2006 Coalition forces battle insurgents on the streets of Iraq, as secretarian violence intensifies; see Iraq Timeline 2006 for details (all year long). Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers…
(Encyclopedia) name. Personal identifying names are found in every known culture, and they often pass from one language to another. Hence the occurrence of Native American place names throughout the…
(Encyclopedia) satire, term applied to any work of literature or art whose objective is ridicule. It is more easily recognized than defined. From ancient times satirists have shared a common aim: to…
(Encyclopedia) Jewish liturgical music, the music used in the religious services of the Jews.
The Bible and the Talmud record that spontaneous music making was common among the ancient Jews on all…
(Encyclopedia) children's book illustration, any type of picture or decorative work produced for books specifically intended for a youthful audience.
During the 1960s a number of seldom-used…
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