(from the article "Santorio Santorio") ...he maintained a frequent correspondence with his Paduan colleagues, the astronomer Galileo Galilei and the anatomist Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente. Santorio was an early exponent of the iatrophysical school of medicine, which attempted to explain the workings of the animal ...
(from the article "ancient Rome") ...Sarmatians, a combination of tribes who had overwhelmed and replaced the Scythians, their distant kinsmen, in eastern Europe. The assailants were repelled without undue difficulty; but the Sarmatian Iazyges, now firmly in control of the region between the Tisza and ...
(from the article "death") The anatomical heart was the haty, the word ib referring to the heart as a metaphysical entity embodying not only thought, intelligence, memory, and wisdom, but also bravery, sadness, and love. It was the heart in its sense of ib ...
(from the article "percussion instrument") ...(modern Turkey). Egyptian sistrums are characterized by being closed at the top: the sesheshet was shaped like a temple, the iba like a closed horseshoe. Sacred to the Egyptian goddess Hathor, the
capital city of Oyo state, Nigeria, located on seven hills (average elevation 700 feet [200 metres]) 100 miles (160 km) from the Atlantic coast. It is the nation's second largest city (after Lagos). [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") The University of Ibadan and a technical institute are located in the city, and there are many specialized institutions. The university library maintains the largest collection of books in the country. There is also a branch of the National Archives ...
(from the article "Beni Isguene") ...central Algeria, in the Sahara. The name is derived from Berber words meaning "the sons of those who keep the faith." Beni Isguene was founded in the middle of the 11th century by the Ibadiyah, a Berber Muslim heretical sect ...
(from the article "Turkmenistan") In August the former mufti of Turkmenistan Nasrullah ibn Ibadullah (who had been sentenced during the Niyazov era to 22 years in prison on charges that were never made public) was pardoned and released. The list of prisoners covered by ...
city, central Colombia, on the eastern slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central (Central Mountains). Founded as San Bonifacio de Ibague in 1550 on the site of an Indian village, it was moved to its present location, on a plain 4,216 ...
(from the article "Brunei") ...Murut, and Bisaya (Bisayah). Chinese make up about one-fourth of the population. The remainder of Brunei's residents consists of other (non-"Malay") indigenous peoples, such as the Iban (or Sea Dayak); various peoples of South Asian descent; and temporary workers, primarily ...
(from the article "Austronesian languages") ...of "backward speech" (which have as their primary purpose the concealment of messages) have been reported for adolescents. Such phenomena are functionally not unlike English pig Latin. Iban of northwestern Borneo shows an unusually large number of words with what ...
Chilean president from 1927 to 1931 and from 1952 to 1958. Although by preference Ibanez was aligned with foreign reactionaries, he made many constructive domestic reforms. [1 Related Articles]
river in the Balkans, rising in Kosovo in the Mokra Planina (mountains) and flowing eastward to Kosovska Mitrovica, then northward to join the Zapadna Morava River in Serbia. Its length is 171 miles (276 km), and it has a drainage ...
ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. It is located in the northeastern Kanto Plain. Ibaraki is bordered (south) by the Tone River and contains part of Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-national Park. Main features of this section ...
city, north-central Ecuador, situated in an Andean valley at an elevation of 7,300 feet (2,200 metres), within the Ecuadoran Lake District. It was founded in 1606 by the soldier Cristobal Torre, a representative of Miguel de Ibarra, the president of ...
Spanish Communist leader, who earned a legendary reputation as an impassioned orator during the Spanish Civil War, coining the Republican battle cry, "No pasaran! " ("They shall not pass!").
(from the article "patristic literature") ...at Edessa developed his lively interest in exegesis and became increasingly identified with the Antiochene line in theology. Among those responsible for this was one of its leading instructors, Ibas (d. 457), who worked energetically translating Theodore of Mopsuestia's commentaries ...
city, southwestern Yemen, lying in the Yemen Highlands on a spur of the rugged Mount Shamahi, at 6,725 feet (2,050 metres) above sea level. The city's origins, according to Arab myth, date to biblical times. The area became important in ...
(from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...who founded the 3rd dynasty of Ur ("3rd" because it is the third time that Ur is listed in the Sumerian king list). Under Ur-Nammu and his successors Shulgi, Amar-Su'ena, Shu-Sin, and Ibbi-Sin, this dynasty lasted for a century (c. ...
(from the article "art, African") ...in height, is often of very great complexity-for example, a king on horseback, surrounded by two tiers of attendant warriors and musicians. The most widely distributed cult is of twins, ibeji, whose birth among the Yoruba is unusually frequent. Their ...
(from the article "Transcaucasia, history of") The two greatest and longest-lived of the many semi-independent states of the Caucasus in classical and medieval times were eastern Georgia (called Kartli or Iberia) in the north and Armenia in the south. The culture and ethnic character of both ...
Spanish airline created by law on June 7, 1940, and given rights to the air transport of persons and cargo within Spain. It took control of a privately owned company established in 1937, which in turn had revived the name ... [1 Related Articles]
one of a prehistoric people of southern and eastern Spain who later gave their name to the whole peninsula. The waves of migrating Celtic peoples from the 8th to 6th century BC onward settled heavily in northern and central Spain, ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Celto-Iberian language") extinct Indo-European language of the western part of the Iberian Peninsula. Celto-Iberian was written in the Iberic script (borrowed from speakers of the non-Indo-European Iberian language in eastern and southern Spain) and is known primarily from a small number of ...
(from the article "Spain") ...Since new machinery for the settlement of labour disputes was dominated by the UGT, it was opposed by the CNT, now influenced by the extreme revolutionary apoliticism of an anarchist group, the Iberian Anarchist Federation (Federacion Anarquista Iberica; FAI). Violent ...
(from the article "Basque language") ...between Basque and Caucasian. Still, proof of a genetic relationship beyond reasonable doubt appears remote. Perhaps the most promising theory involves the comparison of Basque with the long-extinct Iberian, the language of the ancient inscriptions of eastern Spain and of ...
(from the article "The Environment") ...highlighted how the conservation of wildlife and land use were inextricably linked. The cork-oak forests of the western Mediterranean provided a habitat for many threatened species, including the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus). In addition, ...
peninsula in southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal. Its name derives from its ancient inhabitants whom the Greeks called Iberians, probably after the Ebro (Iberus), the peninsula's second longest river (after the Tagus). The Pyrenees form an effective land ... [8 Related Articles]
(from the article "Aragon") ...in elevation southward to the Ebro basin. The Ebro River drains most of Aragon with the exception of its southernmost portion, which is linked to the Tagus River basin and the Mediterranean Sea. The Sierra de Gudar occupies almost all ...
North African stone-tool industry dating from the late Wurm (last) Glacial Period, about 16,000 years ago. The former presumption that the industry extended into Spain explains the prefix "Ibero-" in the name. The industry does bear a close resemblance to ... [3 Related Articles]
French-Canadian naval hero and explorer, noted for his exploration and battles on behalf of the French in Hudson Bay and in the territory of Louisiana. [4 Related Articles]
any of several surefooted, sturdy wild goats of the genus Capra in the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla) that are found in the mountains of Europe, Asia, and northeastern Africa. [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Economic Affairs") ...confidence, adding to markets' fragility. In the aftermath, European markets were down by between 1% and 2% in early trading, following a 1.6% drop in the DJIA. Madrid's Ibex 35 lost 1.5%. Share prices also fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong, ...
town and river port, Taraba state, east-central Nigeria, on the south bank of the Benue River, opposite the mouth of the Shemankar River. Founded in the 1850s by a slave of Hamman, the Fulani emir of Muri (to the northeast), ...
people of southeastern Nigeria, mainly in the Cross River state. They speak dialects of Efik-Ibibio, a language now grouped within the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Ibibio comprise the following major divisions: Efik, Northern (Enyong), Southern (Eket), ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Benue-Congo languages") The 60 Cross River languages are situated around the Cross River in southeastern Nigeria and westward toward the Niger Delta. The largest of these languages is Ibibio, which together with its written cousin, Efik, has some 3,500,000 speakers. Other languages ...
(from the article "Plata, Rio de la") ...Mirinay, Mocoreta (which divides Entre Rios and Corrientes), and Gualeguaychu. The important tributaries of the Uruguay, however, come from the east. The Ijui, Ibicui, and the Cuareim are short rivers but of considerable volume; the last forms part of the ...
(from the article "Ituri Forest") ...tea. Besides the Ituri River itself, there are many broad streams that flow generally from east to west. The most notable are the Nepoko in the north, the Epulu and Nduye in the centre, and the Ibina in the south. ...
(from the article "Sao Paulo") Directly south of the heart of Avenida Paulista is spacious Ibirapuera Park, the distinguished home of the state legislature, the 9 de Julho Palace. The Palace lies at the park's northern tip, and the prosaic former city hall (the city ...
any of about 20 species of medium-sized wading birds constituting the subfamily Threskiornithinae of the family Threskiornithidae (order Ciconiiformes), which also includes the spoonbills. Ibises occur in all warm regions except on South Pacific islands. They wade in shallow lagoons, ... [1 Related Articles]
(Ibidorhyncha struthersii), Asian bird named for its long, red, down-curved bill (similar to that of an ibis), which it uses to probe for food under stones along streams and ponds. Rather heavyset birds about 40 centimetres (16 inches) long, ibisbills ... [2 Related Articles]
island, Balearic Islands provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), Spain. Ibiza is the third largest of the Balearic Islands. It lies in the western Mediterranean 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Majorca. The ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Spain") ...(Carmo), Gadir (Cadiz), Malaca (Malaga), and Sexi (Almunecar) thrived under the trading system established by Carthage for the central and western Mediterranean. Eivissa (Ibiza) became a major Carthaginian colony, and the island produced dye, salt, fish sauce, and wool. A ...
in Islam, the personal name of the devil, probably derived from the Greek diabolos. Iblis, the counterpart of the Jewish and Christian Satan, is also referred to as 'aduw Allah (enemy of God), 'aduw (enemy), or, when he is portrayed ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "cirripede") ...into capitulum and peduncle; capitular armament not differentiated into wall and operculum; includes 6 suborders, 2 extinct (Cyprilepadomorpha and Praelepadomorpha) and 4 extant (Heteralepadomorpha, Iblomorpha, Lepadomorpha, and Scalpellomorpha), the 3 best-known characterized below.
(from the article "computer") Two IBM inventions, the magnetic disk and the high-speed chain printer, led to an expansion of the market and to the unprecedented sale of 12,000 computers of one model: the IBM 1401. The chain printer required a lot of magnetic ...
(from the article "computer") IBM had been selling business machines since early in the century and had built Howard Aiken's computer to his architectural specifications. But the company had been slow to implement the stored-program digital computer architecture of the early 1950s. It did ...
(from the article "computer") ...Rand, the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, and IBM had begun building machines to the IAS specifications, it was not until 1954 that a real market for business computers began to emerge. The IBM 650, delivered at the end of 1954 ...
(from the article "computer") In the early 1950s John Backus convinced his managers at IBM to let him put together a team to design a language and write a compiler for it. He had a machine in mind: the IBM 704, which had built-in ...
