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- (from the article "Habima") (Hebrew: "Stage"), Hebrew theatre company originally organized as Habima ha-'Ivrit (Hebrew: "the Hebrew Stage") in Bialystok, in Russian Poland, in 1912 by Nahum Zemach. The troupe traveled in 1913 to Vienna, where it staged Osip Dymov's Hear O Israel before ...
- Zeman, Karel
- (from the article "motion picture") ...style of cartooning associated with Disney was completely overtaken by artists using a diversity of contemporary graphic styles, often extremely elaborate. The work of Jiri Trnka and Karel Zeman exemplified the long-established Czech leadership in animated puppetry. Trnka's films, such ...
- Zemeckis, Robert
- (from the article "1994: Best Director") Other NomineesOscar to "Forrest Gump" for best picture, 19941994: Best PictureChronicling 30 years in the life of mentally challenged Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks, AA), director Robert Zemeckis used editing ...
- Zemes mate
- the Earth Mother of Baltic religion. Zemes mate represents the female aspect of nature and the source of all life-human, animal, and plant. Interacting with Dievs (the sky), Zemes mate stimulates and protects the power of life. Libations of beer ... [1 Related Articles]
- zemi
- (from the article "Native American art") ...the area is in stone; and in this medium there are remarkably sophisticated, powerful works. Small tripointed carvings that were often human or zoomorphic in form represented the spirits (zemi) of the land. The Taino culture is famous for these ...
- zemi
- (from the article "Taino") ...wood. A favourite form of recreation was a ball game played on rectangular courts. The Taino had an elaborate system of religious beliefs and rituals that involved the worship of spirits (zemis) by means of carved representations. They also had ...
- Zemlinsky, Alexander
- Austrian composer and conductor whose craftsmanship in both areas was and is highly regarded. [1 Related Articles]
- Zemlya i Volya
- first Russian political party to openly advocate a policy of revolution; it had been preceded only by conspiratorial groups. Founded in 1876, the party two years later took its name from an earlier (1861-64) secret society. A product of the ... [5 Related Articles]
- Zemmour Amazigh
- (from the article "Khemisset") town, north-central Morocco. The town is located between the imperial cities of Rabat and Meknes, at the edge of the Moroccan upland plateau. It is a market centre for the local Zemmour Amazigh (Berbers) (see Berber). To the north of ...
- Zemro, Menashe
- Ethiopian religious figure who was the last of the Ethiopian Jewish community's traditional spiritual leaders to have the authority that accompanied recognition as high ques, a position achieved through religious knowledge (b. c. 1905--d. Oct. 7, 1998, Qiryat Gat, Israel).
- zemsky nachalnik
- (from the article "Russia") ...the work of the zemstvos was hampered, and the village communes were brought under closer control in 1889 by the institution of the "land commandant" (zemsky nachalnik)-an official appointed by the Ministry of the Interior, usually a ...
- zemsky sobor
- ("assembly of the land"), in 16th- and 17th-century Russia, an advisory assembly convened by the tsar or the highest civil authority in power whenever necessary. It was generally composed of representatives from the ecclesiastical and monastic authorities, the boyar council, ... [6 Related Articles]
- zemstvo
- organ of rural self-government in the Russian Empire and Ukraine; established in 1864 to provide social and economic services, it became a significant liberal influence within imperial Russia. Zemstvos existed on two levels, the uyezd (canton) and ... [6 Related Articles]
- Zemurray, Samuel
- longtime president and financial director of United Fruit Company (name changed to United Brands Company in 1970), preeminent developer of agriculture in 13 nations of the American tropics, responsible for introducing about 30 crops from the Eastern tropics.
- Zen
- (from Sanskrit dhyana, "meditation") important school of East Asian Buddhism that constitutes the mainstream monastic form of Mahayana Buddhism in China, Korea, and Vietnam and accounts for approximately 20 percent of the Buddhist temples in Japan. Central ... [36 Related Articles]
- zen'ei ikebana
- in Japanese floral art, modern style in which freedom of expression takes precedence over classic rules. Zen'ei ikebana was established in 1930 by a group of art critics and floral masters led by Teshigahara Sofu, founder of the Sogetsu school ... [2 Related Articles]
- Zenaga
- (from the article "Senegal") The Fulani and Tukulor occupied the lower Senegal River valley in the 11th century. The name Senegal appears to be derived from that of the Zenaga Berbers of Mauritania and northern Senegal. About 1040, Zenaga Berbers established a Muslim
- Zenawi, Meles
- (from the article "Ethiopia") Area: 1,127,127 sq km (435,186 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 76,512,000 | Capital: Addis Ababa | Chief of state: President Girma Wolde-Giyorgis | Head of government: Prime Minister Meles Zenawi | BRITANNICA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2007Ethiopia
- Zenchiku Ujinobu
- (from the article "tragedy") An example from the No plays will illustrate these generalizations. In The Hoka Priests, by Zenchiku Ujinobu (1414-99), a son is confronted with Hamlet's problem-i.e., that of avenging the death of his father. He is uncertain how to proceed, since ...
- Zendan
- (from the article "art and architecture, Iranian") ...called by the Persians an apadana. Other features are the Tomb of Cyrus, a gabled stone building on a stepped plinth, and a Zoroastrian fire temple (Zendan), a towerlike structure with a plan recalling that of the ...
- Zendan-e Soleyman
- (from the article "Takht-e Soleyman") Rising about 330 feet (100 metres) above the surrounding countryside, Zendan-e Soleyman is located about 2 miles (3 km) west of Takht-e Soleyman. The hill, which is a hollow cone, is a modest-sized extinct volcano, with the remains of various ...
- Zeneca Group PLC
- (from the article "Imperial Chemical Industries PLC") ...paints, pharmaceuticals, synthetic fibres (especially polyesters and nylon), and plastics. In 1993 ICI split off its drug, pesticide, and specialty chemical concerns into a new corporation named Zeneca Group PLC. The parent company continued to produce industrial polymers and other ...
- Zener diode
- (from the article "semiconductor device") This voltage regulator is a p-n junction diode that has a precisely tailored impurity distribution to provide a well-defined breakdown voltage. It can be designed to have a breakdown voltage over a wide range from 0.1 volt ...
- Zener effect
- (from the article "avalanche effect") ...of the solid so that a large current can flow through the material. This avalanche effect is responsible for the phenomenon of breakdown in insulators and in semiconductors, where it is called the Zener effect. Because avalanche requires a specific ...
- Zeng Guofan
- Chinese administrator, the military leader most responsible for suppressing the Taiping Rebellion (1850-64)-thus staving off the collapse of China's imperial regime. [6 Related Articles]
- Zeng Jize
- (from the article "China") ...storm of condemnation, the Chinese negotiator Chonghou was sentenced to death; the Russians considered this to be inhuman, and they stiffened their attitude. But the minister to Britain and France, Zeng Jize, son of Zeng Guofan, succeeded in concluding a ...
- Zeng Xisheng
- (from the article "Anhwei") ...several months later, after the People's Liberation Army (PLA) crossed the Yangtze and based its administration in Wu-hu. In August 1952 the province was reunified under the leadership of Zeng Xisheng (Tseng Hsi-sheng), a long-time veteran of the PLA. Anhwei's ...
- Zenger, John Peter
- New York printer and journalist whose famous acquittal in a libel suit (1735) established the first important victory for freedom of the press in the English colonies of North America. [2 Related Articles]
- Zenghelis, Elia
- (from the article "Hadid, Zaha") ...degree in mathematics. In 1972 she traveled to London to study at the Architectural Association, a major centre of progressive architectural thought during the 1970s. There she met the architects Elia Zenghelis and Rem Koolhaas, with whom she would collaborate ...
- Zenghouyi, Tomb of
- (from the article "qing") ...standardized: its body was made uniformly flat, and it was shaped like an irregular chevron but with a curved rather than angular bottom edge. Each set had 8 to 24 pieces. The set unearthed at the tomb of Zenghouyi had ...
- Zengzi
- Chinese philosopher, disciple of Confucius, traditionally believed to be the author of the Daxue ("Great Learning"). In this classic, which became a part of the Liji ("Collection of Rituals") and one of the Four Books during the Song dynasty, he ...
- Zenit
- (from the article "launch vehicle") First launched in 1985, the Zenit launch vehicle was developed in Ukraine. The Zenit uses an RD-170 first-stage engine, considered to be one of the most efficient and reliable rocket engines ever made. It was used by the Soviet Union ...
- zenith
- point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer on the Earth. The point 180° opposite the zenith, directly underfoot, is the nadir. Astronomical zenith is defined by gravity; i.e., by sighting up a plumb line. If the line were ...
- Zenko Temple
- (from the article "Nagano") ...Nagano ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It is the capital of the prefecture and is situated in the Nagano Basin. The city dates from the 12th-13th century and grew up around the Zenko Temple, which was founded in the 7th ...
- Zennstrom, Niklas, and Friis, Janus
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- Zeno
- (from the article "Aspendus") ...(marketplace), and some rock-cut tombs of Phrygian design. A huge theatre, one of the finest in the world, is carved out of the northeast flank of the hill. It was designed by the Roman architect Zeno in honour of the ...
- Zeno
- Eastern Roman emperor whose reign (474-491) was troubled by revolts and religious dissension. [10 Related Articles]
- Zeno Of Citium
- Greek thinker who founded the Stoic school of philosophy, which influenced the development of philosophical and ethical thought in Hellenistic and Roman times. [5 Related Articles]
- Zeno Of Elea
- (c. 495 BC-c. 430 BC), Greek philosopher and mathematician, whom Aristotle called the inventor of dialectic. He is especially known for his paradoxes that contributed to the development of logical and mathematical rigour and that were insoluble until the development ... [9 Related Articles]
- Zeno of Sidon
- (from the article "Epicureanism") ...of the 2nd century BC, mention must be made of Demetrius of Lacon, of whose works some fragments remain, and Apollodorus, who wrote more than 400 books. Much was also written by his disciple Zeno of Sidon, who was heard ...
- Zeno, Apostolo
- (from the article "Italian literature") Giambattista Vico, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Apostolo Zeno, and the already mentioned Scipione Maffei were writers who reflected the awakening of historical consciousness in Italy. Muratori collected the primary sources for the study of the Italian Middle Ages; Vico, in his ...
- Zeno, Carlo
- Venetian admiral whose victory over the Genoese at Chioggia, near Venice, in 1380 was a turning point in the struggle between the two great maritime republics.
- Zenobia
- queen of the Roman colony of Palmyra, in present-day Syria, from 267 or 268 to 272. She conquered several of Rome's eastern provinces before she was subjugated by the emperor Aurelian (ruled 270-275). [2 Related Articles]
- Zenodotus Of Ephesus
- Greek grammarian and first superintendent (from c. 284 BC) of the library at Alexandria, noted for editions of Greek poets and especially for producing the first critical edition of Homer. [1 Related Articles]
- Zenon
- (from the article "Palestine") ...of the economic and commercial life of Palestine in the mid-3rd century BC is, on the other hand, fuller and more reliable. It is drawn from the dossier of letters received and written by one Zenon, the confidential business manager ...
- Zenon papyri
- (from the article "Judaism") ...constitution-namely, the Torah. Greek influence, however, was already apparent. Some of the 29 Greek cities of Palestine attained a high level of Hellenistic culture. The mid-3rd century-BCE Zenon papyri, which contain the correspondence of the business manager of a high ...
- Zenran
- (from the article "Shinran") In the last decade of his life, Shinran endured a particularly agonizing estrangement from his son Zenran (died 1292). Zenran had become embroiled in a dispute with Shinran's followers in the Kanto region over provocative beliefs and behaviour, such as ...
- Zenta, Battle of
- (Sept. 11, 1697), decisive military victory of Austrian forces over an Ottoman army at Zenta (now Senta, Yugos.) on the Tisa River during a war (1683-99) between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League (Austria-Poland-Venice-Russia), a victory that made Austria ... [1 Related Articles]
- zeolite
- any member of a family of hydrated aluminosilicate minerals that contain alkali and alkaline-earth metals. The zeolites are noted for their lability toward ion-exchange and reversible dehydration. They have a framework structure that encloses interconnected cavities occupied by large metal ... [8 Related Articles]
- zeolite facies
- one of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, the rocks of which formed at the lowest temperatures and pressures associated with regional metamorphism. It represents the transition between the sedimentary processes of diagenesis and the ... [1 Related Articles]
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