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- (from the article "Himalayas") Arunachal Pradesh is the homeland of several groups-the Abor or Adi, Aka, Apa Tani, Dafla, Khampti, Khowa, Mishmi, Momba,...
- Aka Uku
- (from the article "Jukun") ...of offices, which had both a political and a religious aspect; the priesthood practiced an involved form of religion marked by diurnal and annual rounds of ritual and sacrifice. The king, called Aka Uku, was-until he became a member of northern Nigeria's house of chiefs in 1947-a typical example of ...
- Akademgorodok
- scientific research city located near Novosibirsk at the northeast corner of the Novosibirsk Reservoir, south-central Russia. Akademgorodok is home to numerous research institutes and is the seat of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is, after Moscow and St. Petersburg, the third most important research and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Akademiya Nauk Range
- ("Academy of Sciences Range"), mountain range, western Pamirs, central Tajikistan. The mountains, extending north-south, are approximately 68 miles (110 km) in length and are composed mostly of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, together with some granite. Glaciation from permanent snowcaps extends over an area of 580 square miles (1,500 square km). ... [1 Related Articles]
- akadinda
- (from the article "African music") Triple interlocking is another type, used, for instance, in Zambia in drum music and also in southern Uganda in the music of the akadinda xylophone. Here a group of three musicians plays a short pattern of equally spaced notes in parallel octaves. Three musicians sitting opposite them interlock with another ...
- Akagera National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...of the Virungas. There, among the volcanoes, lives Rwanda's main tourist attraction, the mountain gorilla. For sheer diversity of animal life, however, no other region can match the resources of the Akagera National Park. Buffalo and zebras, antelope and warthogs, chimpanzees and lions, as well as many rare species-such as ...
- Akaishi Range
- (from the article "Japanese Alps") mountains, central Honshu, Japan. The term Japanese Alps was first applied to the Hida Range in the late 19th century but now also includes the Kiso and Akaishi ranges to the south.physiography of JapanJapanThe major physiographic regions...occupied by mountains and ...
- Akaka Falls
- waterfall, Hawaii county, northeastern Hawaii island, Hawaii, U.S. A central feature of Akaka Falls State Park (65 acres [26 hectares]), it is easily reached by foot trail. The waterfall is located 14 miles (23 km) north of Hilo in a canyon 4 miles (6.5 km) inland from the village of ...
- Akakayi
- (from the article "African dance") ...richly coloured, close-fitting costumes with face masks and elaborate headpieces of embroidered cloth, which allow for a dance that accelerates into a climax of rapid, abrupt movement. The Nago and Akakayi ancestral masqueraders of the Gwari wear close-fitting head and body coverings, which permit rapid, staccato movements while dancing at ...
- Akal Takht
- (Punjabi: "Throne of the Timeless One"), the chief centre of religious authority for the Sikh community of India. The Akal Takht is located at the city of Amritsar (Punjab state), opposite the Harimandir, or Golden Temple, the principal Sikh house of worship; it is also the headquarters of the Shiromani ... [3 Related Articles]
- Akalanka
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...The Tattvarthadhigama-sutra of Umasvatis, however, is the first systematic work, and Siddhasena (7th century AD) the first great logician. Other important figures are Akalanka (8th century), Manikyanandi, Vadideva, Hemchandra (12th century), Prabhachandra (11th century), and Yasovijaya (17th century).
- Akali
- (Punjabi: "Timeless One," or "Eternal One"), a movement in Sikhism; also any member of suicide squads in the armies of the Sikhs, a religious group of India. The Akali suicide squads first appeared about 1690 when the execution of two predecessors and continuing persecution by the Mughals forced the 10th ... [2 Related Articles]
- akam
- (from the article "South Asian arts") In the Tolkappiyam and the anthologies, poems are classified by theme into akam ("interior") and puram ("exterior"), the former highly structured love poems, the latter heroic poems on war, death, personal virtues, the ferocity and glory of kings, and the poverty of poets. Both the akam and the puram had...
- Akama Shrine
- (from the article "Shimonoseki") The city's attractions include the Shimonoseki Aquarium. The Akama Shrine hosts an annual festival in April commemorating the defeat at the city site of the Taira (Heike) clan in the 12th century. Pop. (2000) 301,097; (2006 est.) 288,518.
- Akan
- ethnolinguistic grouping of peoples of the Guinea Coast who speak Akan languages (of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family). They include the speakers of the Akyem, Anyi, Asante (Ashanti), Attie, Baule, Brong, Chakosi, Fante (Fanti), and Guang languages; some scholars also consider Twi a distinct Akan language. Most Akan ... [5 Related Articles]
- Akan languages
- dialect cluster of the Nyo group within the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Its principal members are Asante (Ashanti), Fante (Fanti), Brong (Abron), and Akuapem. The Akan cluster is located primarily in southern Ghana, although many Brong speakers live in eastern Cote d'Ivoire. Altogether speakers of Akan dialects ... [3 Related Articles]
- Akan states
- historical complex of gold-producing forest states in western Africa lying between the Comoe and Volta rivers (in an area roughly corresponding to the coastal lands of the modern republics of Togo, Ghana, and, in part, Cote d'Ivoire). Their economic, political, and social systems were transformed from the 16th to the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Akaniaceae
- (from the article "Brassicales") Akaniaceae and Tropaeolaceae both have large zygomorphic flowers with eight stamens and an ovary with three compartments, with the ovules at the apex of each. Geographically and morphologically they might otherwise seem an unlikely pair.
- Akapana
- (from the article "Tiwanaku") The principal buildings of Tiwanaku include the Akapana Pyramid, a huge platform mound or stepped pyramid of earth faced with cut andesite; a rectangular enclosure known as the Kalasasaya, constructed of alternating tall stone columns and smaller rectangular blocks; and another enclosure known as the Palacio. A notable feature of ...
- Akari
- (from the article "Physical Sciences") On February 22 Japan launched the Akari (Astro-F) satellite from Uchinoura. It carried a 67-cm (26-in) near- to far-infrared telescope, and its mission was to produce an infrared map of the entire sky. For its operation the telescope needed to be cooled by liquid helium, and the spacecraft carried a ...
- Akaroa
- community, eastern South Island, New Zealand. It is situated on the shore of French Bay, inside Akaroa Harbour, which is a rocky inlet on the Banks Peninsula formed when the sea breached the erosion-enlarged crater of an ancient volcano.
- akasha
- (from the article "ajiva") in the Jainist philosophy of India, "nonliving substance," as opposed to jiva, "soul" or "living matter." Ajiva is divided into: (1) akasa, "space," (2) dharma, "that which makes motion possible," (3) adharma, "that which makes rest possible," and (4) pudgala,...dravyadravya...(eternal ...
- Akasha
- (from the article "Akashic record") ...a compendium of pictorial records, or "memories," of all events, actions, thoughts, and feelings that have occurred since the beginning of time. They are said to be imprinted on Akasha, the astral light, which is described by spiritualists as a fluid ether existing beyond the range of human senses. The ...
- Akashi
- city, Hyogo ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. The city is adjacent to Kobe on the Akashi Strait of the Inland Sea. It developed as a castle town, and many relics of the Jomon and Yayoi periods remain on the nearby hills. Artifacts of the Jomon period (4500-250 BC; a hunting and ...
- Akashi Shiganosuke
- (from the article "sumo") ...athletes make their living at this sport. A complex system of ranking leads to the designation of Yokozuna, or "grand champion." The list of men awarded this title commences with Akashi Shiganosuke, victor in 1632. Specially selected youths are brought up into the profession and fed a special protein diet, ...
- Akashi Strait Bridge
- (from the article "Awaji Island") The island is linked to Kobe by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which at the time of its opening (1998) was the world's longest suspension bridge. Another suspension bridge, Onaruto Bridge, links the opposite end of the island to Shikoku. These two road bridges are connected by an expressway that traverses ...
- Akashic record
- in occultism, a compendium of pictorial records, or "memories," of all events, actions, thoughts, and feelings that have occurred since the beginning of time. They are said to be imprinted on Akasha, the astral light, which is described by spiritualists as a fluid ether existing beyond the range of human ...
- akathisia
- (from the article "mental disorder") ...with loss of facial expression, absence of arm-swinging during walking, and a general muscular rigidity); dystonia (sudden, sustained contraction of muscle groups causing abnormal postures); akathisia (a subjective feeling of restlessness leading to an inability to keep still); and tardive dyskinesia (involuntary movements, particularly involving the lips and tongue). Most ...
- Akayev, Askar
- (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 24), Ishenbay Kadyrbekov (acting) on March 24-25, and, from March 25, Kurmanbek Bakiyev | Head of government (appointed by the ...
- Akbar
- greatest of the Mughal emperors of India (reigning 1556-1605), who extended Mughal power over most of the Indian subcontinent. In order to preserve the unity of his empire, Akbar adopted programs that won the loyalty of the non-Muslim populations of his realm. He reformed and strengthened his central administration and ... [32 Related Articles]
- Akbar period architecture
- building style that developed in India under the patronage of the Mughal emperor Akbar (reigned 1556-1605). The style is best exemplified by the fort at Agra (built 1565-74) and the magnificent city of Fatehpur Sikri (1569-74), but fine examples are also found in the gateway to the 'Arab Sara'i, Delhi ... [2 Related Articles]
- Akbia
- (from the article "African dance") ...rhythmic patterns form the basis of dance in Africa. The most basic is the continuous repetition of a simple beat at a steady tempo for the duration of a dance. This may continue for days, as in the Akbia women's funeral dance in the southern Sudan and the dances of ...
- akchang
- (from the article "Korean literature") Immediately after the founding of the Yi dynasty at the end of the 14th century and the establishment of the new capital in Seoul, a small group of poetic songs called akchang was written to celebrate the beginning of the new dynasty. In its earliest examples the form of akchang ...
- akche
- (from the article "coin") The original coinage of the Ottomans consisted of small silver coins (akche, called asper by Europeans). Gold coins were not struck before the end of the 15th century; before and after that century, foreign gold, mainly the Venetian ducat, was used. A notable Ottoman innovation was the tughra, an elaborate ...
- Akcuraoglu, Yusuf
- (from the article "Ottoman Empire") ...Its leading exponent was Ismail Bey Gasprinski (Gaspirali), who attempted to create a common Turkish language. Many Pan-Turkists migrated to Ottoman lands, especially after 1905. One of them, Yusuf Akcuraoglu, argued in Uc tarz-i siyaset (1903; "Three Kinds of Policy") that Turkism provided a better basis for the Ottoman Empire ...
- Ake
- (from the article "Ogun") ...of the roads and railways coming from Lagos and other parts of the country. Major tourist attractions are Olumo rock, which according to tradition provided refuge for early Egba settlers; the Ake, the residence of the alake (the traditional ruler of Egbaland), built in 1854 and noted for its collection ...
- Ake, Claude
- Nigerian political scientist and activist who was an expert on African politics and economics, founded and directed the Centre for Advanced Social Science, Port Harcourt, and served as a visiting professor at Yale University; in 1995 he resigned from a Shell Oil commission to protest the execution of activist Ken ...
- akeake
- (from the article "Sapindales") ...halicacabum (balloon vine), an annual from the tropics and subtropics, is grown for its small balloonlike fruits in many areas, where it sometimes escapes and becomes naturalized. Dodonaea viscosa (hopbush), a widespread tropical shrub, is cultivated in warmer areas for its colourful foliage. Akee is grown not only for its ...
- Akebia
- genus of woody vines comprising two species native to Asia but introduced elsewhere for their ornamental foliage and fast growth. The genus belongs to the family Lardizabalaceae.
- Akebono
- In the ancient Japanese sport of sumo, no foreigner had ever been elevated to yokozuna (grand champion) until Hawaiian-born Chadwick Haheo Rowan, known professionally as Akebono, was promoted to that rank in January 1993. Rowan was born near Honolulu on May 8, 1969, and entered college on a basketball scholarship. ...
- Akechi Mitsuhide
- (from the article "Toyotomi Hideyoshi") ...Operating from a base at Himeji Castle in Harima province, he besieged the daimyo Mori Terumoto at Takamatsu. In 1582, Oda Nobunaga committed suicide after a revolt led by his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide; Hideyoshi immediately made peace with Mori, and then moved east to avenge Nobunaga by defeating Mitsuhide, which ...
- akee
- (Blighia sapida), tree of the soapberry family native to West Africa, widely cultivated throughout tropical and subtropical regions for its edible fruit. The tree grows about 9 metres (30 feet) tall and bears pinnate leaves and fragrant white flowers. Brought to the Caribbean area with slaves from Africa, the akee ... [1 Related Articles]
- Akeley, Carl E.
- American naturalist and explorer who developed the taxidermic method for mounting museum displays to show animals in their natural surroundings. His method of applying skin on a finely molded replica of the body of the animal gave results of unprecedented realism and elevated taxidermy from a craft to an art. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Akeley, Mary Lee Jobe
- (from the article "Akeley, Carl E.") Akeley's second wife, Mary Lee Jobe Akeley (1886-1966), was well known as an explorer and naturalist before her marriage (1924). Upon her husband's death she remained in Africa in charge of the expedition. She was named his successor as adviser to the American Museum of Natural History, at which the ...
- Akeman Street
- (from the article "Cirencester") ...Churn. Cirencester occupies the site of the Romano-British Corinium, capital city of the Dobuni tribe, at the junction of the important Roman and British roads known as Fosse Way, Ermine Street, and Akeman Street.
- Akenside, Mark
- poet and physician, best known for his poem The Pleasures of Imagination, an eclectic philosophical essay that takes as its starting point papers on the same subject written by Joseph Addison for The Spectator. Written in blank verse derived from Milton's, it was modelled (as its preface states) on the ...
- Akerblad, Johan David
- (from the article "hieroglyph") ...stone's own declaration, in the Greek portion, that the text was identical in all three cases, several significant advances were made in translation. A.I. Silvestre de Sacy, a French scholar, and J.D. Akerblad, a Swedish diplomat, succeeded in identifying a number of proper names in the demotic text. Akerblad also ...
- Akerlof, George A.
- American economist who, with A. Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 for laying the foundation for the theory of markets with asymmetric information. [1 Related Articles]
- akermanite
- (from the article "akermanite") mineral composed of dicalcium magnesium disilicate, Ca2MgSi2O7, one end-member of the melilite mineral series (see melilite).TABLEsilicate mineralsSilicate minerals
- Akers, Ronald L.
- American criminologist widely known for his social learning theory of crime. After earning a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Kentucky (1966), Akers taught at several universities before joining the faculty of the University of Florida (1980), where he served as professor of sociology and director of the Center ... [1 Related Articles]
- Akesson, Birgit
- Swedish dancer and choreographer (b. March 24, 1908, Malmo, Swed.-d. March 24, 2001, Stockholm, Swed.), sought to replace conventional expressionistic modern dance techniques with a new idiom of dance as pure nonrepresentational form. As a dancer she created stark solos that relied on slow movement and almost sculptural abstract shapes, ...
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