valley near the Yugoslav (Serbian) border, spreading out eastward for about 330 miles (530 km) into several spurs, ... [4 Related Articles]
- Balkan Wars
- (1912-13), two successive military conflicts that deprived the Ottoman Empire of almost all its remaining territory in Europe. [21 Related Articles]
- Balkanization
- division of a multinational state into smaller ethnically homogeneous entities. The term also is used to refer to ethnic conflict within multiethnic states. It was coined at the end of World War I to describe the ethnic and political fragmentation ...
- Balkans
- easternmost of Europe's three great southern peninsulas, comprising Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova. [31 Related Articles]
- Balkar
- (from the article "Kabardino-Balkaria") ...part of the Terek Cossack district. A Russian fortress was built at Terek on the river, and another, in 1818, at Nalchik. Many of the Russians now living in the republic are of Cossack descent. The Balkar of the high ...
- Balkenende, Jan Peter
- (from the article "Netherlands, The") Area: 41,543 sq km (16,040 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 16,371,000 | Capital: Amsterdam; seat of government, The Hague | Chief of state: Queen Beatrix | Head of government: Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende | BRITANNICA BOOK OF ...
- Balkh
- village in northern Afghanistan that was formerly Bactra, the capital of ancient Bactria. It lies 14 miles (22 km) west of the city of Mazar-e Sharif and is situated along the Balkh River. A settlement existed at the site as ... [7 Related Articles]
- Balkhash, Lake
- lake, situated in east-central Kazakhstan. The lake lies in the vast Balqash-Alakol basin at 1,122 feet (342 m) above sea level and is situated 600 miles (966 km) east of the Aral Sea. It is 376 miles (605 km) long ... [3 Related Articles]
- balking card
- (from the article "cribbage") ...to the nondealer and to the dealer. Each player then discards two cards facedown to form the crib. In discarding to the crib, since it scores for the dealer, the nondealer tries to lay away "balking" cards, those least likely ...
- balkline billiards
- group of billiard games played with three balls (red, white, and white with a spot) on a table without pockets, upon which lines are drawn parallel to all cushions and usually either 14 or 18 in (36 or 46 cm) ...
- ball
- spherical or ovoid object for throwing, hitting, or kicking in various sports and games. The ball is mentioned in the earliest recorded literatures and finds a place in some of the oldest graphic representations of play. It is one of ... [6 Related Articles]
- ball bearing
- one of the two members of the class of rolling, or so-called antifriction, bearings (the other member of the class is the roller bearing). The function of a ball bearing is to connect two machine members that move relative to ... [1 Related Articles]
- ball cactus
- any of 25 species in the genus Parodia, family Cactaceae, native in grasslands of South America. Small, globose to cylindroid, they are commonly cultivated as potted plants. P. scopa and P. leninghausii (silver ball and golden ball cacti, respectively) are ...
- ball game
- (from the article "Central American and northern Andean Indian") ...with highly developed agriculture. The warring expansionist groups, such as the Chibcha and Guaymi, even built palisades around their larger towns, many of which included palaces and temples. Ball courts and large ceremonial plazas were constructed only among the Antillean ...
- ball lightning
- a rare aerial phenomenon in the form of a luminous sphere that is generally several centimetres in diameter. It usually occurs near the ground during thunderstorms, in close association with cloud-to-ground lightning. It may be red, orange, yellow, white, ... [1 Related Articles]
- ball mill
- (from the article "explosive") In the modern process, charcoal and sulfur are placed in a hollow drum along with heavy steel balls. As the drum rotates, the steel balls pulverize the contents; this device is called a ball mill. The saltpetre is crushed separately ...
- ball puppet
- (from the article "Obraztsov, Sergey Vladimirovich") ...Magic Lamp") became popular throughout the world. His Don Zhuan ("Don Juan") was produced in 1976. He also gained renown for his work with a kind of finger puppet called a ball puppet and for demonstrating puppeteering with his bare ...
- Ball State University
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Muncie, Ind., U.S. The university comprises the colleges of applied sciences and technology, sciences and humanities, fine arts, architecture and planning, communication, information, and media, and business as well as the teachers ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ball, Alan James
- British association football (soccer) player and manager represented his country in 72 matches over a 10-year period (1965-75) and was, at age 21, the youngest player on the team that won the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World ...
- Ball, Albert
- British fighter ace during World War I who achieved 43 victories in air combat.
- Ball, George Wildman
- U.S. government official and lawyer (b. Dec. 21, 1909, Des Moines, Iowa--d. May 26, 1994, New York, N.Y.), as undersecretary of state (1961-66) in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, vociferously objected to increasing U.S. troop ...
- Ball, Hugo
- writer, actor, and dramatist, a harsh social critic, and an early critical biographer of German novelist Hermann Hesse (Hermann Hesse, sein Leben und sein Werk, 1927; "Hermann Hesse, His Life and His Work"). [1 Related Articles]
- Ball, J. Arthur
- (from the article "1938: Other Winners") ...Alfred Newman for Alexander's Ragtime BandSong: "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938; music by Ralph Rainger, lyrics by Leo RobinHonorary Award: J. Arthur Ball, Deanna Durbin, Mickey Rooney, Harry M. WarnerHonorary Award: Walt Disney for Snow ...
- Ball, John
- one of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
- Ball, Lucille
- radio and motion-picture actress and longtime comedy star of American television, best remembered for her classic television comedy series I Love Lucy.
- Ball, Sir Alexander John, 1st Baronet
- rear admiral, a close friend of Admiral Lord Nelson, who directed the blockade of Malta (1798-1800) and served as civil commissioner (governor) of the island (1802-09).
- Ball, Thomas
- sculptor whose work had a marked influence on monumental art in the United States, especially in New England.
- Ball, Walter William Rouse
- (from the article "number game") ...Henry Dudeney, a contributor to the Strand Magazine, published several very popular collections of puzzles that have been reprinted from time to time (1917-67). The first edition of W.W. Rouse Ball's Mathematical Recreations and Essays appeared in 1892; it soon ...
- ball-and-socket joint
- in vertebrate anatomy, a joint in which the rounded surface of a bone moves within a depression on another bone, allowing greater freedom of movement than any other kind of joint. It is most highly developed in the large shoulder ... [2 Related Articles]
- Balla, Giacomo
- Italian artist and founding member of the Futurist movement in painting. [3 Related Articles]
- ballad
- short narrative folk song whose distinctive style crystallized in Europe in the late Middle Ages and persists to the present day in communities where literacy, urban contacts, and mass media have little affected the habit of folk singing. [9 Related Articles]
- ballad opera
- characteristic English type of comic opera, originating in the 18th century and featuring farcical or extravaganza plots. The music was mainly confined to songs interspersed in spoken dialogue. Such operas at first used ballads or folk songs to which new ... [3 Related Articles]
- ballad revival
- the interest in folk poetry evinced within literary circles, especially in England and Germany, in the 18th century. Actually, it was not a revival but a new discovery and appreciation of the merits of popular poetry, formerly ignored or despised ...
- ballad stanza
- a verse stanza common in English ballads that consists of two lines in ballad metre, usually printed as a four-line stanza with a rhyme scheme of abcb, as in The Wife of Usher's Well, which begins: There lived a wife ...
- ballade
- one of several formes fixes ("fixed forms") in French lyric poetry and song, cultivated particularly in the 14th and 15th centuries (compare rondeau; virelai). Strictly, the ballade consists of three stanzas and a shortened final dedicatory stanza. All the stanzas ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balladur, Edouard
- French neo-Gaullist politician, prime minister of France from 1993 to 1995. [3 Related Articles]
- Ballala II
- (from the article "India") ...Vishnuvardhana consolidated the kingdom in the 12th century. The Hoysalas were involved in conflict with the Yadava kingdom, which was seeking to expand southward, particularly during the reign of Ballala II (reigned 1173-1220). Hostilities also developed with the Colas to ...
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