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- (from the article "percussion instrument") ...were played by men, but the smaller frame drums appearing in Sumer about 2000 BC are depicted in the hands of women; a king's granddaughter was appointed player of the ...
- balaghah
- (from the article "Arabic literature") ...joined his predecessors in collecting, indeed increasing, the list of poetic devices, his primary aim was to compile a manual that would explain the basic elements of
- Balaghat
- town, south-central Madhya Pradesh state, central India. The town lies just east of the Wainganga River and is about 95 miles (155 km) south of Jabalpur. A major road and ...
- Balaghat Range
- series of hills in western Maharashtra state, western India. Originating in the Western Ghats at the Harishchandra Range, the range extends southeastward for about 200 miles (320 km) to the ...
- Balagtas, Francisco
- (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...flavour. An outstanding work in the early years of the 19th century was an epic romance called Florante at Laura by the first native writer to achieve prominence-Francisco Balagtas-who wrote ...
- Balaguer, Joaquin
- lawyer, writer, and diplomat who was vice president of the Dominican Republic (1957-60) during the regime of President Hector Trujillo and was president from 1960 to 1962, 1966 to 1978, ... [5 Related Articles]
- Balaguer, Mark
- (from the article "mathematics, philosophy of") According to Balaguer and Zalta, on the other hand, the only versions of Platonism that are tenable are those that maintain not just the existence of abstract objects but the ...
- Balaguer, Victor
- Catalan poet and Spanish politician and historian.
- Balaji Baji Rao
- (from the article "India") ...Bundelkhand, and the territory north of these provinces continued as before. The emperor was compelled to appoint the Maratha chief minister (peshwa), Balaji Baji Rao, as governor ...
- Balak
- (from the article "Balaam") a non-Israelite prophet described in the Old Testament (Num. 22-24) as a diviner who is importuned by Balak, the king of Moab, to place a malediction on the people of ...
- Balak Singh
- (from the article "Namdhari") an austere sect within Sikhism, a religion of India. The Namdhari movement was founded by Balak Singh (1797-1862), who did not believe in any religious ritual other than the repetition ...
- Balakirev, Mily
- Russian composer of orchestral music, piano music, and songs. He was a dynamic leader of the Russian nationalist group of composers of his era. [4 Related Articles]
- Balaklava, Battle of
- (Oct. 25 [Oct. 13, Old Style], 1854), indecisive military engagement of the Crimean War, best known as the inspiration of the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Charge ... [3 Related Articles]
- Balakot
- (from the article "India") ...number of other sites have been excavated, each important in its own way. On the coast near Las Bela in Balochistan, materials suggesting a substantial shell-working industry have been found ...
- Balakovo
- city, Saratov oblast (province), southwestern Russia, on the left bank of the Volga River. Founded in 1762, it long remained a small agricultural town. Its growth was greatly stimulated by ...
- balalaika
- Russian stringed musical instrument of the lute family. It was developed in the 18th century from the dombra, or domra, a round-bodied, long-necked, three-stringed lute played in Russia and Central ...
- Balalyk Tepe
- (from the article "Central Asian arts") ...These motifs often figure both on surviving textiles and on those recorded in the paintings. The murals at Varakhsha, for example, include motifs taken from textiles, and a 5th-century mural ...
- balam
- (from the article "Tigris-Euphrates river system") ...the return trip north. Traditional sailing craft still in use include muhaylahs and safinahs that are 30 to 80 feet (9 to 24 metres) long, with a capacity of up ...
- balance
- (from the article "sculpture") The balance, or equilibrium, of freestanding sculpture has three aspects. First, the sculpture must have actual physical stability. This can be achieved by natural balance-that is, by making the sculpture ...
- balance
- instrument for comparing the weights of two bodies, usually for scientific purposes, to determine the difference in mass (or weight). [2 Related Articles]
- balance
- (from the article "watch") ...watch, or other spring-driven mechanism, is wound, the curvature of the spring is increased, and energy is thus stored. This energy is transmitted to the oscillating section of the watch ...
- balance beam
- gymnastics apparatus used in women's competition. It is a wooden beam 5 metres (16.4 feet) long, 10 cm (4 inches) wide, and raised 125 cm (4.1 feet) from the floor. ... [1 Related Articles]
- balance of payments
- systematic record of all economic transactions between residents of one country and residents of other countries (including the governments). The transactions are presented in the form of double-entry bookkeeping. [14 Related Articles]
- balance of trade
- the difference in value over a period of time between a country's imports and exports of goods and services, usually expressed in the unit of currency of a particular country ... [2 Related Articles]
- balance sheet
- (from the article "Table 1: Any Company, Inc.: Balance Sheet as of December 31, 20__") A balance sheet describes the resources that are under a company's control on a specified date and indicates where these resources have come from. As an overview of the company's ...
- balance spring
- (from the article "watch") Controlling the oscillations of a balance with a spring was an important step in the history of timekeeping. English physicist Robert Hooke designed a watch with a balance spring in ...
- balanced circuit
- (from the article "telecommunications media") ...a two-wire system called the open-wire pair. In an open-wire pair the forward and return conductors are copper wires that run in parallel and in a common plane. The parallel ...
- balanced incomplete block design
- (from the article "combinatorics") A design is a set of T = {1, 2, . . . , upsilon} objects called treatments and a family of subsets B1, B2, . . . , Bb ...
- balanced translocation
- (from the article "genetic disease, human") ...syndrome, or a couple who have experienced multiple miscarriages. To provide the most accurate recurrence risk values to such couples, both parents should be karyotyped to determine if one may ...
- balancer
- (from the article "amphibian") ...hatching. (In contrast, the limbs of anurans do not appear until after hatching.) Soon after the appearance of forelimbs, most pond-dwelling salamanders develop an ectodermal projection known as a balancer ...
- Balanchine, George
- most influential choreographer of classical ballet in the United States in the 20th century. His works, characterized by a cool neoclassicism, include The Nutcracker (1954) and [25 Related Articles]
- Balanesti, Mount
- (from the article "Moldova") The uplands of the centre of the republic, the Codri Hills, lie at an average elevation of about 1,150 to 1,300 feet (350 to 400 metres), and the highest point, ...
- balanitis
- (from the article "reproductive system disease") Balanitis, or inflammation of the glans penis, and posthitis, or infection of the foreskin, result from the retention of secretions and bacteria beneath the foreskin and can be prevented with ...
- Balanoglossus gigas
- (from the article "acorn worm") ...a collar that may be used to burrow into soft sand or mud. The animals vary in length from about 5 cm (about 2 inches) in certain Saccoglossus species to ...
- Balanopaceae
- family of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the order Malpighiales, containing a single genus (Balanops) and nine species of trees and shrubs that have simple, alternately positioned or somewhat whorled leaves. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balanophora
- (from the article "Balanophoraceae") ...tuberous rhizomes (underground stems) to the roots of host trees by means of highly modified roots (haustoria), through which water and nutrients pass from host to parasite. Plants of the ...
- Balanophoraceae
- the balanophora family of flowering plants, which includes about 18 genera containing more than 100 species of root parasites that are distributed primarily throughout the tropics. Balanophoraceae has sometimes been ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balante
- (from the article "Guinea-Bissau") The largest and most widely spread group, the Balanta Brassa, belong to a relatively egalitarian society in which patrilineage, household, age group, and gender are important divisions. They were the ...
- balantidiosis
- (from the article "Balantidium") ...hairlike projections (cilia), Balantidium exists as a parasite in the intestines of pigs, apes, and other animals. The species B. coli can, in rare cases, infect humans and cause balantidiosis ...
- Balantidium
- genus of ovoid protozoans of the holotrichous order Trichostomatida. Uniformly covered with longitudinal rows of minute, hairlike projections (cilia), Balantidium exists as a parasite in the intestines of pigs, apes, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balantidium coli
- (from the article "Balantidium") genus of ovoid protozoans of the holotrichous order Trichostomatida. Uniformly covered with longitudinal rows of minute, hairlike projections (cilia), Balantidium exists as a parasite in the intestines of pigs, apes, ...
- Balanus nubilus
- (from the article "cirripede") ...elegans, from the northeastern and tropical eastern Pacific, respectively, are often imported as substitutes. Indians of the American Pacific Northwest consume the large sessile barnacle Balanus nubilus, and the inhabitants ...
- Balanus psittacus
- (from the article "crustacean") Another crustacean, the large acorn shell (Balanus psittacus), a barnacle (order Cirripedia) measuring up to 27 centimetres (11 inches) in length, is regarded as a delicacy in South America, and ...
- Balao
- (from the article "submarine") The highly successful U.S. submarine campaign in the Pacific war was waged mainly with the Gato- and Balao-class submarines. These were approximately 311.5 feet long, displaced 1,525 tons, and had ...
- Balao
- oil port, northwestern Ecuador, on the Pacific coast adjacent to Esmeraldas city. Its development is entirely due to its choice as the terminus for the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline, built 1970-72 to ...
- Balarama
- in Hindu mythology, the elder half-brother of Krishna, with whom he shared many adventures. Sometimes Balarama is considered one of the 10 avatars (incarnations) of the god Vishnu, particularly among ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balard, Antoine-Jerome
- French chemist who in 1826 discovered the element bromine, determined its properties, and studied some of its compounds. Later he proved the presence of bromine in sea plants and animals. [2 Related Articles]
- balas ruby
- (from the article "balas ruby") variety of the gemstone ruby spinel (q.v.).for more general content related to this topicruby spinel
- Balas, Iolanda
- Romanian athlete, the dominant performer in the women's high jump during the late 1950s and '60s. She won two Olympic gold medals in the event, set 14 world records, and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balasaghun
- (from the article "Central Asia, history of") ...Khitans moved westward under Yeh-lu Ta-shih's leadership and created the Karakhitan (Black Khitai, or Western Liao) state. Its centre lay in the Semirechye and the Chu valley, where the city ...
- Balash
- Sasanian king (reigned 484-488), succeeding his brother Firuz I. Soon after he ascended the throne, Balash was threatened by the dominance of invading Hephthalites, a nomadic eastern tribe. Supported by ... [2 Related Articles]
- Balashikha
- city, Moscow oblast (province), western Russia, situated 15 miles (25 km) east of Moscow on the banks of the Pekhorka River. Balashikha developed in the 19th century, ...
- Balasore
- town, northeastern Orissa state, eastern India. Balasore lies on the Burhabalang River, 7 miles (11 km) from the Bay of Bengal. It was the site of a British settlement in ...
- Balassi, Balint
- the outstanding Hungarian lyric poet of his time, remaining unrivaled in his native literature until the end of the 18th century. [1 Related Articles]
- balata
- hard rubberlike material made by drying the milky juice produced principally by the bully tree (species Manilkara bidentata) of Guyana and the West Indies. The tree is tapped by cutting ...
- Balatah, Tall al-
- (from the article "Nablus") ...and early Christian literature commonly equated Nablus with ancient Shechem, and Nablus has been called Shekhem in Hebrew to the present. Ruins of the Canaanite city lie at Tall al-Balatah, ...
- Balaton, Lake
- largest lake of central Europe, located in central Hungary about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Budapest. It has an area of 231 square miles (598 square km) and extends ... [5 Related Articles]
- Balatonfelvideki National Park
- (from the article "Veszprem") ...castle there was the seat of Hungarian queens in the 10th century. At Zirc, high in the Cuha valley, is a 12th-century abbey, and in Nagyvazsony are the ruins of ...
- Balatonfured
- (from the article "Balaton, Lake") ...a result of the development of the tourist industry in the second half of the 20th century. A number of watering places sprang up, notable among which were Siofok, on ...
- Balawat
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...of his provinces. His artists created many statues and stelae. Among the best known is the Black Obelisk, which includes a picture of Jehu of Israel paying tribute. The bronze ...
- Balawi, Zuhayr ibn Qays al-
- (from the article "North Africa") ...at the hands of a Berber leader, albeit one professing Islam. Two large armies had to be sent from Egypt, however, before organized Berber resistance could be suppressed. The first, ...
- Balazs, Bela
- Hungarian writer, Symbolist poet, and influential film theoretician.
- Balazs, Peter
- (from the article "Hungary") ...the EU, and he received the tax portfolio in November. The opposition was critical of the choice-which had been made by Medgyessy prior to his departure-arguing that interim commissioner Peter ...
- Balbala
- (from the article "Djibouti, history of") ...Issa enmity; signs of the serious problems facing the young nation were also to be found in the urban demography of its capital. On the outskirts of the city an ...
- Balban, Ghiyath-al-Din
- (from the article "India") The political situation had changed by 1246, when Ghiyath al-Din Balban, a junior member of the Forty, had gained enough power to attain a controlling position within the administration of ...
- Balbas, Jeronimo de
- (from the article "Latin American art") The style was introduced by Jeronimo de Balbas of Seville in Mexico, where it had its greatest flowering. Balbas designed a retable for the high altar of the Seville Sagrario ...
- Balbinus
- Roman emperor for three months in 238. [1 Related Articles]
- Balbo, Cesare, Count
- Piedmontese political writer, a liberal but cautious constitutionalist who was influential during the Italian Risorgimento and served as the first prime minister of Sardinia-Piedmont under the constitution of March 5, ...
- Balbo, Italo
- Italian airman and fascist leader who played a decisive role in developing Benito Mussolini's air force.
- Balboa
- Pacific Ocean terminal port in central Panama, at the southern end of the Panama Canal. It lies between the canal docks and Ancon Hill, which separates it from Panama City. ...
- Balboa Heights
- town, on a hill overlooking Balboa city. It is the administrative headquarters for the Panama Canal Company, and the Transisthmian Railway. Murals in the administration building depict the canal's construction. ...
- Balboa Park
- (from the article "San Diego") The 1,200-acre (485-hectare) Balboa Park, near downtown, contains the world-renowned San Diego Zoo; a variety of arts and cultural organizations, such as the Globe Theatres and the Japanese Friendship Garden; ...
- Balboa, Vasco Nunez de
- Spanish conquistador and explorer, who was head of the first stable settlement on the South American continent (1511) and who was the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean (on ... [3 Related Articles]
- Balbuena, Bernardo de
- poet and first bishop of Puerto Rico, whose poetic descriptions of the New World earned him an important position among the greatest poets of colonial America. [1 Related Articles]
- Balbus, Lucius Cornelius
- wealthy naturalized Roman, important in Roman politics in the last years of the republic.
- Balcarce, Juan Ramon
- (from the article "Argentina") By 1832 the opposition to federalism had disappeared throughout the country, and Rosas turned over the reins of the government of Buenos Aires to his legal successor, General Juan Ramon ...
- Balcerowicz Plan
- (from the article "Poland") ...was the first government led by a noncommunist since World War II. The tasks it faced were immense. In 1990 the government adopted a "shock therapy" program of economic reform, ...
- Balch, Emily Greene
- American sociologist, political scientist, economist, and pacifist, a leader of the women's movement for peace during and after World War I. She received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1946 ... [1 Related Articles]
- Balchin, Nigel
- English novelist who achieved great popularity with novels of men at work.
- BALCO
- (from the article "baseball") In 2003 it was alleged that a number of players, including Bonds, had obtained an illegal steroidal cream from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO). Bonds testified before a grand ...
- Balcon, Sir Michael
- motion-picture producer, a leader in the British cinema industry.
- balcony
- external extension of an upper floor of a building, enclosed up to a height of about three feet (one metre) by a solid or pierced screen, by balusters (see also ...
- Balcony Falls
- (from the article "James River") ...Roads through an estuary 5 miles (8 km) wide at Newport News after a course of 340 miles (550 km). As the James River flows through one of the gorges ...
- Balcytis, Zigmantas
- (from the article "Lithuania") Area: 65,300 sq km (25,212 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 3,392,000 | Capital: Vilnius | Chief of state: President Valdas Adamkus | Head of government: Prime Ministers Algirdas Brazauskas, ...
- Balczo, Andras
- Hungarian modern pentathlete who dominated the sport in the 1960s and is considered among the greatest of the storied line of Hungarian competitors in the modern pentathlon.
- bald cypress
- (from the article "conifer") ...of this family are traditionally divided between two families, Cupressaceae for the cypresses (Cupressus) and similar genera and Taxodiaceae for the much more varied genera allied to the bald cypress ...
- bald cypress
- either of two species of ornamental and timber conifers constituting the genus Taxodium (family Cupressaceae), native to swampy areas of southern North America. The name bald cypress, or swamp cypress, ... [1 Related Articles]
- bald eagle
- the only eagle solely native to North America, and the national bird of the United States. [3 Related Articles]
- Bald Eagle Protection Act
- (from the article "bald eagle") ...(an annoyance eventually overcome by fitting the traps with devices to discourage perching), Alaskan bounty hunters killed more than 100,000 eagles in the period 1917-52. The U.S. government's Bald Eagle ...
- baldachin
- in architecture, the canopy over an altar or tomb, supported on columns, especially when freestanding and disconnected from any enclosing wall. The term originates from the Spanish baldaquin, an elaborately ... [5 Related Articles]
- baldachin
- (from the article "baldachin") in architecture, the canopy over an altar or tomb, supported on columns, especially when freestanding and disconnected from any enclosing wall. The term originates from the Spanish baldaquin, an elaborately ...
- Baldamus, Eduard
- (from the article "cuculiform") ...the host species may have many different egg colours. Early naturalists noted that there was often a marked resemblance between the egg of a cuckoo and those of the host, ...
- Balder
- in Norse mythology, the son of the chief god Odin and his wife Frigg. Beautiful and just, he was the favourite of the gods. Most legends about him concern his ... [6 Related Articles]
- Baldessari, John
- American artist whose work in altered and adjusted photographic imagery and video were central to the development of conceptual art in the United States. [2 Related Articles]
- Baldini, Stefano
- (from the article "Track and Field Sports") ...just before the 36-km (22.5-mi) mark in the men's race and knocked leader Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil into the crowd. The stunned Brazilian lost 10-15 sec in the incident ...
- Baldinucci, Filippo
- Florentine art historian, the first to make full use of documents and to realize the importance of drawings in the study of painting. [3 Related Articles]
- baldness
- the lack or loss of hair. Two primary types of baldness can be distinguished: permanent hair loss arising from the destruction of hair follicles, and temporary hair loss arising from ... [2 Related Articles]
- Baldomir, Alfredo
- (from the article "Uruguay") ...out a coup in March 1933 that abolished the National Council and concentrated power in the hands of the president. Terra's dictatorship, followed by the presidency of his brother-in-law General ...
- Baldomir, Carlos
- (from the article "Boxing") ...when unified welterweight champion Zab Judah (U.S.)-who had won the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles by knocking out Cory Spinks (U.S.) on Feb. 5, 2005-lost a 12-round decision on January ...
- Baldoni, Enzo
- (from the article "Italy") ...security firm seized in April by the hitherto unknown Green Falanges of Muhammad, which claimed that the killing was aimed at teaching Italy a lesson for refusing to withdraw its ...
- Baldovinetti, Alessio
- painter whose work, though seldom innovative, exemplified the careful modeling of form and the accurate depiction of light characteristic of the most progressive style of Florentine painting during the last ... [1 Related Articles]
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