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Ikpo Okme: (from the article "African dance") ...a bamboo gong. The dance has at least 10 variations, each with a distinct rhythm dictating its own movement pattern. As in most African dances, the rhythm gives the name ...
Iksvaku: (from the article "India") The Satavahana feudatories then rose to power. The Abhiras were the successors in the Nashik area. The Iksvakus succeeded in the Krishna-Guntur region. The Cutu dynasty in Kuntala (southern Maharashtra) ...
Ikuchi Bridge: (from the article "bridge") The western Honshu-Shikoku route links Onomichi (Honshu) with Imabari (Shikoku). One of the major structures is the Ikuchi cable-stayed bridge, with a main span of 490 metres (1,610 feet). The ...
Ikuta Kengyo: (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...koto (zokuso) reflected the mercantile life of the new Tokugawa (also called Edo) period (1603-1867). In 1695 another third-generation extension of the Kenjun's koto tradition was Ikuta Kengyo, who began ...
Ikuta school: (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...the mercantile life of the new Tokugawa (also called Edo) period (1603-1867). In 1695 another third-generation extension of the Kenjun's koto tradition was Ikuta Kengyo, who began his Ikuta school. ...
IL-1: (from the article "interleukin") Fifteen different types of interleukins are known, and they are designated numerically, IL-1 through IL-15. The immunological functions of most of the interleukins are known to some degree. IL-1 and ...
IL-2: (from the article "interleukin") ...different types of interleukins are known, and they are designated numerically, IL-1 through IL-15. The immunological functions of most of the interleukins are known to some degree. IL-1 and IL-2 ...
Il-Khanid Dynasty: (1256-1353), Mongol dynasty that ruled in Iran. Il-khan is Persian for "subordinate khan." [18 Related Articles]
Ila: a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting an area west of Lusaka, the national capital of Zambia. The Ila-Tonga cluster consists of about 12 dialect groups, including the Lozi, Koba, Lenje, Tonga, Totela, ... [2 Related Articles]
Ila: town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. The town lies in the Yoruba Hills and on the road from Oshogbo to Omu-Aran. One of the oldest settlements of the Yoruba people, it ...
ilahi: (from the article "Muhammad") ...music and chanting, which is very popular on the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent, returns over and over to the theme of the Prophet. The same can be said of
Ilahi era: (from the article "chronology") ...reversion to the regnal chronologies of antiquity. It continued in use for some generations, then the ordinary Hijrah era was reintroduced. A similar step was taken by Akbar when he ...
Ilam: city, western Iran. The city is rural in appearance and is located near the Iraq-Iran border. A number of roads emanate from Ilam, linking it with the border towns of ...
Ilanko Atikal: (from the article "South Asian arts") The Cilappatikaram, by Ilanko Atikal, is in three books, set in the capitals of the three Tamil kingdoms: Pukar (the Cola capital), Maturai (i.e., Madurai, the Pantiya [Pandya] capital), and ...
Ilaro: town, western Ogun state, southwestern Nigeria. Located on the former trade route from the towns of the empire of Oyo to the port of Porto-Novo (now the capital of Benin), ...
Ilave: (from the article "Peru") The rule of law was also problematic in some areas. In April some Aymara residents of Ilave, a small city in the highland district of Puno near the Bolivian border, ...
ilbeg: (from the article "Bakhtyari") ...farmlands. The position of khan, or paramount leader, of the Bakhtyari is held for two years by the chief of the Haft Lang, with the chief of the Chahar Lang ...
Ilbert Bill: in the history of India, a controversial measure proposed in 1883 that sought to allow senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India. The bill, severely ...
Ilchester: town ("parish"), South Somerset district, administrative and historic county of Somerset, England. It lies along the River Yeo. Ilchester was known as Lindinis under Roman rule and was the northern ...
Ildir: (from the article "Erythrae") ...Mimas (now Kara Burun) peninsula in western Turkey. The original site of traditionally Cretan and later Ionian settlement is uncertain, but from the 4th century BC the city was located ...
Ile Alatau Range: (from the article "Tien Shan") ...of the part of the Tien Shan in Kazakhstan forms the Zhonggar (Dzungarian) Alatau Range (14,645 feet [4,464 metres]), which is subject to considerable glacial action. To the south the ...
Ile-de-France: region of France encompassing the north-central departements of Val-d'Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ville-de-Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Essonne, and Yvelines. Ile-de-France is bounded by the [5 Related Articles]
Ile-Ife: town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. The town lies at the intersection of roads from Ibadan (40 miles [64 km] west), Ilesha, and Ondo. It is one of the larger centres ... [3 Related Articles]
Ilebo: town, south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town lies along the Kasai River near its junction with the Sankuru River. Ilebo is a river port and has rail connections ... [1 Related Articles]
ileitis: chronic inflammation of one or more sections of the intestine. In its strict sense, the term refers to an inflammation of the lower, or terminal, portion of the small intestine, ...
ileocecal valve: (from the article "valve") ...valve unique to the lower vertebrates is the renal portal valve, which closes to shunt blood past the kidneys, increasing its supply elsewhere when necessary. In the digestive system of ...
ileostomy: (from the article "ostomy") ...that connects to the outside; the most common types are colostomy, in which the lower part of the colon, or large intestine, is removed and the upper segment (usually) opened ...
Ilerda, Campaign of: (49 BC), the campaign leading to the victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey's forces in Spain. In the spring of 49 BC, Caesar sent six legions from Gaul into Spain ...
Ilesha: town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. It lies in the Yoruba Hills and at the intersection of roads from Ile-Ife, Oshogbo, and Akure. The town is one of the oldest settlements ...
ileum: the final and longest segment of the small intestine. It is specifically responsible for the absorption of vitamin B₁₂ and the reabsorption of conjugated bile salts. The ileum is about ... [3 Related Articles]
Ilf and Petrov: Soviet humorists active at the end of the 1920s and in the '30s. The intimate literary collaboration of Ilya Ilf (pseudonym of Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg; b. Oct. 3 [Oct. 15, ...
Ilf, Ilya: (from the article "Ilf and Petrov") Born into a poor Jewish family, Ilf worked at various trades while a youth, becoming a journalist in Odessa at age 18. He went to Moscow in 1923 to begin ...
Ilgaz Mountains: (from the article "Turkey") ...metres), dividing the Pontic Mountains into western and eastern sections. In the western section, between the Sakarya and Kizil rivers, there are four main ridges: the Kure, Bolu, Ilgaz, and ...
Ilghazi, Najm ad-Din: (from the article "Roger") ...He forestalled a Seljuq Turkish attempt to reconquer Syria by his victory in the Battle of Danith (September 14, 1115). Fighting for possession of Aleppo, he was defeated and killed ...
Ilhan, Attila: (from the article "Turkish literature") The poet Attila Ilhan also wrote several successful novels. He lived and worked in Paris intermittently between 1949 and 1965 and later worked as a journalist in Turkey. His poetry, ...
Ilheus: city, southeastern Bahia estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is situated just east of Itabuna near the mouth of the Cachoeira River on Ilheus Bay, an inlet of ...
ili: (from the article "Hawaiian") ...fish; the littoral for coconuts; the valley for taro, their principal food; the lower slopes for sweet potatoes, yams, and bananas; and the mountain for wood. The next subdivision was ...
Ili crisis: (from the article "China") ...and Gansu to East Turkistan, a Tajik adventurer from Khokand, Yakub Beg, seized the opportunity to invade Kashgaria and established power there in 1865; he soon showed signs of advancing ...
Ili River: river in western Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China, and southeastern Kazakhstan. It is 870 miles (1,400 km) long and drains the basin between the Tien Shan range to the ... [1 Related Articles]
iliac artery: (from the article "aorta") ...kidneys, reproductive glands, and other organs. At the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra, which is about even with the top of the hip bones, the aorta divides into the ...
iliac colon: (from the article "digestive system, human") The sigmoid colon is commonly divided into iliac and pelvic parts. The iliac colon stretches from the crest of the ilium, or upper border of the hipbone, to the inner ...
iliac fossa: (from the article "kidney transplant") The new kidney is implanted in the iliac fossa, a space in the groin area just below and to the side of the umbilicus; usually a right kidney is placed ...
iliac vein: (from the article "vena cava") The inferior vena cava is formed by the coming together of the two major veins from the legs, the common iliac veins, at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra, ...
Iliamna: (from the article "Major volcanoes of the world") ...into Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea. The lake has several islands, including Porcupine, Flat, Triangle, and Seal islands, and it is noted for its game fish, especially rainbow trout. ...
Iliamna Lake: inland body of water, southwestern Alaska, U.S. It lies west of Cook Inlet (Gulf of Alaska), near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (north) and Katmai National Park and Preserve ...
Ilichevsk: (from the article "Odessa") The city remains a major port in Ukraine, with well-equipped docks and ship-repair yards. After 1857 a new outport was built at Ilichevsk, 12 miles (20 km) to the south. ...
Iliescu, Ion: Romanian politician who twice served as president of Romania (1990-96; 2000-04). [2 Related Articles]
Iligan: city, northern Mindanao, southern Philippines. On the southeastern shore of Iligan Bay, it is the island's major industrial city and an important port at the mouth of the Iligan River. ...
Ilin bushy-tailed cloud rat: (from the article "cloud rat") With a body length of 25 cm, the Ilin bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. paulus) is the smallest of the group, with short, coarse, brown fur, a cream-coloured underside, and a ...
Ilinden Uprising: (from the article "Bulgaria") Macedonia constituted the principal objective of Ferdinand's diplomacy. On July 20 (August 2), 1903, the Macedonian revolt-known as the Ilinden (St. Elijah's Day) Uprising-was brutally suppressed, focusing attention yet again ...
Ilinsky, Igor: Russian actor of stage and screen, especially well known for his comic portrayals of rogues and buffoons.
iliocostalis muscle: any of the deep muscles of the back that, as part of the erector spinae (sacrospinalis) muscle group, aid in extension (bending backward), lateral flexion (bending to the side), and ... [1 Related Articles]
iliofemoralis muscle: (from the article "muscle") ...runs from the bones of the pelvis to the femur (the proximal bone of the hind limb). This reptilian muscle appears to be represented by three mammalian hip muscles: psoas, ...
iliohypogastric nerve: (from the article "nervous system, human") Minor cutaneous and muscular branches of the lumbar plexus include the iliohypogastric, genitofemoral, and ilioinguinal (projecting to the lower abdomen and to inguinal and genital regions) and the lateral femoral ...
ilioinguinal nerve: (from the article "nervous system, human") Minor cutaneous and muscular branches of the lumbar plexus include the iliohypogastric, genitofemoral, and ilioinguinal (projecting to the lower abdomen and to inguinal and genital regions) and the lateral femoral ...
Ilion: village, Herkimer county, central New York, U.S. It lies on the Mohawk River and the New York State Canal System, adjacent to Mohawk village, 11 miles (18 km) southeast of ...
Ilipa, Battle of: (206 BC), victory of the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio (later called Scipio Africanus) over Carthaginian forces in Spain during the Second Punic War. Scipio, who had been campaigning against ... [2 Related Articles]
ilium: (from the article "sacroiliac") ...it in supporting the weight of the upper body; the joint's motion is also limited by the irregular surfaces of the sacrum (the fused vertebrae of the lower spine), which ...
Ilkeston: (from the article "Erewash") The domestic stocking and knitting industries of Ilkeston declined in the 18th century, but by the mid-19th century both hosiery and lace factories were in operation and the town was ...
Ill River: (from the article "Rhine River") ...20 miles wide, held between, respectively, the ancient massifs of the Vosges Mountains and Black Forest uplands and the Haardt Mountains and Oden Forest upland. The main tributary from Alsace ...
Illampu: (from the article "Andes Mountains") ...relatively low elevation. The northern section in Bolivia, called Cordillera Real, is narrow, with higher peaks and glaciers; the most important peaks, at over 21,000 feet, are Mounts Illimani and ...
Illapu: (from the article "Inca") ...Inca religion combined features of animism, fetishism, and the worship of nature gods. The pantheon was headed by Inti, the sun god, and included also Viracocha, a creator god and ...
Illawarra: southern coastal district, New South Wales, Australia, extending 110 miles (180 km) from Bald Hill (north of Stanwell Park) south to the Shoalhaven River and Batemans Bay and from the ...
Ille-et-Vilaine: (from the article "Brittany") region of France encompassing the northwestern departements of Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Cotes-d'Armor, and Finistere. Brittany is bounded by the regions of Basse-Normandie ...
Illecillewaet Glacier: (from the article "Glacier National Park") ...and Sir Donald, flanked by immense ice fields and glaciers, form an impressive alpine panorama, with canyons, turbulent rivers, waterfalls, and flower-filled meadows. Outstanding features are the Illecillewaet Glacier, which ...
illegal immigration: (from the article "Cape Verde") In 2007 a number of West Africans who were trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands by boat ended up mistakenly in Cape Verde. They were designated illegal immigrants and ...
illegitimacy: status of children begotten and born outside of wedlock. Many statutes either state, or are interpreted to mean, that usually a child born under a void marriage is not illegitimate ... [9 Related Articles]
illegitimate question: (from the article "applied logic") Besides falsity, questions can exhibit an even more drastic sort of "impropriety." They can be illegitimate in that they have no possible answers whatsoever (example: "What is an example of ...
Illex: (from the article "cephalopod") The Coleoidea are carnivorous and live principally on other cephalopods, crustaceans, mollusks, and small fishes. In the food cycle of the squid Illex, in which the adults feed upon young ...
Illia, Arturo: (from the article "Argentina") The elections of July 1963 resulted in victory for Arturo Illia, the candidate of the Radical Civic Union. President Illia inherited Frondizi's economic problems, although the drastic reorientation of the ...
Illica, Luigi: (from the article "Giacosa, Giuseppe") Italian dramatist who collaborated with Luigi Illica to write the libretti for three of Giacomo Puccini's most famous operas.
Illich-Svitych, Vladislav M.: (from the article "Nostratic hypothesis") Modern research on the Nostratic hypothesis began with the work of the Russian Vladislav M. Illich-Svitych, who made a detailed case in the mid-1960s for the relatedness of the four ...
Illiciaceae: (from the article "Illiciales") order of primitive, dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising the families Illiciaceae and Schisandraceae, with three genera, of mostly tropical and subtropical woody plants. All have radially symmetrical, mainly beetle-pollinated flowers that ...
Illiciales: order of primitive, dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising the families Illiciaceae and Schisandraceae, with three genera, of mostly tropical and subtropical woody plants. All have radially symmetrical, mainly beetle-pollinated flowers that ... [1 Related Articles]
Illicium: (from the article "Illiciales") The family Illiciaceae has one genus, Illicium, with 42 species of shrubs and trees having evergreen, aromatic leaves and bisexual flowers, the inner petals of which grade gradually into stamens ...
illicium: (from the article "paracanthopterygian") ...the larvae occur in surface waters, gradually descending to deeper waters as they grow older. The females of the deep-sea anglers are from three to 13 times as large as ...
Illig, Moritz Friedrich: (from the article "papermaking") Before 1800, paper sheets were sized by impregnation with animal glue or vegetable gums, an expensive and tedious process. In 1800 Moritz Friedrich Illig in Germany discovered that paper could ...
Illimani, Nevado: snowcapped mountain peak, 21,004 feet (6,402 metres) in elevation, just south of La Paz, Bolivia's administrative capital. It overlooks the city and forms part of the Cordillera Real. [2 Related Articles]
Illingworth, Holden: (from the article "fishing") ...spool. For line recovery, the spool was turned back 90°. The reel was used mainly for casting heavy lures for salmon fishing, but it influenced the reel invented by the ...
Illinoian Glacial Stage: major division of geologic time and deposits in North American during the Pleistocene Epoch (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago). The Illinoian, a time of widespread continental glaciation, follows the Yarmouth ... [3 Related Articles]
Illinois: a confederation of small Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribes originally spread over what are now southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois and parts of Missouri and Iowa. The best-known of the ... [1 Related Articles]
Illinois: constituent state of the United States of America. It stretches southward 385 miles (620 km) from the Wisconsin border in the north to Cairo in the south. In addition to ... [17 Related Articles]
Illinois and Michigan Canal: (from the article "canals and inland waterways") ...had given the United States control of the Mississippi River, and it became the main waterway for the movement of Midwestern produce via New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Illinois Architects Act: (from the article "building construction") ...London, and the American Institute of Architects (1857). Official government licensing of architects and engineers, a goal of these societies, was not realized until much later, beginning with the Illinois ...
Illinois Beach State Park: (from the article "Zion") ...of the Passion play, which has been organized since the 1930s by the Christian Catholic Church (now the Christ Community Church). Jubilee Days, held over Labor Day weekend, celebrates the ...
Illinois Central Railroad: former U.S. railroad founded in 1851 that expanded service from Illinois to much of the Midwest before merging with the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) in 1999. [2 Related Articles]
Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Illinois: (from the article "natural resources law") ...a trustee of resources for the benefit of the general public. The public trust doctrine limits disposition of trust property and abdication of sovereignty over those resources. In Illinois Central ...
Illinois College: (from the article "Jacksonville") ...that the city's name honours a prominent African American preacher named A.W. Jackson), it soon acquired a distinctive educational, institutional, and religious character that it largely retains. Illinois College (founded ...
Illinois Institute of Technology: private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. It dates to 1890, when the Armour Institute of Technology was founded (its first classes were held in 1893). The ... [6 Related Articles]
Illinois River: navigable stream of northern and central Illinois, U.S. It is formed by the junction of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers in Grundy county, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest ...
Illinois State Board of Charities: (from the article "Lathrop, Julia Clifford") ...reform movements. In 1890 she moved to Chicago and joined Jane Addams at the newly established Hull House settlement. In July 1893, at Governor John P. Altgeld's appointment, she took ...
Illinois State University: public, coeducational university in Normal, Illinois, U.S. Established in 1857, the university is the oldest public institution of higher learning in the state. Abraham Lincoln drafted the documents that established ... [1 Related Articles]
Illinois Waterway: (from the article "Illinois River") ...at a point near La Salle, made navigation between these streams and shipping between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico possible. The nearly 100-mile (160-km) canal ceased to ...
Illinois, flag of: U.S. state flag consisting of a white field (background) with the state seal in the centre showing a bald eagle, a shield, a ribbon, and other symbols.
Illinois, University of: state system of higher education in Illinois, U.S. It consists of three campuses, the main campus in the twin cities Champaign and Urbana and additional campuses in Chicago and Springfield. ... [8 Related Articles]
illite: any of a group of mica-type clay minerals widely distributed in marine shales and related sediments. Illite contains more water and less potassium than true micas, but it has a ... [2 Related Articles]
illocutionary act: (from the article "semantics") ..."declare," "judge," "order," "request," "promise," "warn," "apologize," "call," and so on, mark the illocutionary force of the utterance in question. If one says, for instance, "I shall be there," then, ...
illuminated manuscript: handwritten book that has been decorated with gold or silver, brilliant colours, or elaborate designs or miniature pictures. Though various Islamic societies also practiced this art, Europe had the longest ... [27 Related Articles]
Illuminati: (from the article "Italy") ...During the 1780s Masonic lodges had begun to replace scholarly academies and agrarian societies as loci of political discussion. In the 1790s more-radical secret societies emerged, modeled after the Illuminati ...
illuminating shell: (from the article "artillery") World War I also saw the development of specialized projectiles to meet various tactical demands. Smoke shells, filled with white phosphorus, were adopted for screening the activities of troops; illuminating ...
illumination: (from the article "epistemology") ...ideas. Ideas as Augustine construed them are-like Plato's-timeless, immutable, and accessible only to the mind. They are indeed in some mysterious way a part of God and seen in God. ...