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- (from the article "China") ...spirals, painted with calligraphic ease, were the most prominent. Related designs involving sawtooth lines, gourd-shaped panels, spirals, and zoomorphic stick figures were painted on pots of the Banshan (mid-3rd millennium) and Machang (last half of 3rd millennium) cultures. Some two-thirds ...
- Banshan ware
- type of Chinese Neolithic painted pottery. Its name is derived from the grave site in the Gansu province of north China at which the pottery was found in 1924. [3 Related Articles]
- banshee
- ("woman of the fairies") supernatural being in Irish and other Celtic folklore whose mournful "keening," or wailing screaming or lamentation, at night was believed to foretell the death of a member of the family of the person who heard the ...
- Bansho Shirabesho
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") As early as 1855, preceding the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese established a bureau (later named Bansho Shirabesho, "Institute for the Study of Western Documents") to study Western painting as part of an effort to master Western technology. Technical drawing was ...
- Banska Bystrica
- town, capital of Stredni Slovensko kraj, Slovakia. It lies in the Hron River valley, surrounded by mountains. An ancient town, it has been an important mining centre since the 13th century, when it was chartered. Gothic and Renaissance-style buildings, including ... [2 Related Articles]
- bansuri
- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...a larger version of the sitar; the sarod, a plucked lute without frets and a shorter neck than that of the sitar; the sarangi, a short-necked bowed lute; the bansuri, a side-blown bamboo flute with six or seven finger holes; ...
- Banswara
- (from the article "Banswara") The area formerly constituted the princely state of Banswara, founded about 1530, of which the city of Banswara was capital. Earlier it formed part of the original Dungarpur state. It merged with the union of Rajasthan in 1948. Pop. (1991 ...
- Banswara
- city, southern part of Rajasthan state, northwestern India. Banswara is an agricultural market centre. Its principal industries include cotton ginning, flour milling, handweaving, and woodworking. A walled city, it was founded in the early 16th century. A government college there ...
- Bantam
- former city and sultanate of Java, Indonesia. It lay near the site of present-day Banten, on Banten Bay, at the extreme northwest of the island, just north of Serang. Now in ruins, Bantam was the most important Javanese port for ... [2 Related Articles]
- Banteay Srei
- (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") On some of the temple mountains there are also relief panels illustrating various aspects of the royal mythology. Episodic relief sculpture first appears on Banteay Srei (10th century). The relief centres on a series of Indian legends dealing with the ...
- banteng
- (species Bos banteng), a species of wild Southeast Asian cattle, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), found in hill forests. A shy animal resembling a domestic cow, the banteng attains a shoulder height of about 1.5-1.75 m (60-69 inches). It has a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Banti, Anna
- Italian biographer, critic, and author of fiction about women's struggles for equality of opportunity.
- Bantia
- (from the article "epigraphy") ...of the laws Lex Acilia Repetundarum (123 BC) and Lex Agraria (111 BC) were found in the 16th century on opposite sides of what was once a large bronze tablet; the local laws of the town of Bantia (on the ...
- Banting, Sir Frederick Grant
- Canadian physician who, with Charles H. Best, was the first to extract (1921) the hormone insulin from the pancreas. Injections of insulin proved to be the first effective treatment for diabetes, a disease in which glucose accumulates in abnormally high ... [5 Related Articles]
- banto faros
- (from the article "Gambia River") ...trees often growing more than 100 feet (30 m) high, abounds in wildlife but has been of little use for either agriculture or human settlement. The grass-covered river flats (known locally as banto faros) of the lower river are rendered ...
- Bantock, Sir Granville
- English composer known especially for his large-scale choral and orchestral works.
- Bantoid languages
- (from the article "Benue-Congo languages") The 11th group within Benue-Congo, Bantoid, is far and away the largest not only in Benue-Congo but in Niger-Congo as a whole. Its 700 languages are spoken from eastern Nigeria across the rest of central, eastern, and southern Africa.
- Bantry Bay
- long inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, southwestern County Cork, Ireland. The bay has a maximum length of 30 miles (48 km) and is 10 miles (16 km) wide at its broadest point; it separates the Beara peninsula to the north ... [1 Related Articles]
- Bantu Authorities Act
- (from the article "apartheid") Under the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 the government reestablished tribal organizations for black Africans, and the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959 created 10 African homelands, or Bantustans. The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970 made every black ...
- Bantu Education Act
- (from the article "South Africa") The government also established direct control over the education of blacks. The Bantu Education Act (1953) took black schools away from the missions, and more state-run schools-especially at the elementary level-were created to meet the expanding economy's increasing demand for ...
- Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act
- (from the article "apartheid") ...Authorities Act of 1951 the government reestablished tribal organizations for black Africans, and the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959 created 10 African homelands, or Bantustans. The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970 made every black South African, irrespective ...
- Bantu languages
- a group of some 500 languages belonging to the Bantoid subgroup of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Bantu languages are spoken in a very large area, including most of Africa from southern Cameroon eastward to Kenya ... [12 Related Articles]
- Bantu peoples
- the approximately 85 million speakers of the more than 500 distinct languages of the Bantu subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family, occupying almost the entire southern projection of the African continent. The classification is primarily linguistic, for the cultural patterns ... [20 Related Articles]
- Bantustan
- any of 10 former territories that were designated by the white-dominated government of South Africa as pseudo-national homelands for the country's black African (classified by the government as Bantu) population during the mid- to late 20th century. The Bantustans were ... [4 Related Articles]
- Banus, Maria
- (from the article "Romanian literature") ...life, later revealed a vigorous optimism, and the poet Eugen Jebeleanu protested on contemporary events and themes. Among those who came to the fore during and after World War II were the poets Maria Banus, who expressed the struggle for ...
- Banvard, John
- (from the article "Hudson River school") For some painters whose theme was untouched landscape, the northeast was less alluring than the more primitive and dramatic landscapes of the west. John Banvard and Henry Lewis painted huge panoramas of empty stretches of the Mississippi River. Among the ...
- Banville, John
- Irish novelist and journalist whose fiction is known for being referential, paradoxical, and complex. [2 Related Articles]
- Banville, Theodore de
- French poet of the mid-19th century who was a late disciple of the Romantics, a leader of the Parnassian movement, a contributor to many of the literary reviews of his time, and an influence on the Symbolists. [1 Related Articles]
- Banyak Islands
- group of more than 60 small islands, in Aceh semiautonomous province, Indonesia. The largest of the islands are Great Banyak, or Tuangku, Island and Bangkaru Island. With an area of 123 square miles (319 square km), the group lies north ...
- banyan
- (Ficus benghalensis, or F. indica), unusually shaped tree of the fig genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae) native to tropical Asia. Aerial roots that develop from its branches descend and take root in the soil to become new trunks. The ... [4 Related Articles]
- Banyuwangi
- city, East Java (Jawa Timur) propinsi (province), Java, Indonesia. A major port on the Bali Strait, opposite Bali just to the east, it is located 120 miles (193 km) southeast of Surabaya, the capital of East Java. It is linked ...
- Banza Bakwai
- (from the article "Hausa states") ...that of the Kanem-Bornu, or Bornu, in the east. The seven true Hausa states, or Hausa Bakwai (Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zaria [Zazzau]), and their seven outlying satellites, or Banza Bakwai (Zamfara, Kebbi, Yauri, Gwari, Nupe, Kororofa ...
- Banzer Suarez, Hugo
- soldier and politician who was president of Bolivia from 1971 to 1978 and from 1997 to 2001. [2 Related Articles]
- Banzhaf value
- (from the article "game theory") In the section Power in voting: the paradox of the chair's position, it was shown that power defined as control over outcomes is not synonymous with control over resources, such as a chair's tie-breaking vote. The strategic situation facing voters ...
- Bao Dai
- the last reigning emperor of Vietnam (1926-45). [4 Related Articles]
- Bao'an language
- (from the article "Mongolian languages") ...the Middle Mongolian period, various dialects began to develop into separate languages. The outlying languages-which today survive as Moghol in Afghanistan; Daur in the east; and Monguor (Tu), Bao'an (Bonan), and Santa (Dongxiang) in the south-were isolated from the main ...
- baobab
- (from the article "baobab") ...the earth, and left its roots in the air." It is grown as a curiosity in areas of warm climate, such as Florida. A related species, A. gregorii, occurs in Australia, where it is called baobab or bottle tree (the ...
- baobab
- (Adansonia digitata), tree of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to Africa. The barrel-like trunk may reach a diameter of 9 metres (30 feet) and a height of 18 metres (59 feet). The young leaves are edible, and the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Baoding
- city, southwest-central Hebei sheng (province), China. It is situated in a well-watered area on the western edge of the North China Plain; the Taihang Mountains rise a short distance to the west. Situated on the main road ...
- Baoji
- city, western Shaanxi sheng (province), north-central China. Situated on the north bank of the Wei River, it has been a strategic and transportation centre since early times, controlling the northern end of a pass across the Qin ... [1 Related Articles]
- baojia
- traditional Chinese system of collective neighbourhood organization, by means of which the government was able to maintain order and control through all levels of society, while employing relatively few officials. [1 Related Articles]
- Baol
- in the 14th century, a satellite state of the Wolof empire of West Africa. Situated along the coast and inland to the south of Dakar in present Senegal, it was conquered some time after 1556 by the neighbouring state of ...
- Baol
- (from the article "Senegal") ...between Ferlo and the Atlantic and extending from the False Delta in the north to Cape Verde Peninsula in the south was once home to the historical Wolof states of Dianbour, Cayor, Djolof, and Baol. Here the soils are sandy ...
- baoli
- (from the article "Sikhism") ...the religion under Nanak had dissipated. Believing that rituals were necessary to confirm the Sikhs in their faith, Amar Das ordered the digging of a sacred well (baoli), which he designated as a pilgrimage site; created three ...
- Baoruco, Sierra de
- mountain range in the southwestern part of the Dominican Republic. It extends about 50 mi (80 km) east from the Haitian border to the Caribbean Sea and lies parallel to the Cordillera Central. Its highest peak is 5,348 ft (1,630 ... [2 Related Articles]
- Baotou
- city, central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China. Baotou, a prefecture-level municipality, is situated on the north bank of the Huang He (Yellow River) on its great northern bend, about 100 miles (160 km) west of Hohhot, the capital of ... [3 Related Articles]
- Baotou carpet
- floor covering handwoven in Baotou, in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, noted for its high-quality of workmanship and materials. The designs usually consist of landscapes or religious symbols, although horse, stag, lion, and dragon motifs are also used.
- Baphuon
- (from the article "Angkor") In the later history of the city, the central temples were completely architectural creations (i.e., pyramid temples), such as the Phimeanakas of Suryavarman I (reigned c. 1000-50); the Baphuon of Udayadityavarman II (reigned 1050-66); and the Buddhist temple of Bayon, ...
- Baptism
- a sacrament of admission to the Christian Church. The forms and rituals of the various churches vary, but Baptism almost invariably involves the use of water and the Trinitarian invocation, "I baptize you: In the name of the Father, and ... [49 Related Articles]
- Baptism of Christ
- (from the article "Masolino") ...in the Baptistery (completed 1435) and Collegiata at Castiglione Olona. The extensive panoramas in the backgrounds of the "Crucifixion" on the altar wall in S. Clemente and the "Baptism of Christ" at Castiglione Olona are milestones in the history of ...
- Baptism of Christ, Feast of
- (from the article "church year") ...in place of the Sundays previously designated "after Epiphany" and "after Pentecost." The ancient Roman Feast of St. Mary was restored to January 1; a new Feast of the Baptism of Christ was assigned to the first Sunday after Epiphany; ...
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