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Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di
(Encyclopedia) Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte diCavour, Camillo Benso, conte dikämēlˈlō bānˈsō kônˈtā dē käv&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1810–61, Italian statesman, premier (1852–59, 1860–61) of the Kingdom…United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Encyclopedia) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: see Great Britain.Egyptian architecture
(Encyclopedia) Egyptian architecture, the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, formulated prior to 3000 b.c. and lasting through the Ptolemaic period (323–30 b.c.). Egyptian architectural…Dyer, Sir Edward
(Encyclopedia) Dyer, Sir Edward, 1543?–1607, Elizabethan poet. A friend of Sidney and Spenser, he was celebrated in his day as an elegist. His best-known poem is “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is.”Idfu
(Encyclopedia) IdfuIdfuĭdˈf&oomacr; [key] or EdfuIdfuĕdˈ– [key], town (1986 pop. 45,737), S central Egypt, on the Nile River. It is an agricultural trade center and has paper mills and a sugar…Gervase of Tilbury
(Encyclopedia) Gervase of Tilbury, fl. 1200, medieval author, b. England. He became marshal of the kingdom of Arles under Emperor Otto IV and wrote the Otia imperiala, a miscellany of legend, history…Aruboth
(Encyclopedia) ArubothArubothărˈy&oomacr;bŏth [key], in the Bible, part of Solomon's kingdom. Arubboth RSV.Sri Vijaya
(Encyclopedia) Sri Vijaya, maritime Indonesian city and kingdom. It was prominent as a trading partner with China from the 7th cent. until it was conquered by the Javanese Majapahit empire in the…Two Sicilies, kingdom of the
(Encyclopedia) Two Sicilies, kingdom of the. The name Two Sicilies was used in the Middle Ages to mean the kingdoms of Sicily and of Naples (see Sicily and Naples, kingdom of). Alfonso V of Aragón,…Campania
(Encyclopedia) Campania Campania kämpäˈnyä [key], region, 5,249 sq mi (13,595 sq km), central Italy, extending from…Trending
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