| | - Kahler Asten
- (from the article "Rothaar Hills") ...Sauerland in the Middle Rhine Highlands of southeastern North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), west-central Germany. The round-topped hills reach their highest point at the heath-covered Kahler Asten (2,759 feet [841 m]). ...
- Kahler, Martin
- (from the article "Tillich, Paul") In his search for a solution Tillich found help in the writings of the German philosopher F.W.J. von Schelling (1775-1854) and the lectures of his theology teacher Martin Kahler. Schelling's ...
- Kahlo, Frida
- Mexican painter noted for her intense, brilliantly coloured self-portraits painted in a primitivistic style. Though she denied the connection, she is often identified as a Surrealist. She was married to ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kahn test
- (from the article "Kahn, Reuben Leon") ...the mixing of an infected blood sample, beef heart muscle serum, and a quantity of cholesterol would result in a clouding of the solution. Although this reaction, which came to ...
- Kahn, Albert
- industrial architect and planner known for his designs of American automobile factories. In his time he was considered the world's foremost industrial architect and the "father of modern factory design."
- Kahn, Florence Prag
- American public official who, after winning her husband's seat in the U.S. Congress following his death, established herself as an effective representative in her own right.
- Kahn, Gustave
- French poet and literary theorist who claimed to be the inventor of vers libre ("free verse"). [2 Related Articles]
- Kahn, Herman
- American physicist, strategist, and futurist best known for his controversial studies of nuclear warfare. [2 Related Articles]
- Kahn, Louis I.
- American architect whose buildings, characterized by powerful, massive forms, made him one of the most discussed architects to emerge after World War II. [4 Related Articles]
- Kahn, Madeline
- American actress who used her babyish voice and zany character interpretation to full comedic effect in a string of Mel Brooks films, notably Blazing Saddles (1974), in which she shone ...
- Kahn, Nathaniel
- (from the article "Performing Arts") My Architect: A Son's Journey, a 2003 release, traced the search of Nathaniel Kahn to know his father, renowned architect Louis I. Kahn. Nathaniel, the director, neatly combined interview sequences ...
- Kahn, Oliver
- By his own admission, German goalkeeper and team captain Oliver Kahn made only one mistake in the 2002 World Cup finals-a fumble in the final against Brazil-and it cost Germany ...
- Kahn, Otto Hermann
- banker and patron of the arts who played an important role in reorganizing the U.S. railroad systems.
- Kahn, Reuben Leon
- American immunologist best known for his investigations of blood reactions, which led him to develop an efficient test for syphilis.
- Kahn, Robert Elliot
- American electrical engineer, one of the principal architects of the Internet. [2 Related Articles]
- Kahneman, Daniel
- Israeli-born psychologist, corecipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2002 for his integration of psychological research into economic science. His pioneering work examined human judgment and decision making under ...
- Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry
- German-born French art dealer and publisher who is best known for his early espousal of Cubism and his long, close association with Pablo Picasso. [2 Related Articles]
- Kahoolawe
- volcanic island, Maui county, Hawaii, U.S. It lies 6 miles (10 km) off the southwestern shore of Maui island, from which it is separated by the Alalakeiki Channel. It is ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kahr, Gustav, Ritter von
- (knight of ) conservative monarchist politician who served briefly as prime minister and then was virtual dictator of Bavaria during the anti-leftist reaction of the early 1920s.
- Kahramanmaras
- city, southern Turkey, at the edge of a fertile plain below Ahir Mountain, east-northeast of Adana. The city is near the southern outlet of three important passes through the Taurus ...
- Kahului
- city, Maui county, on the northern coast of Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Situated on Kahului Bay, it lies 2 miles (3 km) east of Wailuku. Beginning in the late 19th ...
- Kahun
- ancient Egyptian town, its site lying in modern Al-Fayyum muhafazah (governorate). It was erected for the overseers and workmen employed in constructing the nearby pyramid of Al-Lahun, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kai Islands
- island group of the southeastern Moluccas, lying west of the Aru Islands and southeast of Seram, in the Banda Sea. The group, which forms part of Maluku
- Kai-yuan
- (from the article "coin") ...lead, in six-grain and four-grain weights, and in token versions. Yet the ideal of the five-grain coin of Han survived until the rise of the T'ang dynasty, when the emperor ...
- Kaibara Ekiken
- philosopher, travel writer, and pioneer botanist of the early Tokugawa period (1603-1867) who set forth the Confucian doctrines in simple language that could be understood by Japanese of all classes. ...
- kaicho
- (from the article "Japan") ...Buddhism. In response to these practical desires and needs, temples conducted various ceremonies and concocted other means to increase their income. Two of the most important such ceremonies were kaicho ...
- kaidan
- (from the article "Nichiren Buddhism") ...namu Myoho renge kyo ("salutation to the Lotus Sutra"). The third mystery relates to the kaidan, or place of ordination, which is sacred and belongs to the ...
- Kaidu
- Mongol khan (reigned 1269-1301), the great-grandson of Genghis Khan, grandson of Ogodei, and a leader of the opposition to Kublai Khan's rule over the Mongol empire. Kaidu controlled Turkistan and, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kaieteur Falls
- cataract on the Potaro River, west-central Guyana. After a sheer drop of 741 feet (226 m) over the edge of a sandstone plateau, the falls have eroded a gorge, 5 ...
- Kaieteur National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...plateau, the falls have eroded a gorge, 5 miles (8 km) long, that descends another 81 feet (25 m). The falls are 300 to 350 feet (90 to 105 m) ...
- Kaieteurian Plateau
- (from the article "Guyana") Beyond the crystalline plateau, the Kaieteurian Plateau lies generally below 1,600 feet above sea level; it is the site of the spectacular Kaieteur Falls, noted for their sheer 741-foot initial ...
- Kaifeng
- city, northern Henan sheng (province), north-central China. It was the provincial capital until 1954, when the capital was transferred to Zhengzhou, about 45 miles (75 km) to ... [5 Related Articles]
- Kaifeng Jew
- member of a former religious community in Henan province, China, whose adoption of Judaism and careful observance of its precepts over many centuries has long intrigued scholars. Matteo Ricci, the ...
- Kaifu Toshiki
- politician and government offical who served as prime minister of Japan in the period 1989-91. [2 Related Articles]
- Kaifuso
- (from the article "Japanese literature") Eighteen Man'yoshu poets are represented in the collection Kaifuso (751), an anthology of poetry in Chinese composed by members of the court. These poems ...
- Kaigetsudo Ando
- also called Okazaki Genshichi early Japanese painter of Ukiyo-e, or scenes of the transient world of daily life.
- Kaiho Yusho
- major Japanese screen painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. [1 Related Articles]
- Kaihuang Code
- (from the article "China") ...had been responsible for a revision of the laws, and one of his first acts on becoming emperor was to promulgate a penal code, the New Code of 581. In ...
- Kaikei
- Japanese sculptor who helped establish the traditional pattern of Buddhist sculpture.
- Kaikoura Range
- twin mountain chains, South Island, New Zealand, paralleling the island's northeastern coast for 60 miles (100 km). The name, meaning "to eat crayfish," has its origin in Maori myth. The ...
- Kailas Range
- one of the highest and most rugged parts of the Himalayas, located in the southwestern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China. The range has a roughly northwest-southeast axis ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kailas, Mount
- (from the article "Kailas Range") ...River). In the middle of this depression lies Lake Mapam, reputed to be the highest freshwater lake in the world, 14,950 feet (4,557 metres) above sea level. To the north ...
- Kailasa
- (from the article "India") ...but less-ornate images in black stone and of Buddhist bronze icons. Central Indian craftsmen used the softer sandstone. In the peninsula the profusely sculptured rock-cut temples such as the Kailasa ...
- Kailashahar Valley
- (from the article "Tripura") Central and northern Tripura is a hilly region crossed by four major valleys-from east to west, the Dharmanagar, Kailashahar, Kamalpur, and Khowai-carved out by northward-flowing rivers (the Juri, Manu and ...
- Kailua
- (from the article "Kailua-Kona") resort area, Hawaii county, on the west-central coast of Hawaii island, Hawaii, U.S. The western coast of the island of Hawaii is known as Kona, and Kailua is its largest ...
- Kailua-Kona
- resort area, Hawaii county, on the west-central coast of Hawaii island, Hawaii, U.S. The western coast of the island of Hawaii is known as Kona, and Kailua is its largest ...
- Kailua-Lanikai
- twin residential communities, southeastern Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. Extending along Kailua Bay, they lie 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Honolulu and just south of Kaneohe. According to Hawaiian legend, ...
- Kailyard school
- late 19th-century movement in Scottish fiction characterized by a sentimental idealization of humble village life. Its name derives from the Scottish "kail-yard," a small cabbage patch usually adjacent to a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kaimur
- (from the article "Madhya Pradesh") ...the northern part of the state the land rises generally from south to north, while in the southern part it increases in elevation toward the west. Important ranges include the ...
- Kainan
- city, Wakayama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on Wakanoura Bay. It was formed in 1934 with the merger of the towns of Kuroe, Hiigata, and Uchiumi. The city has been known ...
- kainite
- a naturally occurring double salt, hydrated potassium and magnesium sulfate-chloride, KMgSO4Cl·3H2O. It has been found only in potash deposits and is the principal constituent of the large salt deposits in ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kainji Dam
- (from the article "Kainji Lake") Kainji Dam (opened in 1969), the largest of the dams on the Niger, is 215 feet (66 m) high and 1,800 feet (550 m) across and provides electrical power, improved ...
- Kainji Lake
- reservoir on the Niger River, on the border between Niger and Kebbi states, in western Nigeria. It was created in 1968 by the construction of the Kainji Dam and covers ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kainji Lake National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") Kainji Lake National Park (2,062 square miles [5,341 square km]) contains the Borgu and Zugurma game reserves and is rich in wildlife, including baboons, duikers, hippopotamuses, hyenas, kobs, roans, and ...
- Kainji languages
- (from the article "Benue-Congo languages") The 40 Kainji languages are scattered over a wide area from Lake Kainji in the northwest across to the northern part of the Jos Plateau. These languages are spoken by ...
- Kaio
- (from the article "Wrestling") ...sumo tournaments in 2004. His 35 consecutive victories to start the year constituted a record eclipsed only by the great yokozuna Futabayama, Chiyonofuji, and Taiho. Ozeki (champion) Kaio won the ...
- kaioraora
- (from the article "New Zealand literature") ...or to assist the chanter), paatere (chants by women in rebuttal of gossip or slander, asserting the performer's high lineage and threatening her detractors), kaioraora (expressions of hatred and abuse ...
- Kaipara Harbour
- inlet of the Tasman Sea indenting northwestern North Island, New Zealand. It is the largest drowned river system of the North Auckland Peninsula and was formed when the sea flooded ...
- Kaiping coal mines
- (from the article "China") ...government management to a government-supervised and merchant-managed method. Leading among the several enterprises of the second period were the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company and the Kaiping coal mines. These ...
- Kairos
- (from the article "Tillich, Paul") ...movement, whose members believed that the impending cultural breakdown was a momentous opportunity for creative social reconstruction, a time that Tillich characterized by the New Testament term kairos, signifying a ...
- Kairouan
- town located in north-central Tunisia. The town, one of the holy cities of Islam, lies on the Basse Steppe (Low Steppes), a semiarid alluvial plain southeast of the Central Tell. ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kairouan, Great Mosque of
- (from the article "minaret") ...was made from the highest roof in the vicinity of the mosque. The earliest minarets were former Greek watchtowers and the towers of Christian churches. The oldest minaret in North ...
- Kairov, Ivan Andreyevich
- Soviet educator and public education official responsible for numerous works dealing with pedagogical theory.
- Kaisariani
- (from the article "Hymettus, Mount") ...1 BC), have long since vanished, but there is beekeeping as in antiquity. An extensive reafforestation program after World War II produced some visible results. A small monastery, the Kaisariani, ...
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- (from the article "Confronting Childhood Obesity") ...to them (in 2004 food and beverage companies spent over $10 billion on marketing fattening products directly to American youngsters). The lack of calorie-burning exercise was highlighted by a 2005 ...
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
- (from the article "health maintenance organization") ...of health care plan was pioneered by the Ross-Loos Medical Group in California, U.S., in 1929. In this model, physicians are organized into a group practice, and there is one ...
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
- (from the article "Eiermann, Egon") Perhaps his most popular work is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (1956-63), a symbol of postwar Berlin. Originally, a medieval revival building constructed in the late 19th century stood on ...
- Kaiser, Georg
- leading German Expressionist dramatist. [1 Related Articles]
- Kaiser, Henry J.
- American industrialist and founder of more than 100 companies including Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel, and Kaiser Cement and Gypsum.
- Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
- (from the article "automotive industry") ...for military needs. There was also a great demand for automobiles. This situation invited several attempts by newcomers to enter the industry, but all proved unsuccessful. The most promising, Kaiser-Frazer ...
- Kaiserslautern
- city, Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies between the Haardt Mountains (Pfalzer Wald) and the Saar-Nahe-Bergland (Nordpfalzer Bergland), northeast of Saarbrucken. It is surrounded by the ...
- Kaisheim Altar
- (from the article "Holbein, Hans, The Elder") ...of Sigmund Holbein and Leonhard Beck, he painted the high altar of the Dominican monastery (Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main), initiated a new stylistic phase that includes also the Kaisheim ...
- Kaishinto
- a leading Japanese political party from its founding in 1882 by the democratic leader Okuma Shigenobu until its merger with several smaller parties in 1896. It generally represented the urban ... [3 Related Articles]
- kaishu
- in Chinese calligraphy, a stylization of chancery script developed during the period of the Three Kingdoms and Western Jin (220-316/317) that simplified the lishu script into a ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kaitaia
- town, northern North Island, New Zealand. It lies 4.5 miles (7 km) above the mouth of the Awanui River, on the North Auckland Peninsula. In 1833 W.G. Puckey of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kaitangata
- town, southeastern South Island, New Zealand. It lies 4 miles (6 km) above the mouth of the Matau, a branch of the Clutha River. First settled in 1855, it was ...
- Kaithal
- city, north-central Haryana state, northwestern India. Said to have been founded by Yudhisthira, a Pandava king in the ancient epic poem the Mahabharata, Kaithal was later a Muslim cultural centre. ...
- Kaitoku-do
- (from the article "Japan") ...their warrior-administrators in both civil and military skills. Thus, learning and culture arose in the domains, accompanied by a growth of scholarship with local colouring. Among such schools, the Kaitoku-do ...
- Kaitorete Spit
- (from the article "Ellesmere, Lake") ...several streams, principal of which is the Selwyn (entering through a delta from the north), Lake Ellesmere is brackish and is no deeper than 7 feet (2 m). It is ...
- Kaituma River
- (from the article "Guyana") ...in 1848 as South America's first rail line, was discontinued in the 1970s, ending passenger service. A remaining freight line connects the manganese mines at Matthews Ridge with Port Kaituma ...
- Kaiyuan
- city, southern Yunnan sheng (province), southwestern China. It was established in 1276 as Amizhou prefecture during the Yuan dynasty (1206-1368). In 1913 it was made a county ...
- Kaizuku Amazons
- (from the article "The Japanese Women's Volleyball Team: The Hardest Part") ...introduction of volleyball as an Olympic event. The sport enjoyed wide popularity in the host country, so expectations were high. Chosen to represent Japan was the country's best women's team, ...
- Kajanus, Robert
- Finnish conductor and composer who championed Finnish national music.
- Kaji Tsunekichi
- (from the article "enamelwork") ...family continued the trade until the late 19th century, making use, on a small scale, of both the cloisonne and champleve methods. There was no further development of importance until ...
- Kajikawa Family
- Japanese lacquerware artists whose school in Edo (now Tokyo) flourished for more than 200 years.
- Kajinek, Jiri
- (from the article "Media and Publishing") Imprisoned murderer Jiri Kajinek was paid to star in an advertising campaign by Czech pop station Kiss Radio. Some 500 billboards showed 43-year-old Kajinek wearing headphones under the slogan "Radio ...
- Kajkavian
- (from the article "Slavic languages") ...the form for 'what?'. A third main group of Serbo-Croatian dialects, spoken in northwestern Croatia, uses kaj rather than sto or ca and is therefore called Kajkavian. In all, some ...
- Kaka
- In January 2008 Brazilian-born association football (soccer) player Kaka, AC Milan's spectacular playmaking midfielder, was voted Player of the Year by the Italian players' association. It crowned an amazing year ... [1 Related Articles]
- kaka
- (from the article "kaka") New Zealand species of parrot (q.v.).kakaKaka (Nestor meridionalis).Duncan WrightKaka
- (from the article "African dance") ...between the sexes. In the Otufo initiation rites for girls among the Ga of Ghana, dance is part of their preparation for womanhood and enables them to display their talents ...
- Kaka, Moussa
- (from the article "Niger") ...most serious incident occurred on August 11, when raiders stopped a bus on the Trans-Sahara Highway, robbing its passengers and leaving three dead, one a two-year-old child. On August 12 ...
- Kakabeka Falls
- (from the article "Kaministiquia River") ...western Ontario, Can. It rises in Dog Lake and, after a crooked course of 60 miles (95 km), empties into Thunder Bay, an arm of Lake Superior. It has many ...
- Kakadu National Park
- extensive natural and cultural region in Northern Territory, Australia. The park, which covers an area of some 7,700 square miles (20,000 square km), lies in the area of the Alligator ...
- kakaki
- (from the article "African music") ...uses, some serve for signaling. In West Africa, side-blown ivory or horn instruments may transmit verbal praises of chiefs and rulers. Among the Hausa, the long metal
- Kakamega
- town, southwestern Kenya, located at an elevation of about 5,100 feet (1,550 metres). The British developed Kakamega for defensive purposes in 1903, and by 1920 it had become the district ...
- kakapo
- giant flightless nocturnal parrot (family Psittacidae) of New Zealand. With a face like an owl, a posture like a penguin, and a walk like a duck, the extraordinarily tame and ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kakaraya, Sir Pato
- (from the article "Papua New Guinea") The search for a new governor-general continued for months after the Supreme Court ruled that the elections of Sir Albert Kipalan and Sir Pato Kakaraya were null and void. Acting ...
- Kakata
- city, western Liberia, on the road from Monrovia to Gbarnga. It is the site of the Booker Washington Institute (1929; Liberia's first vocational and agricultural school), the Kakata Rural Teacher ...
- Kakatiya
- (from the article "Warangal") city, northern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It lies along the Madras-Kazipet-Delhi railway. Warangal was the ancient capital of the Kakatiyas, an Andhra dynasty that flourished in the 12th century ...
- kakegoe
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...called in both drum parts mitsuji, although they do not always play a pattern with the same name. The circles represent moments in which the drum is struck, and the ...
- kakemono
- (from the article "kakemono") in Japanese art, scroll painting intended to be hung on a wall. See scroll painting.kakemonoKakemono.Chris 73
|
|
