city, Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. It lies on the Lausitzer Neisse River, near the frontiers of Poland and the Czech Republic, southeast of Dresden. Originating as the Slav settlement of Sitowir, it was mentioned in 1230 ...
(from the article "cisticola") The most widespread example is the zitting cisticola, or common fantail warbler (C. juncidis), a reddish brown, streaky bird, 11 cm (4.5 inches) long, found from Europe and Africa to Japan and Australia. Like most cisticolas it makes a domed ...
(from the article "Shuruppak") Shuruppak was celebrated in Sumerian legend as the scene of the Deluge, which destroyed all humanity except one survivor, Ziusudra. He had been commanded by a protecting god to build an ark, in which he rode out the disaster, afterward ...
(from the article "telecommunication") ...the unknown probabilities of a source. A very efficient technique for encoding sources without needing to know their probable occurrence was developed in the 1970s by the Israelis Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv. The Lempel-Ziv algorithm works by constructing a ...
On March 18, 2003, shortly after the assassination of reformist premier Zoran Djindjic, the legislature of Serbia (one of the two republics that constituted Yugoslavia, which in turn was renamed Serbia and Montenegro in early 2003) elected Zoran Zivkovic prime ...
Serbian philosopher and political activist who, as leader of a group of intellectuals known as the Belgrade Circle, opposed Serbian nationalism, especially the country's involvement in the Balkan wars (b. Aug. 14, 1930--d. Feb. 27, 1997).
(from the article "jewelry") ...of the forms. The animal-style had a strong influence in western Asia during the 7th century BC. Such ornaments as necklaces, bracelets, pectorals, diadems, and earrings making up the Ziwiye treasure (discovered in Iran near the border between Kurdistan and ...
(from the article "Turkish literature") ...The Wedding of a Poet). At midcentury the central literary conflict was between Sinasi and Leskofcali Galib Bey, and Sinasi succeeded in winning both Ziya Pasa and Namik Kemal over to the cause of modernization. Ziya Pasa ...
(from the article "Hai River system") ...the Yongding River, flowing southeastward from the Guanting Reservoir through Beijing to Tianjin; the Daqing River, flowing eastward from the Taihang Mountains to join the Hai at Tianjin; and the Ziya River, flowing northeastward from southwestern Hebei toward Tianjin, along ...
(from the article "Farazdaq, al-") Living in Basra, al-Farazdaq ("The Lump of Dough") composed satires on the Banu Nashal and Banu Fuqaim tribes, and when Ziyad ibn Abihi, a member of the latter tribe, became governor of Iraq in 669, he was forced to flee ...
(from the article "Ahmad ibn Tulun, Mosque of") ...and majestic red brick building complex built in 876 by the Turkish governor of Egypt and Syria. It was built on the site of present-day Cairo and includes a mosque surrounded by three outer ziyadahs, or courtyards. Much of the ...
(from the article "Aghlabid dynasty") ...most interesting of the 11 Aghlabid emirs were the energetic and cultured Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab (reigned 800-812), founder of al-Abbasiyya (2 miles [3 km] south of Kairouan); Ziyadat Allah I (817-838), who broke the rebellion of the Arab soldiery and ...
(from the article "Wuyi Mountains") ...with many caves and spectacular scenery, the Wuyi Mountains have long been associated with cults of Daoism, a philosophy that has influenced all aspects of Chinese culture for more than 2,000 years. Ziyang Shuyuan, a well-known academy established in 1183 ...
(Arabic: "visit"), in Islam, a visit to the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in the mosque at Medina, Saudi Arabia; also a visit to the tomb of a saint or a holy person. The legitimacy of these latter visits has ...
(from the article "Atlas Mountains") ...wadis. In addition to the dams across the Wadi el-Abid and the Wadi el-Rhira on the northern slope of the High Atlas, dams on the southern face have been constructed across the Draa and Ziz watercourses. In Algeria the Kabylie ...
(from the article "wild rice") ...to 10 feet) tall and is topped with a large, open flower cluster. The ripened grains, dark brown to purplish black, are slender rods 1 to 2 cm (0.4 to 0.8 inch) long. A closely related perennial, Z. caducifolia (or ...
In 2008 Slovene postmodern philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek, who was called an "intellectual rock star," a "stand-up philosopher," and "the Elvis of cultural theory," published two more works expounding on his theories: In Defense of Lost Causes and ...
(from the article "lotus") any of several different plants. The lotus of the Greeks was the species Ziziphus lotus of the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), a bush native to southern Europe. It has large fruits containing a mealy substance that can be used for making ...
military commander and national hero of Bohemia who led the victorious Hussite armies against the German king Sigismund, foreshadowing the revolution of military tactics two centuries later in his introduction of mobile artillery. [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Ottoman Empire") ...largely because of the leadership of Janos Hunyadi, originally a leader of the Walachian border resistance to the ghazis in 1440-42. Although Murad finally defeated Hunyadi at the Battle of Zlatica (Izladi) in 1443, the increased influence of the Turkish ...
(from the article "biblical literature") ...Osvald, appeared at Trnava in 1928. A Protestant New Testament version of Josef Rohacek was published at Budapest in 1913 and his completed Bible at Prague in 1936. A new Slovakian version by Stefan Zlatos and Anton Jan Surjansky was ...
city, Chelyabinsk oblast (province), western Russia. It lies on both banks of the Ay River and on the Ufa-Chelyabinsk trunk railway, where river and rail cut through the Urenga Range of the Ural Mountains. In 1754 the Kosotur Iron and ...
city, south-central Czech Republic, on the Drevnice River, near its confluence with the Morava River. Gottwaldov was created in 1948 through a merger of several communities surrounding Zlin, a 14th-century village that had grown rapidly after World War I. The ... [1 Related Articles]
monetary unit of Poland. Each zloty (spelled zloty in Polish) is divided into 100 groszy. The National Bank of Poland has the exclusive right to issue currency in the country. Coins range from 1 groszy to 5 ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Polish literature") ...discernible in Jozef Korzeniowski's novels Spekulant (1846; "The Speculator") and Kollokacja (1847; "The Collocation"). A woman novelist, Narcyza Zmichowska (pseudonym Gabryella), produced Poganka (1846; "The Pagan"), a psychological allegory anticipating 20th-century sensibility in its subtle analysis of...
Polish-American sociologist whose theoretical and methodological work helped make sociology a distinct academic discipline. He was a pioneer in the field of empirical investigation and was noted as an authority on Polish peasant culture. [1 Related Articles]
city, south-central Czech Republic, on the Dyje River, southwest of Brno, near the Austrian border. It originated in the 11th century as a fortified residence and was the stronghold of the Premyslid princes until the mid-13th century. Many medieval buildings, ...
(from the article "cnidarian") ...tentacles (oral and marginal) that form feltlike tubes of specialized cnidae (ptychocysts) and burrow in soft sediments. Shallow waters worldwide.Sea anemones and corals. Six (or multiples of 6) tentacles (rarely branched). Mesenteries commonly arranged hexamerously. Solitary or colonial. Skeletons...Corallimorpharia
any member of the order Zoanthidea, a group of about 300 species of marine animals of the class Anthozoa (phylum Cnidaria) characterized by a polyp (i.e., a cylindrical stalklike structure with a mouth and tentacles at the upper end and ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "mappo") ...shobo); the age of the "copied law" (Sanskrit pratirupadharma, Japanese zobo); and the age of the "latter law," or the "degeneration of the law" (Sanskrit pashchimadharma, Japanese...
in astronomy and astrology, a belt around the heavens extending 9° on either side of the ecliptic, the plane of the earth's orbit and of the sun's apparent annual path. The orbits of the moon and of the principal planets ... [5 Related Articles]
unidentified American serial killer who is believed to have murdered six people, primarily in northern California, between 1966 and 1969. The case inspired the influential 1971 film Dirty Harry, which starred Clint Eastwood.
(from the article "astronomical map") ...(a recumbent cow), and Ursa Major (foreleg or front part of a bull). The most famous Egyptian star map is a 1st-century-BC stone chart found in the temple at Dandarah and now in the Louvre. The Zodiac of Dandarah illustrates ...
band of light in the night sky, thought to be sunlight reflected from meteoroids concentrated in the plane of the zodiac, or ecliptic. The light is seen in the west after twilight and in the east before dawn, being easily ... [1 Related Articles]
in Eastern Orthodoxy, a semimonastic Greek association patterned on Western religious orders. Founded in 1907 by Eusebius Matthopoulos, Zoe (Greek: "Life") brought together groups of more than 100 unmarried and highly disciplined members, bound by the monastic vows of poverty, ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Notable early nuclear reactors") ...the construction of detection installations. In 1946 she was also appointed director of the Institut du Radium. Frederic's efforts culminated in the deployment, on Dec. 15, 1948, of ZOE (zero, oxyde d'uranium, eau lourde), the first French nuclear reactor, which, ...
(from the article "Fashions") ...of whom were becoming vulnerable to anorexia nervosa-raged as emaciated young actresses and fashion models appeared in increasing numbers in the tabloid press. Singled out for criticism was Rachel Zoe-an influential Los Angeles stylist who groomed young, lean, and newly ...
(from the article "crustacean") ...by their methods of locomotion: the advanced nauplius still swims with its antennae, the protozoea also uses its antennae but has developed a small carapace and some thoracic limbs, the zoea uses its thoracic limbs for swimming, and the postlarval ...
On July 1, 2007, Robert Zoellick, an American with extensive experience in economic policy and foreign affairs, began a five-year term as the 11th president of the World Bank. He faced a potentially difficult situation as he replaced the unpopular ...
gemeente (municipality), western Netherlands. Zoetermeer is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Rotterdam and is situated on a polder created during the 17th century. There are a number of local light industries, and many services have relocated from ...
(from the article "animation") ...by the Belgian Joseph Plateau in 1832, was the phenakistoscope, a spinning cardboard disk that created the illusion of movement when viewed in a mirror. In 1834 William George Horner invented the zoetrope, a rotating drum lined by a band ...
German-born portrait painter who in late 18th-century England made his reputation with paintings depicting episodes from contemporary theatre and with portraits and conversation pieces (i.e., paintings of groups of people in their customary surroundings). [1 Related Articles]
president of Albania from 1925 to 1928 and king from 1928 to 1939. Though able to manipulate Albania's internal affairs to his own advantage, he came to depend heavily on Benito Mussolini's Italy and was eventually ousted by the Italian ... [2 Related Articles]
After having closed out the 2000 international luge racing season with victories in three of the final four events and clinching the year's World Cup overall luge championship, Armin Zoggeler of Italy barely skipped a beat to kick off the ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Bulgaria") ...were destroyed. Native artistic life emerged again in Bulgaria during the national revival in the 19th century. Among the most influential works were the secular and realist paintings of Zahari Zograph in the first half of the century and Hristo ...
large marsh lying mostly in northern Sichuan province, west-central China. It occupies about 1,000 square miles (2,600 square km) of the eastern part of the Plateau of Tibet at an elevation of 11,800 feet (3,600 metres) above sea level and ...
silicate mineral, calcium and aluminum silicate, Ca2Al3(SiO4)3OH, characteristic of regional metamorphism and of hydrothermal alteration of igneous rocks. A member of the epidote (q.v.) group of nesosilicates, zoisite occurs as white, green-brown, or gray crystals or masses in crystalline schists, ...
