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- (from the article "doll") ...those found in Inca and Aztec graves (see photograph), such as those near the pyramids of Teotihuacan. Colonial dolls mostly followed European models. Among American Indian dolls, the kachina doll ...
- kachina mask
- (from the article "kachina") Kachinas are believed to reside with the tribe for half of each year. They will allow themselves to be seen by a community if its men properly perform a traditional ...
- Kachinish languages
- (from the article "Sino-Tibetan languages") ...their most likely affiliation. Some scholars believe the Tibetic and Burmic divisions to be premature and that for the present their subdivisions (such as Bodish, Himalayish, Kirantish, Burmish, Kachinish, and ...
- Kachwaha Rajput
- (from the article "Amer") ...urban agglomeration and is noted for its magnificent palace. The town is entirely surrounded by hills and stands at the foot of a rocky gorge. Amer was made the capital ...
- Kaczmarek, Jan A. P.
- (from the article "2004: Other Winners") ...Robert Richardson for The AviatorArt Direction: Dante Ferretti (art direction) and Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) for The AviatorOriginal Score: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek for ...
- Kaczynski, Jaroslaw, and Kaczynski, Lech
- It was not exactly a surprise when, on July 10, 2006, Lech Kaczynski, president of Poland, appointed his twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, as prime minister. When the brothers' Law and ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kaczynski, Jaroslaw, and Kaczynski, Lech
- It was not exactly a surprise when, on July 10, 2006, Lech Kaczynski, president of Poland, appointed his twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, as prime minister. When the brothers' Law and ...
- Kaczynski, Lech
- politician who served as president of Poland (2005- ). [5 Related Articles]
- Kada Azumamaro
- (from the article "Fukko Shinto") Kada Azumamaro (1669-1736) was a pioneer in the Fukko Shinto movement. Kamo Mabuchi (1697-1769) rejected both the Buddhist- and Confucian-centred interpretations of Shinto and stressed a morality of pure simplicity ...
- Kadalie, Clements
- (from the article "Southern Africa") ...of recognition, and police harassment; strikes were illegal and often were put down with violence. Nevertheless, the period 1918-22 saw a great deal of working-class militancy, and in 1920 Clements ...
- Kadam, Mount
- (from the article "Uganda") The northeastern border of the plateau is defined by a string of volcanic mountains that include Mounts Morungole, Moroto, and Kadam, all of which exceed 9,000 feet (2,750 metres) in ...
- Kadamba Family
- minor dynastic power that held sway in an area to the northwest of Mysore city on the Indian subcontinent between the 4th and 6th century AD.
- Kadar
- small tribe of southern India residing along the hilly border between Cochin in the state of Kerala and Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu.
- Kadar, Jan
- motion-picture director who was important in the "New Wave" of Czechoslovak cinema of the early 1960s. [2 Related Articles]
- Kadar, Janos
- premier of Hungary (1956-58, 1961-65) and first secretary (1956-88) of Hungary's Communist Party who played a key role in Hungary's transition from the 1956 anti-Soviet government of Imre Nagy to ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kadare, Ismail
- Albanian novelist and poet whose work, which explores his country's history and culture, has gained an international readership. [2 Related Articles]
- Kadashman-Enlil I
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...in Uruk (Erech) around 1420. A new capital west of Baghdad, Dur Kurigalzu, competing with Babylon, was founded and named after Kurigalzu I (c. 1400-c. 1375). His successors Kadashman-Enlil I ...
- Kadavu Island
- island of Fiji, in the South Pacific, 50 miles (80 km) south of Viti Levu, across the Kadavu (Kandavu) Passage. It was visited by the British naval captain William Bligh ...
- Kadazan
- term embracing a number of peoples that together constitute the largest indigenous ethnic group in the state of Sabah, Malaysia, on the northeastern extremity of the island of Borneo. The ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kaddish
- in Judaism, a doxology (hymn of praise to God) that is usually recited in Aramaic at the end of principal sections of all synagogue services. The nucleus of the prayer ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kaden-Bandrowski, Juliusz
- Polish sociopolitical novelist and lyrical short-story writer whose experimental works savagely satirized Polish society after World War I. [1 Related Articles]
- Kades, Charles Louis
- U.S. lawyer who, as a lieutenant colonel under Gen. Douglas MacArthur during World War II, oversaw the drafting of Japan's postwar constitution (adopted May 3, 1947), in which the quasi-divine ...
- Kadesh
- ancient city on the Orontes (Al-'Asi) River in western Syria. The site is located about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Hims. It was the site of two battles in ... [6 Related Articles]
- Kadesh, Battle of
- (1275 BC), major battle between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis, in Syria, southwest of Hims, on the Orontes River. Seeking to recapture the Hittite-held city ... [7 Related Articles]
- Kadet
- a Russian political party advocating a radical change in Russian government toward a constitutional monarchy like Great Britain's. It was founded in October 1905 by the Union of Liberation and ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kadima
- (from the article "Israel") In Israel's national elections held on March 28, Olmert's newly established Kadima Party won. In what was dubbed the "big bang" in Israeli politics, his predecessor, Ariel Sharon, had broken ...
- Kadiri
- Hinduized kingdom in eastern Java, established about the 11th century. Little is known of the kingdom. According to the Pararaton ("Book of Kings"), a mighty king of eastern Java, Airlangga, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kado
- (from the article "Chad") ...various invasions. On the plains surrounding the Hadjeray are the Bulala, Kuka, and the Midogo, who are sedentary peoples. In the eastern region of Ouaddai live the Maba, among whom ...
- Kadoma
- city, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan, bordering Osaka city. The city is located on the left bank of the Yodo River and is known for ...
- Kadoma
- town, central Zimbabwe. Named for nearby Kadoma (Gatooma) Hill, it was constituted a village in 1907 and received municipal status in 1917. Located in a fertile area and on the ...
- Kadoorie, Lawrence Kadoorie
- BARON, Hong Kong industrialist (b. June 2, 1899, Hong Kong--d. Aug. 25, 1993, Hong Kong), was one of the colony's last great taipans (businessmen of enormous power and influence) and ...
- Kadoya Shichirobei
- Japanese trader who became a leader in the overseas Japanese community of Annam (modern Vietnam). Kadoya left Japan for Annam in 1631 and settled in a Japanese community near Tourane ...
- Kadsura
- (from the article "Illiciales") The family Schisandraceae contains two genera: Schisandra with 25 species and Kadsura with 22 species of climbing vines with separate male and female flowers that are often found on separate ...
- Kadsura japonica
- (from the article "Illiciales") ...A few species are occasionally cultivated as ornamentals-for example, the magnolia vine (Schisandra chinensis), for its fragrant white or pink flowers and attractive fruits, and Kadsura japonica, for its clusters ...
- Kadu languages
- group of related languages spoken along the western and southern edge of the Nuba Hills in The Sudan. These languages were formerly classified as part of the Kordofanian group within ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kaduna
- state, north-central Nigeria. Its area includes the traditional emirate of Zaria and Jemaa town. Kaduna was substantially reduced in size when its northern half became Katsina state in 1987. Kaduna ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kaduna
- town, capital of Kaduna state, north-central Nigeria. It lies along the Kaduna River, which is a major tributary of the Niger River. Sir Frederick (later Lord) Lugard, the first British ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kaduna River
- main tributary of the Niger River, in central Nigeria. It rises on the Jos Plateau 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Jos town near Vom and flows in a northwesterly ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kaduqli
- town, south-central Sudan. It is situated 149 miles (240 km) south of al-Ubayyid, at the northern edge of the White Nile plain. Kaduqli came under Egyptian rule in the early ...
- Kaduri, Yitzhak
- Israeli rabbi (b. probably 1898, Ottoman Empire [now Iraq]-d. Jan. 28, 2006, Jerusalem, Israel), was a Kabbalist rabbi and a scholar of Jewish mysticism who rose from obscurity to become ...
- Kadyrbekov, Ishenbay
- (from the article "Kyrgyzstan") Area: 198,500 sq km (76,641 sq mi) | Population (2005 est.): 5,146,000 | Capital: Bishkek | Head of state: Presidents Askar Akayev (de jure to April 11; actually deposed March ...
- Kadyrov, Ramzan
- (from the article "Russia") The level of violence in Chechnya continued to decline, which indicated a substantial weakening of the rebel forces. In April Ramzan Kadyrov was sworn in as the republic's president. Kadyrov's ...
- Kaedi
- town, southern Mauritania. It lies along the right bank of the Senegal River where it is joined by the Gorgol River. The banks of these streams and other tributaries are ...
- Kael, Pauline
- prominent American film critic of the second half of the 20th century. [1 Related Articles]
- Kaema Highlands
- tableland, northern North Korea. Called the roof of the Korean Peninsula, the Kaema Highlands are bounded on the north by Paektu Mountain (9,003 feet [2,744 m]), on the west by ... [1 Related Articles]
- kaeriten mark
- (from the article "punctuation") In Japan a complicated system of kaeriten and kunten marks was used from the 8th century onward to clarify the meaning and grammatical construction of texts in Chinese. As a ...
- Kaesong
- city, southwestern North Korea. It lies just south of the 38th parallel and northwest of Seoul, South Korea. One of the oldest cities of Korea, Kaesong was the capital of ...
- Kaesong Industrial Complex
- (from the article "Korea, Republic of") ...but the North was still able to secure billions of dollars in economic assistance. The summit underscored the fact that North-South economic cooperation had skyrocketed in recent years. In the ...
- Kafando, Marcel
- (from the article "Burkina Faso") Citing lack of evidence, on July 19, 2006, prosecutors in Burkina Faso dropped all charges against Marcel Kafando, former head of the Presidential Guard, for the 1998 murder of journalist ...
- Kaffeklubben Island
- island and one of the world's northernmost points of land, in the Arctic Ocean, 37 km (20 nautical miles) east of Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland. Kaffeklubben (Danish: "Coffee Club") was ...
- kaffiyeh
- (from the article "dress") The characteristic masculine Arab headdress has been the kaffiyeh. It is still worn today, although it may now accompany a business suit. Basically, the
- Kaffraria
- (from Arabic kafir, "infidel"), the territories along the southeast coast of Africa that were colonized by the Portuguese and British. The term referred more specifically in the 19th century to ...
- kafir
- (from the article "Islam") ...messengers of God have, throughout history, been calling man back to God. Yet not all men have accepted the truth; many of them have rejected it and become disbelievers (
- Kafirnigan River
- (from the article "Tajikistan") The dense river network that drains the republic includes two large swift rivers, the upper courses of the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, together with their tributaries, notably the ...
- Kafka, Franz
- German-language writer of visionary fiction, whose posthumously published novels-especially Der Prozess (1925; The Trial) and Das Schloss (1926; [13 Related Articles]
- Kafr al-Shaykh
- town, capital of Kafr al-Shaykh muhafazah (governorate) of the central Nile River delta, Lower Egypt, bordering the Mediterranean. The town is situated in a fertile plain about ...
- Kafr al-Shaykh
- muhafazah (governorate) in the central Nile delta, Lower Egypt, with the Rosetta Branch of the river to the west and ad-Daqahliyah governorate to the east. It was ...
- Kafuan tool complex
- (from the article "Stone Age") In Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, very simple types of pebble tools, roughly chipped to an edge on one side only, occur in deposits of Lower Pleistocene age. This development, known ...
- Kafue
- town, south-central Zambia, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Lusaka, the national capital. The town is located on the northern bank of the Kafue River, whose water is diverted ...
- Kafue Flats
- (from the article "Zambia") ...River drains the Lukanga Swamp and Kafue Flats before an abrupt descent to the Zambezi. The Luangwa River, mostly confined within its rift trough, is quite different. The Bangweulu Swamps ...
- Kafue National Park
- park, south-central Zambia. Established in 1950 and located about 200 miles (322 km) west of Lusaka, the park covers an area of 8,650 square miles (22,400 square km) and consists ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kafue River
- river rising on the Congo (Kinshasa)-Zambia border. It meanders generally southward until it turns west near the Lukanga Swamp (which it drains). The river then flows south and finally east ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kafur, Abu al-Misk
- Ethiopian slave who, as vizier under the Ikshidid dynasty, was de facto ruler of Egypt from 946 to 966 and de jure ruler from then until his death. [3 Related Articles]
- Kafur, Malik
- (from the article "India") ...supremacy and in the collection of huge amounts of tribute and booty, which were used to finance his centralizing activities in the north. 'Ala' al-Din's lieutenant Malik Kafur again subdued ...
- Kaga
- city, Ishikawa ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Daishoji River. The city was created in 1958 by the amalgamation of the city of Daishoji with several towns, including ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kagame, Alexis
- Rwandan poet, historian, and Roman Catholic priest, who introduced the written art, both in his own language, Kinyarwanda, and in French, to his country.
- Kagame, Paul
- Rwandan military leader and politician, who, as leader of the Rwandan Patriot Front, defeated Hutu extremist forces to end the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In 2000 he became president of Rwanda. [7 Related Articles]
- Kagamigahara
- city, Gifu ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, east of Gifu city. Upon the Meiji Restoration in 1868, an army base was established in the city. It was taken over by the ...
- Kagan Valley
- (from the article "Mansehra") The surrounding region extends northwest from the Siran River valley to encompass the scenic Kagan (Kaghan) Valley, formed by the Kunhar River. Kagan Valley, a growing tourist area, is 96 ...
- Kaganovich, Lazar Moiseyevich
- Soviet Communist Party leader and supporter of Joseph Stalin. [2 Related Articles]
- Kagawa
- smallest ken (prefecture) of Shikoku, Japan, facing the Inland Sea opposite Okayama prefecture, Honshu. Its area of 727 square miles (1,883 square km) includes Shodo and other offshore islands. The ...
- Kagawa Kageki
- Japanese poet and literary scholar of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1867) who founded the Keien school of poetry.
- Kagawa Toyohiko
- Christian social reformer, author, and leader in Japanese labour and democratic movements who focused attention upon the poor of Japan.
- kagba
- (from the article "art, African") ...Among the Naffara group of the Senufo, masks of similar form but with an interior cavity too small for a human head are carried on the top corner of a ...
- Kagel, Mauricio Raul
- Argentine-born avant-garde composer incorporated sound effects-both artificial ones and those using the human voice-into complex provocative musical compositions such as Anagrama (1957-58), with sound effects created by soloists, a speaking ...
- Kagera River
- most remote headstream of the Nile River and largest tributary of Lake Victoria, rising in Burundi near the northern tip of Lake Tanganyika. It is formed at the confluence of ... [6 Related Articles]
- Kagera River basin
- (from the article "Kagera River") The Kagera River basin, mountainous and dotted with lakes and swamps, lies chiefly in Rwanda and includes Akagera National Park. The river's longest tributary is the Lukarara, the southernmost the ...
- Kaggwa, Saint Andrew
- (from the article "Uganda, Martyrs of") Mwanga continued his persecution, destroying Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries alike. Subsequent victims included Saints Matthias Mulumba, assistant judge to a provincial chief; Andrew Kaggwa, chief of Kigowa; and Noe ...
- kagok
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") Vocal music is another important side of the Korean tradition. One of the longest and rarest older forms is the kagok, which consists of 26 five-line solo ...
- Kagoshima
- city and ken (prefecture), southernmost Kyushu, Japan, including the island groups of Osumi, Tokara, and Amami. It occupies an area of 3,539 square miles (9,167 square km). Its southern coast ...
- Kagoshima
- (from the article "Kagoshima") ...on processed foodstuffs, woodworking, and traditional handicrafts. The custom of not washing a man's clothes at the same time as a woman's has persisted since feudal times in some of ...
- Kagoshima dialect
- (from the article "Japanese language") ...valleys as well as by small isolated islands, has fostered the development of various dialects throughout the archipelago. Different dialects are often mutually unintelligible; the speakers of the Kagoshima dialect ...
- kagu
- (Rhynochetus jubatus), nearly extinct and virtually flightless bird of New Caledonia, sole member of the family Rhynochetidae (order Gruiformes). About 55 cm (22 inches) long, it is a chunky bird ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kagu-hana
- (from the article "Jigoku") ...of the dead by two disembodied heads, which rest on pillars on either side of him. The female head, Miru-me, has the power of perceiving the sinner's most secret faults, ...
- Kaguerian-Kamasian Interpluvial
- (from the article "Africa") ...Series and are recognized in Africa in Ethiopia and Kenya. These levels date to approximately three to four million years ago and contain fossils of the genus Australopithecus. The Kaguerian-Kamasian ...
- kagura
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...emperor. Thus, special Shinto music was devised for use in Imperial shrines, a tradition already familiar from the discussion of China and Korea. In Japan such Shinto music is called ...
- Kagutsuchi
- (from the article "Izanagi and Izanami") ...to a ritual error on the part of Izanami, who as a woman should never have spoken first, they began again and produced numerous islands and deities. In the act ...
- Kaguya
- (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...first of the new wave of lunar exploration started on September 13 with the Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency's launching SELENE, the Selenological and Engineering Explorer (also known as Kaguya). ...
- Kagwa, Sir Apolo
- katikiro (prime minister) of Buganda (1890-1926) and the leading figure in the semiautonomous development of the Ganda (Baganda) people under British authority.
- Kahal, Irving
- (from the article "Fain, Sammy") ...Mills in 1925 and in the late 1920s appeared in a vaudeville act with Artie Dunn entitled "Fain and Dunn." Fain achieved his first success as a songwriter after teaming ...
- Kahana-Carmon, Amalia
- Israeli author of novels, novellas, short stories, and essays, whose modern style influenced subsequent generations of Israeli writers. [1 Related Articles]
- Kahanamoku, Duke Paoa
- Hawaiian surfer and swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals for the United States and who for several years was considered the greatest freestyle swimmer in the world. He was ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kahane, Meir
- American-born Israeli political extremist and rabbi who campaigned for self-protection of Jews.
- Kahf, Al-
- (from the article "Arabic literature") ...is often illustrated with a variety of homiletic narratives. The most famous is the story of Joseph, in the middle of which he, while imprisoned, delivers a sermon on the ...
- kahikatea
- (from the article "yellowwood") ...important members of the genus include the brown pine, plum pine, or yellow pine (Podocarpus elatus) of southeastern Australia; the black pine, or matai (P. spicatus), the kahikatea, or white ...
- kahin
- (from the article "prophecy") Pre-Islamic prophecy in Arabia was no different in character from other Semitic prophecy. Pre-Islamic terms for prophet are 'arraf and kahin ("seer," cognate to Hebrew kohen, "priest"). The kahin could ...
- Kahin, Dahir Riyale
- (from the article "Somalia") ...stability, and constitutional democracy (all three levels of Somaliland's government were elected) were met with growing acknowledgment from the international community. In June, Somaliland Pres. Dahir Riyale Kahin paid official ...
- Kahinah
- (from the article "North Africa") ...was dispatched from Egypt in 693. It faced stiff resistance in the eastern Aures Mountains from the Jawara Berbers, who were commanded by a woman whom the Arabs referred to ...
- Kahle, Paul
- (from the article "biblical literature") ...revised according to the Masora and early prints with variant readings from manuscripts and ancient versions. It was soon displaced by the Biblica Hebraica (1906, 1912) by Rudolf Kittel and ...
- Kahlen Mountain
- (from the article "Vienna") Vienna reaches across the Danube on one side and climbs into the Vienna Woods on the other. There it includes the 1,585-foot (483-metre) Kahlen Mountain (Kahlenberg) and the 1,778-foot (542-metre) ...
- Kahlenberg, Battle of
- (from the article "John III Sobieski") ...he had the highest rank of all military leaders gathered to relieve Vienna, he took command of the entire relief force (about 75,000 men) and achieved a brilliant victory over ...
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