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- (from the article "Islamic world") ...making through internecine maneuvering and competition. In the reign of Mahmud's son, Mas'ud I, the weaknesses in the system had already become glaringly apparent. At the Battle of Dandanqan (1040), ...
- Dandarah
- agricultural town on the west bank of the Nile, in Qina muhafazah (governorate), Upper Egypt. The modern town is built on the ancient site of Ta-ynt-netert (She ...
- dandelion
- weedy perennial herb of the genus Taraxacum of the family Asteraceae, native to Eurasia but widespread throughout much of temperate North America. The most familiar species is T. officinale. [2 Related Articles]
- Dandenong Ranges
- mountain ranges, part of the Eastern Highlands, east of Melbourne in southern Victoria, Australia. Several peaks exceed 1,600 ft (500 m), the highest of which is Mt. Dandenong (2,077 ft). ...
- Dandie Dinmont terrier
- breed of terrier developed in the border country of England and Scotland. First noted as a distinct breed about 1700, it was later named after a character created by Sir ...
- Dandin
- Indian Sanskrit writer of prose romances and expounder on poetics. Scholars attribute to him with certainty only two works: the Dasakumaracarita, translated in 1927 as The Adventures of the Ten ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dando, Jill Wendy
- British television broadcaster (b. Nov. 9, 1961, Weston-super-Mare, Eng.-d. April 26, 1999, London, Eng.), served as an anchor of newscasts as well as host of the Crimewatch ...
- Dandolo Family
- an ancient Italian family distinguished in the history of Venice. It rose quickly to prominence when expansion from the lagoons to the mainland began. By the 11th century it was ...
- Dandolo, Enrico
- doge of the Republic of Venice from 1192 to 1205, noted for his promotion of the Fourth Crusade, which led to the overthrow of the Greek Byzantine Empire and the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Dandolo, Giovanni
- (from the article "coin") ...in 1284 produced its gold ducat, or zecchino (sequin), of the same weight. Venetian ducats rivaled Florentine florins in commercial influence and were widely copied abroad. The series begun under ...
- Dandolo, Vincenzo
- Italian chemist and statesman, an innovator in both science and politics. He helped further democratic ideas in Italy, while his writings, especially on agriculture, won him a reputation throughout Europe.
- Dandong
- city, southeastern Liaoning sheng (province), northeastern China. Dandong is a prefecture-level municipality (shi), and the territory under its administration includes not only the municipal ...
- Dandridge, Dorothy
- American singer and film actress who was the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress.
- Dandridge, Ray
- American professional baseball player who spent most of his career between 1933 and 1955 playing in the Negro leagues and on teams outside the United States.
- dandruff
- (from the article "dandruff") skin disorder, a form of seborrheic dermatitis (q.v.) that affects the scalp.characteristics and causesskin diseaseEczema and dermatitis
- dandy roll
- (from the article "papermaking") The dandy roll is a light, open-structured unit covered with wire cloth and placed on the wire between suction boxes, resting lightly upon the wire and the surface of the ...
- Dane, Clemence
- (from the article "1946: Other Winners") Screenplay: Robert E. Sherwood for The Best Years of Our LivesOriginal Story: Clemence Dane for Vacation from MarriageOriginal Screenplay: Muriel Box and Sydney Box for The Seventh VeilCinematography, Black-and-White: Arthur ...
- Danebury
- (from the article "Europe, history of") ...of settlements, but they have been found in wells, such as at Berlin-Lichterfelde, in Germany. They also may have come to function as a foundation deposit for a later settlement, ...
- Danebury Confederacy
- (from the article "Gully, John") ...in 1844, the Derby and the Oaks in 1846, and the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby in 1854. Because his horses were trained at Danebury, Hampshire, he and his ...
- Danegeld
- a tax levied in Anglo-Saxon England to buy off Danish invaders in the reign of Ethelred II (978-1016); it also designates the recurrent gelds, or taxes, collected by the Anglo-Norman ...
- Danehof
- (from the article "Vordingborg") ...Denmark, on Masned Sound. Founded in the 12th century around its castle, which was built by Valdemar I as a defense against the Wends, the town of Vordingborg became a ...
- Danel
- (from the article "Aqhat Epic") ancient West Semitic legend probably concerned with the cause of the annual summer drought in the eastern Mediterranean. The epic records that Danel, a sage and king of the Haranamites, ...
- Danelaw
- the northern, central, and eastern region of Anglo-Saxon England colonized by invading Danish armies in the late 9th century. In the 11th and 12th centuries, it was recognized that all ... [2 Related Articles]
- Danelis
- (from the article "Greece, history of") ...regions until the 13th and 14th centuries and perhaps beyond. Traces of the preconquest social and political structures of the northern Peloponnese may be reflected in the story of the ...
- Danev, Stoyan
- (from the article "Bulgaria") ...on retaining most of the Macedonian territory they had occupied, and Romania demanded compensation for its neutrality. When Geshov was not able to negotiate a compromise, he resigned in favour ...
- Danewirk
- the ancient frontier rampart of the Danes against the Germans, extending 10.5 miles (17 kilometres) from just south of the town of Schleswig to the marshes of the river Trene ... [3 Related Articles]
- danewort
- (from the article "elder") ...from northern Europe to North China, has round clusters of scarlet berries and reaches 4 metres (13 feet). Red-berried elder (S. pubens), with dark pith, is a similar North American ...
- Danforth, John
- (from the article "Holocaust remembrance days") In 1978 the U.S. Congress passed legislation introduced by Senator John Danforth that declared April 28-29, 1979, the anniversary of the American liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945, ...
- Danfu
- (from the article "China") ...was Houji, literally translated as "Lord of Millet." He appears to have been a cultural hero and agricultural deity rather than a tribal chief. The earliest plausible Zhou ancestor was ...
- dang
- (from the article "Dagomba") For the chiefly class, the important kinship unit is a descent group known as the dang, composed of all descendants of a single grandfather or great-grandfather. In the centralized Dagomba ...
- dangdut
- (from the article "Indonesia") Contemporary Indonesian popular music, consumed mostly (but not entirely) by the young, has made kroncong a thing of the past. Dangdut, a synthesis of Indian film music, a type of ...
- Dangerfield, Rodney
- American comedian (b. Nov. 22, 1921, Babylon, N.Y.-d. Oct. 5, 2004, Los Angeles, Calif.), immortalized the line "I don't get no respect" as part of his stand-up comedy act. His ...
- Dangerfield, Thomas
- British informer who falsely accused British Roman Catholics of conspiracy during the panic created by the fictitious Popish Plot of 1678, based on Titus Oates's allegations that Catholics were plotting ...
- dangerous goods
- (from the article "logistics") Hazardous materials movements require special attention. Sometimes only certain routes, warehouses, and vehicular equipment can be used. Communities along the way may have special requirements affecting the movement and storage ...
- Dangjin Pass
- (from the article "Altun Mountains") ...aridity, particularly in its central section. In the west various small streams run off into the Takla Makan Desert in the north, Lake Ayakkum to the south, or the Qaidam ...
- Dangrek Mountains
- forested range of hills averaging 1,500-2,000 feet (450-600 m) and dividing Thailand from Cambodia. This east-west-trending range extends from the Mekong River westward for approximately 200 miles (320 km), merging ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dangriga
- town, east-central Belize, at the mouth of the 20-mile- (32-km-) long North Stann Creek on the Caribbean coast. It was founded in 1823 by Garifuna refugees from Honduras (descendants of ...
- Danhofer, Joseph Philipp
- (from the article "pottery") ...and strapwork" (Laub-und-Bandelwerk) was a much used type of motif, and excellent work was done by A.F. von Lowenfinck (who is known particularly for his work on porcelain) and Joseph ...
- Danian Stage
- lowermost and oldest division of Paleocene rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Danian Age (65.5 million to 61.7 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period (65.5 million to ... [1 Related Articles]
- Danican, Michel
- (from the article "Philidor, Andre") The first recorded representatives of the family were Michel Danican (died c. 1659), upon whom the nickname Philidor (the name of a famous Italian musician) was bestowed by Louis XIII ...
- Daniel
- (from the article "biblical literature") The Book of Daniel presents a collection of popular stories about Daniel, a loyal Jew, and the record of visions granted to him, with the Babylonian Exile of the 6th ...
- Daniel al-Qumisi
- (from the article "Judaism") ...unauthoritative addition to Scripture; a return to Palestine to hasten the messianic redemption; and a reexamination of Scripture to retrieve authentic law and doctrine. Under the leadership of Daniel al-Qumisi ...
- Daniel Aleksandrovich
- (from the article "Russia") ...the grand principality of Vladimir, and this new seat grew in importance when Michael Khorobrit, brother of Alexander Nevsky, conquered Vladimir (1248) and made himself prince of both centres. Daniel, ...
- Daniel Boone Homestead
- (from the article "Reading") ...Berks). Mount Penn (1,300 feet [396 metres]), with a red-and-gold pagoda (1908) and a stone observation tower (1939) at its summit, is the centre of a city park. Local historic ...
- Daniel Hale Williams Westside Preparatory School
- (from the article "Collins, Marva") In 1975 Collins left the Chicago school system to found the private Daniel Hale Williams Westside Preparatory School. With financial assistance from the government-funded Alternative Schools Network, she began with ...
- Daniel Johnson Dam
- (from the article "World's largest dams") ...lumbering artery supporting the huge pulp and paper factories at Baie-Comeau, the river has become a major source of hydroelectric power; Hydro-Quebec has built several plants-including Daniel-Johnson Dam, one of ...
- Daniel Of Kiev
- the earliest known Russian travel writer, whose account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the earliest surviving record in Russian of such a trip. Abbot of a Russian ...
- Daniel Romanovich
- ruler of the principalities of Galicia and Volhynia (now in Poland and Ukraine, respectively), who became one of the most powerful princes in east-central Europe. [5 Related Articles]
- Daniel Sieff Research Institute
- (from the article "Weizmann, Chaim") Weizmann turned again to science, founding the Daniel Sieff Research Institute at Rehovot, Palestine (1934), with the help of friends in England. Earlier, he had toured South Africa (1931) and ...
- Daniel, Clifton, Jr.
- American journalist and newspaper editor (b. Sept. 19, 1912, Zebulon, N.C.-d. Feb. 21, 2000, New York, N.Y.), served as managing editor of the New York Times from ...
- Daniel, Frank
- Czechoslovak-born filmmaker who, faced with Soviet persecution, fled to the U.S. after producing the 1965 movie The Shop on Main Street, which won an Academy Award for best foreign film; ...
- Daniel, Gabriel
- French Jesuit historian whose writings include an outstanding history of France.
- Daniel, Peter Vivian
- associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1841-60).
- Daniel, Samuel
- English contemplative poet, marked in both verse and prose by his philosophic sense of history. [1 Related Articles]
- Daniel, The Book of
- a book of the Old Testament found in the Ketuvim (Writings), the third section of the Jewish canon, but placed among the Prophets in the Christian canon. The first half ... [12 Related Articles]
- Daniel, Yuli Markovich
- Soviet poet and short-story writer who was convicted with fellow writer Andrey D. Sinyavsky of anti-Soviet slander in a sensational 1966 trial that marked the beginning of literary repression under ... [1 Related Articles]
- Daniele da Volterra
- Italian Mannerist painter and sculptor, noted for his finely drawn, highly idealized figures done in the style of Michelangelo. [1 Related Articles]
- Danieli, Cecilia
- Italian industrialist who, as managing director of the Danieli Group, a company founded by her grandfather, revolutionized steelmaking throughout the world when she developed small, flexible steel mills, or minimills, ...
- Danielian, Leon
- American ballet dancer who had an inimitable stage presence and masterful technique and achieved his greatest fame with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo during the 1940s and '50s; in ...
- Daniell cell
- (from the article "Daniell, John Frederic") British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell, which was a great improvement over the voltaic cell used in the early days of battery development.
- Daniell, John Frederic
- British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell, which was a great improvement over the voltaic cell used in the early days of battery development. [2 Related Articles]
- Danielou, Jean
- (from the article "biblical literature") ...method was fruitfully applied to the Old Testament by Hermann Gunkel (1862-1932) and Sigmund Mowinckel (1884-1965). Among Catholic scholars, exegetical studies are vigorously promoted by Jean Danielou (with his researches ...
- Daniels, Charles
- American swimmer who won seven Olympic medals and was the originator of the "American crawl," which became the predominant freestyle form. [1 Related Articles]
- Daniels, Josephus
- U.S. editor, secretary of the U.S. Navy during World War I, and diplomat. [2 Related Articles]
- Daniels, William
- (from the article "1948: Other Winners") Screenplay: John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra MadreMotion Picture Story: Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler for The SearchCinematography, Black-and-White: William Daniels for The Naked CityCinematography, Color: Winton Hoch, ...
- Danielsson, Anders
- the foremost peasant leader in early 19th-century Sweden.
- Danilevsky, Nikolay Yakovlevich
- Russian naturalist and historical philosopher, author of Rossiya i Evropa (1869; "Russia and Europe"), who was the first to propound the philosophy of history as a series of distinct civilizations. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Danilo I
- the first ruler of Montenegro of the Petrovic-Njegos dynasty, which lasted from 1697 to 1918, when Montenegro was absorbed into the new Yugoslav state. [1 Related Articles]
- Danilo II
- prince-bishop (1851-52) and then prince (1852-60) of Montenegro, who elevated Montenegro to a hereditary principality. [1 Related Articles]
- Danilova, Alexandra
- prima ballerina who brought to American ballet the training and traditions of both the classical Russian and the modern Diaghilev repertoires. [1 Related Articles]
- danio
- any of several slender tropical fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio in the carp family, Cyprinidae. Danios are hardy and swim actively about in schools. They are generally some ...
- Danish East India Company
- (from the article "India") Other enterprises in India included a Danish East India Company, which operated intermittently from 1616 from Tranquebar in southern India, acquiring Serampore (now Shrirampur) in Bengal in 1755, and the ...
- Danish Freedom Council
- (from the article "Denmark") With the end of Danish accommodation, the relationship between the Danes and the occupying Germans deteriorated even further. In September 1943 the Danish Freedom Council was formed; under its leadership ...
- Danish language
- the official language of Denmark, spoken there by more than five million people. It is also spoken in a few communities south of the German border; it is taught in ... [3 Related Articles]
- Danish Law
- (from the article "Scandinavian law") ...with an assembly of nobles. Finally, during the reign of Christian V, a comprehensive work of codification was accomplished, and the earlier and often obsolete law was replaced by Christian ...
- Danish literature
- the body of writings produced in the Danish and Latin languages. [16 Related Articles]
- Danish pastry
- (from the article "baking") Although various portion-size sweet goods are often called "Danish pastry," the name originally referred only to products made by a special roll-in procedure, in which yeast-leavened dough sheets are interleaved ...
- Danish People's Party
- (from the article "Denmark") ...won a third term in office in snap elections on Nov. 13, 2007, securing a 90-seat majority in the 179-seat Folketing (parliament) with the support of allies, notably the far-right ...
- Danish River Formation
- (from the article "Silurian Period") ...in the Canadian Arctic in the vicinity of northern Ellesmere Island. Clastic sediments eroded from this source were deposited in the Hazen Trough. One Lower Silurian (Llandovery) unit called the ...
- Danish Royal Ballet
- (from the article "Performing Arts") The Danish Royal Ballet began preparations for its 2005 festival, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of its own great choreographer, August Bournonville. His works were introduced gradually into ...
- Danish-Swedish War
- (from the article "Sweden") ...and Sten returned to Finland. By 1501 John's supporters were discontented with his rule, and Sten was recalled as regent. He died in 1503, and Svante Nilsson Sture became regent. ...
- Danishkadeh
- (from the article "Bahar, Muhammad Taqi") ...("The New Spring"), he wrote in praise of the new Iranian constitution. He led an active political life as a deputy of the Iranian Parliament and became head of a ...
- Danishmend
- (from the article "Islamic arts") ...late Middle Ages, having as their basis local traditions. One such epic had as its basis the Turco-Iranian legend of an 8th-century hero, Abu Muslim, another the Turkish tales of ...
- Danishmend dynasty
- Turkmen dynasty that ruled in the Sivas-Kayseri-Malatya-Kastamonu region of central and northeastern Anatolia from about 1071 to 1178. [1 Related Articles]
- Danjon astrolabe
- (from the article "Danjon, Andre-Louis") ...concluded that the transit had reached its ultimate in precision and began looking for a fundamentally new instrument. The result of his work was the prismatic 60° astrolabe, now known ...
- Danjon, Andre-Louis
- French astronomer noted for his important developments in astronomical instruments and for his studies of the Earth's rotation.
- Danjou, Jean
- (from the article "Foreign Legion, French") ...interesting tactical experiments, such as mounted units, and also staked out what would become its defining legend on April 30, 1863. On that day the 3rd company of the 2nd ...
- Danjuro I
- (from the article "Ichikawa Family") ...to inherit the mantle of a famous ancestor. Thus, there have been 12 Danjuros (the highest honorific name) and 10 Ebizos (the second highest). Among the best-known Ichikawas was Danjuro ...
- Danjuro IX
- (from the article "Ichikawa Family") ...greatest actor of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1867), established the Kabuki juhachiban ("18 Grand Plays of Kabuki"), the special repertoire of the Ichikawa family. Danjuro IX (1838-1903), of the Meiji ...
- Danjuro VII
- (from the article "Ichikawa Family") Danjuro VII (1791-1859), the greatest actor of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1867), established the Kabuki juhachiban ("18 Grand Plays of Kabuki"), the special repertoire of the Ichikawa family. Danjuro IX ...
- Danko, Rick
- Canadian-born musician played bass and other instruments and was a lead vocalist in the seminal rock group the Band, whose music drew on the American past and presaged the roots-based ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dankova Peak
- (from the article "Tien Shan") ...the depressions that separate them vary from 6,000 to 10,500 feet (1,800 to 3,200 metres). The most important ranges are Borkoldoy, Dzhetym, At-Bashy, and the Kakshaal (Kokshaal-Tau) Range, in which ...
- danmono
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") Koto music is known in general as sokyoku. In the koto solo instrumental music (shirabemono), the most important type is the danmono, a variation piece in several sections (dan), each ...
- Dannatt, Sir Richard
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...in Afghanistan-was not attainable and that the troops should be brought home within months rather than years. The controversies were intensified by a newspaper interview given on October 13 by ...
- Dannecker, Johann Heinrich von
- (from the article "Western sculpture") Important among central European sculptors early in the period was Johann Heinrich von Dannecker. Subsequent Neoclassicists included Johann Gottfried Schadow, who was also a painter but is better known as ...
- Danner process
- (from the article "industrial glass") Tubes and rods are made in three processes: the Danner process, the downdraw process, and the Vello process. In the Danner process, a continuous stream of glass flows over a ...
- Dannoura, Battle of
- (from the article "Antoku") 81st emperor of Japan; his death in the famous naval Battle of Dannoura (1185) on the Inland Sea in western Japan resulted in the loss of the great sword that ...
- Dano-Norwegian language
- (from the article "Scandinavian languages") ...jag) but remained ek in West Scandinavian (New Norwegian and Faroese eg, Icelandic eg); in East Norwegian it later became jak (dialects je, jae, Dano-Norwegian jeg) but remained ek (dialects ...
- Danoa
- (from the article "Chad, Lake") ...from the imposed authority of Kanem's successor state, Bornu, located southwest of Lake Chad. Some ethnic groups were not assimilated. The metallurgists of Kanem, for example, were apparently the Danoa ...
- Danquah, J.B.
- the dean of Ghanaian nationalist politicians and one of the principal opposition leaders against Kwame Nkrumah.
- Danrin school
- (from the article "Japanese literature") Inevitably, a reaction arose against Teitoku's formalism. The poets of the Danrin school, headed by Nishiyama Soin and Saikaku, insisted that it was pointless to waste months if not years ...
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