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Chalukya

(Encyclopedia) ChalukyaChalukyachäˈl&oobreve;kyə [key], several S Indian dynasties that ruled in the Deccan. They claimed descent from Pulakesin I (reigned 543–566), who established himself at…

Gaeta

(Encyclopedia) Gaeta Gaeta gäĕˈtä [key], town, in Latium, central Italy, a seaport on a high promontory in…

Ascomycota

(Encyclopedia) Ascomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Fungi.

Deuteromycota

(Encyclopedia) Deuteromycota, a phylum of the kingdom Fungi.

Basidiomycota

(Encyclopedia) Basidiomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Fungi.

Chronicles

(Encyclopedia) Chronicles, two books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon (the final book of that canon), called First and Second Chronicles in the Authorized Version, and…

Cilicia

(Encyclopedia) CiliciaCiliciasĭlĭshˈə [key], ancient region of SE Asia Minor, in present S Turkey, between the Mediterranean and the Taurus range. It included a high and barren plateau, Cilicia…

Champa

(Encyclopedia) ChampaChampachämˈpä [key], the kingdom of the Chams, which flourished in Vietnam from the 2d cent. a.d. until the 17th cent. At its greatest extent it occupied Annam as far north as…