in the New Testament (Matt. 26:17-29; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-38; I Cor. 11:23-25), the final meal shared by Jesus and his disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem, the occasion ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Argentina") ...Anticommunist Alliance (AAA, or Triple A), which had the discreet support of Peron himself. In July Campora resigned, and new elections were presided over by another interim president, Raul Lastiri, ...
Dutch painter of biblical and mythological scenes in antique landscapes who had a strong influence on the young Rembrandt, who worked in his Amsterdam studio in 1624. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "1965: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Frederic Raphael for DarlingAdapted Screenplay: Robert Bolt for Doctor ZhivagoCinematography, Black-and-White: Ernest Laszlo for Ship of FoolsCinematography, Color: Freddie Young for Doctor ZhivagoArt Direction, Black-and-White: Robert Clatworthy for ...
naturalized British painter who gained international fame for his portraits of eminent men. Among his best known subjects were King Edward VII, Kaiser Wilhelm II, U.S. Presidents Theodore R. Roosevelt ...
North Arabian goddess of pre-Islamic times to whom a stone cube at at-Ta'if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of her cult. Two other North Arabian goddesses, Manat (Fate) ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "India") ...The Eastern Calukyas, who had managed to avoid involvement in the conflict, survived longer and came into conflict with the Rashtrakutas. Another branch of the Calukyas established itself at Lata ...
city, north-central Ecuador, in an Andean basin on the upper Patate River at an elevation of 9,055 ft (2,760 m). Latacunga lies 20 mi (32 km) southwest of the active ...
(from the article "Latakia") Latakia governorate embraces Syria's fertile Mediterranean coastal area. It is an important agricultural region, producing abundant crops of tobacco, cotton, cereal grains, and fruits. Area governorate, 887 square miles (2,297 ...
city and muhafazah (governorate), northwestern Syria. The city, capital of the governorate, is situated on the low-lying Ra's Ziyarah promontory that projects into the Mediterranean Sea. It was known to ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "textile") The latch needle is composed of a curved hook, a latch, or tumbler, that swings on a rivet just below the hook, and the stem, or butt. It is sometimes ...
(from the article "Western sculpture") A late-antique class of red-gloss pottery, known as late A ware, with scenes in relief from Greek mythology and from Roman spectacles, was manufactured in a southern Mediterranean area, probably ...
(from the article "pregnancy") ...or membranes, with or without an abortus, before the 20th week (before 134 days) of gestation. Early abortion is an abortion that occurs before the 12th completed week of gestation ...
(from the article "Stone Age") ...The Early Anyathian is characterized by single-edged core implements made on natural fragments of fossil wood and silicified tuff, and these are associated with crude flake implements. In the Late ...
(from the article "Chinese languages") ...Chinese is the language of some of the earliest writings of the Confucian school. Important linguistic changes that had occurred between the Early and Middle phases became still more pronounced ...
(from the article "Precambrian time") The late Archean (Neoarchean Era) was an important interval of time because it marks the beginning of the major changeover from Archean to Proterozoic types of crustal growth. The formation ...
(from the article "painting, Western") Symptomatic of the changing status of the papacy during the 17th century was the fact that the Thirty Years' War was ended by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 without ...
disease of potato and tomato plants that is caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans. The disease occurs in humid regions with temperature ranges of between 40° and 80° F (4° ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Europe, history of") ...Common Market. On this basis a general chronological framework has been developed that, using the changes in burial rites and metal assemblages, divides the Bronze Age into either Early, Middle, ...
(from the article "Turkic languages") A later period includes Middle and Late Ottoman, Azerbaijani, Late Chagatai, and others. Ottoman is the leading language, with a rich literature comprising a variety of forms and styles. Azerbaijani ...
(from the article "Mexico") ...During the Early Classic subperiod (AD 300-600), Tikal, Uaxactun (both in present-day Guatemala), and Copan (Honduras) all produced remarkable art and architecture. In the Late Classic subperiod, between AD 600 ...
(from the article "Western architecture") With growth now concentrated in outlying areas, there was understandably less temple building in mainland Greece in this period than there had been in the 5th century, but the Doric ...
(from the article "Australia") ...Shelf. Rifting between Australia and Antarctica started in the Late Jurassic and culminated with the separation of the continents and the beginning of (very slow) seafloor spreading in the Late ...
(from the article "Devonian Period") Rivaling the ammonites in most parts of the Devonian and useful for defining the divisions of the system are the conodonts. The Late Devonian was characterized by a spectacular evolutionary ...
(from the article "Mesoamerican civilization") In the subsequent Late Formative and Classic periods, lasting until about AD 700-900, the well-known Maya, Zapotec, Totonac, and Teotihuacan civilizations developed distinctive variations on their shared Olmec heritage. The ...
(from the article "Gothic art") In France the Rayonnant style evolved about 1280 into an even more decorative phase called the Flamboyant style, which lasted until about 1500. In England a development known as the ...
(from the article "Europe, history of") ...and other ornaments. The complexity of the structural buildup in the landscape surrounding these hill forts is amazing. Many of the sites had several phases of occupation but, as with ...
(from the article "meteor and meteoroid") ...formation was winding down, the asteroid-size planetesimals that were left over were being swept up by the new planets. The intensity of the bombardment during this period, often referred to ...
(from the article "arts, East Asian") In the Late Jomon (2500-1000 BC) colder temperatures and increased rainfall forced migration from the central mountains to the eastern coastal areas of Honshu. There is evidence of even greater ...
(from the article "Australia") ...over the area of rifting that became the western and northwestern margins of Australia as Gondwanaland was breaking up and seafloor spreading was beginning in the northwest during the Late ...
(from the article "Middle English language") ...and the borrowing of large numbers of Anglo-Norman words; the period was especially marked by the rise of the London dialect, in the hands of such writers as John Gower ...
(from the article "Minoan civilization") ...from the mainland. They established a new order on Crete, with centres at Knossos and Phaistos. Following the conquest, the island experienced a wonderful fusion of Cretan and mainland skills. ...
(from the article "Nazca") ...or angular. Early Nazca pottery tends to be confined to either open bowl forms or double-spouted jars with flat bridge handles, and the painted designs are relatively uncomplicated and bold; ...
(from the article "Japanese language") ...its Old Japanese characteristics and acquired those of the modern language. It is common, however, to divide the 1,200-year history into four or five periods; Old Japanese (up to the ...
(from the article "rodent") As documented by fossils, the evolutionary history of rodents extends back 56 million years to the Late Paleocene Epoch in North America. Those species, however, are considered to have originated ...
(from the article "Egypt, ancient") Assyria, unable to maintain a large force in Egypt, supported several delta vassal princes, including the powerful Psamtik I of Sais. But the Assyrians faced serious problems closer to home, ...
(from the article "Permian Period") ...lowstand near the base of the Middle Permian (Guadalupian) Epoch, and four long lowstands within and at the top of the Middle Permian Epoch. Lowstands are also recorded at various ...
(from the article "therapeutics") ...a scab. In the proliferative phase, the fibroblasts produce collagen that increases wound strength, new epithelial cells cover the wound area, and capillaries join to form new blood vessels. In ...
(from the article "harvest mouse") ...some investigators recognize only one species of Micromys, others speculate that additional species exist. Fossils of six extinct Eurasian species date back as far as the Late Pliocene Epoch (3.6 ...
(from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") There is ample evidence of human occupation by 3500 BC, at which time there was already considerable diversity along the Pacific. In the central and northern coastal areas lived people ...
(from the article "Precambrian time") During the late Proterozoic (Neoproterozoic Era), some orogenic belts, like the Pan-African belts of Saudi Arabia and East Africa, continued to develop. The intense crustal growth and the many orogenic ...
(from the article "Ur") ...the Chalcolithic phase of culture. There is evidence that their occupation was ended by a flood, formerly thought to be the one described in Genesis. From the succeeding "Jamdat Nasr" ...
(from the article "Western architecture") Mannerism is the term applied to certain aspects of artistic style, mainly Italian, in the period between the High Renaissance of the early 16th century and the beginnings of Baroque ...
(from the article "China") ...of the Erligang type form a complex that duplicates on a smaller scale Zhengzhou. A transitional period spanning the gap between the Late Erligang phase of Middle Shang and the ...
(from the article "Life Sciences") One of the most significant events in paleontology in 2007 was a report of the discovery in New Mexico of a grouping of fauna from the Late Triassic Period (228 ...
triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation. The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail. The triangular sail ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "human behaviour") ...from three through six years, the child's attention is attracted to sensations from the genitals, and Freud called this stage the phallic stage. The half dozen years before puberty are ...
(from the article "dream") ...the previous day (day residues), and associated infantile memories. The specific dream details were called their manifest content; the presumably repressed wishes being expressed were called the latent content. Freud ...
(from the article "fingerprint") Latent fingerprinting involves locating, preserving, and identifying impressions left by a culprit in the course of committing a crime. In latent fingerprints, the ridge structure is reproduced not in ink ...
characteristic amount of energy absorbed or released by a substance during a change in its physical state that occurs without changing its temperature. The latent heat associated with melting a ... [6 Related Articles]
in photography, the invisible configuration of silver halide crystals on a piece of film after exposure to image-bearing focussed light; it is distinguishable from unexposed silver halide only by its ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "animal behaviour") Latent learning is the association of indifferent stimuli or situations with one another without reward. The phenomenon is clearly exemplified in exploratory behaviour. Animals finding themselves in unfamiliar environments or ...
(from the article "Deccan") ...(4th-2nd century BC) and Gupta (4th-6th century AD) dynasties, to fight over it. From the 6th to the 13th century, the Calukya, Rastrakuta, Later Calukya, Hoysala, and Yadava families successively ...
(from the article "China") ...was identified by a coloured flag that was yellow, white, blue, or red, either plain or with a border design. Originally there were four, then eight, Manchu banners; new banners ...
(from the article "China") The Han house was restored by Liu Xiu, better known as Guangwudi, who reigned from AD 25 to 57. His claim had been contested by another member of the Liu ...
(from the article "Five Dynasties") ...China and carried him into captivity, thus ending the 10-year Hou Jin dynasty. The following year a former Hou Jin general who also bore the name of Gaozu (personal name ...
(from the article "Five Dynasties") ...was finally terminated when one of its generals, Gaozu (personal name Shi Jingtang), overthrew his master with the aid of the Khitan, a seminomadic people of Inner Asia, and Gaozu ...
(from the article "Korea, history of") Largely as a result of these trends, two provincial leaders, Kyonhwon and Kungye, established, respectively, the Later Paekche (892) and Later Koguryo (also called Majin or T'aebong; 901) kingdoms. Together ...
(1428-1788), the greatest and longest lasting dynasty of traditional Vietnam. Its predecessor, the Earlier Le, was founded by Le Hoan and lasted from 980 to 1009. [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "China") By the late 580s Wendi's state was stable and secure enough for him to take the final step toward reunifying the whole country. In 587 he dethroned the emperor of ...
(from the article "Five Dynasties") The first of the five dynasties was the Hou (Later) Liang, which was established by the rebel leader Zhu Wen after he usurped the Tang throne in 907. Zhu was ...
(1009-1225), first of the three great dynasties of Vietnam. The kingdom, known later as Dai Viet, was established by Ly Thai To in the Red River Delta area of present ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Korea, history of") Largely as a result of these trends, two provincial leaders, Kyonhwon and Kungye, established, respectively, the Later Paekche (892) and Later Koguryo (also called Majin or T'aebong; 901) kingdoms. Together ...
(from the article "Aegean civilizations") Various disasters occurred in Crete about the turn of the 18th and 17th centuries BC. The palaces at Knossos and Mallia were damaged, while that at Phaistos and a building ...
(from the article "China") ...in China, mainly in the south: the Wu (902-937), the Nan (Southern) Tang (937-975/976), the Nan Ping (924-963), the Chu (927-951), the Qian (Former) Shu (907-925), the Hou (Later) Shu ...
(from the article "Five Dynasties") ...Wen after he usurped the Tang throne in 907. Zhu was murdered by his own son in 912, and the Hou Liang was overthrown by one of its generals, Zhuangzong ...
(from the article "Korea, history of") ...and Kungye, established, respectively, the Later Paekche (892) and Later Koguryo (also called Majin or T'aebong; 901) kingdoms. Together with Silla, they are commonly referred to as the Later Three ...
(from the article "Minamoto Yoshiie") ...Nine Years' War, however, this conflict was fought without any commission from the court and was evidence of the Minamotos' growing independence. These later battles are collectively known as the ...
(from the article "India") The principal literary sources from this period are the Sama-, the Yajur-, and the Atharvaveda (mainly ritual texts), the Brahmanas (manuals on ritual), and the Upanishads (Upanisads) and Aranyakas (collections ...
(from the article "Five Dynasties") ...name Liu Zhiyuan) founded the Hou (Later) Han dynasty and pushed the Khitan back into Inner Asia. But this regime lasted only four years before still another general usurped the ...
in phonetics, a consonant sound produced by raising the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth so that the airstream flows past one or both sides of ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "irrigation and drainage") The smallest component of the subsurface system, the lateral, primarily removes water from the soil. The laterals may be arranged in either a uniform or a random pattern. The choice ...
(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 ...
(from the article "fontanel") ...cranial bones; they allow for molding of the fetal head during passage through the birth canal. Those at the sides of the head are irregularly shaped and located at the ...
(from the article "eye, human") In general, the lateral geniculate neuron is characterized by an accentuation of the centre-periphery arrangement, so that the two parts of the receptive field tend to cancel each other out ...
(from the article "nervous system, human") ...play key roles in transmission and in patterned reflexes. The gray matter forms three pairs of horns throughout most of the spinal cord: (1) the dorsal horns, composed of sensory ...
(from the article "muscle") ...A rectus abdominis muscle runs longitudinally along the ventral aspect of the body wall between the pectoral and pelvic girdles, and laterally this muscle is associated with the third group, ...
(from the article "ear, human") ...connection with the olivary cells of the same side. Together, these fibres form the trapezoid body. Fibres from the dorsal cochlear nucleus cross the midline to end on the cells ...
(from the article "lateral line system") ...may also be organized singly. At its simplest, rows of neuromasts appear on the surface of the skin; however, for most fishes, they lie embedded in the floor of mucus-filled ...
a system of tactile sense organs, unique to aquatic vertebrates from cyclostome fishes (lampreys and hagfish) to amphibians, that serves to detect movements and pressure changes in the surrounding water. ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "angiosperm") ...their ability to differentiate into cells of a different type under appropriate conditions. The parenchyma cells of the pericycle, then, can be considered meristematic in that they give rise to ...
(from the article "moraine") ...of glacial debris pushed forward by the leading glacial snout and dumped at the outermost edge of any given ice advance. It curves convexly down the valley and may extend ...
(from the article "nervous system, human") Nerves to shoulder and pectoral muscles include the dorsal scapular (to the rhomboid muscles), suprascapular (to supraspinatus and infraspinatus), medial and lateral pectoral (to pectoralis minor and major), long thoracic ...
(from the article "animal development") ...typical of vertebrates (seen especially in the lower fishlike forms but also in the embryos of higher vertebrates). The lateral and ventral mesoderm, which remains unsegmented, is called the lateral ...
(from the article "heel") ...joint and in front with the cuboid, another tarsal bone. Posteriorly, a roughened area, the tuber calcanei, takes much of the weight in standing. On one side of this is ...
(from the article "Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste") ...simplest microscopic organisms, or "infusorians," and rising up to the mammals. The species, however, could not be arranged in a simple series. Lamarck described them as forming "lateral ramifications" with ...
(from the article "angiosperm") ...adventitious root system. The most common type, the primary system, consists of a taproot (primary root) that grows vertically downward (positive geotropism). From the taproot are produced smaller lateral roots ...
(from the article "nervous system disease") Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and lateral sclerosis are both motor neuron diseases, progressive disorders of older people that affect neurons of the ventral horns, of the medullary motor nuclei, and ...
geological process by which ore minerals dissolved from wall rocks by percolating waters are redeposited in nearby openings. Put forth in 1847, the theory was vigorously attacked in the late ...
(from the article "ear, human") The three semicircular canals of the bony labyrinth are designated, according to their position, superior, horizontal, and posterior (Figure 3). The superior and posterior canals are in diagonal vertical planes ...
(from the article "lighthouse") ...Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Persian Gulf, and most Asian states. Region B includes the Americas, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. In both regions, the buoyage systems divide buoys into ...
in biological psychology, the development of specialized functioning in each hemisphere of the brain or in the side of the body which each controls. [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Fontana, Domenico") Fontana designed the Vatican Library (1587-90), the Acqua Felice (1587), and the present Lateran Palace, built on the ruins of the old medieval palace. He collaborated with Giacomo della Porta ...
treaty (effective June 7, 1929, to June 3, 1985) between Italy and the Vatican. It was signed by Benito Mussolini for the Italian government and by cardinal secretary of state ... [12 Related Articles]
soil layer that is rich in iron oxide and derived from a wide variety of rocks weathering under strongly oxidizing and leaching conditions. It forms in tropical and subtropical regions ... [11 Related Articles]
(from the article "arts, East Asian") Evidence from the Latest, or Final, Jomon (c. 1000-3rd century BC) suggests that inhospitable forces, whether contagious disease or climate, were at work. There was a considerable decrease in population ...
(from the article "angiosperm") ...annual, but under environmental fluctuations, such as drought, more than one can form, or none at all. Growth rings result from the difference in density between the early wood (spring ...
