(Encyclopedia) composition, in ancient and medieval law, a sum of money paid by a guilty party as satisfaction to the family of the person who was injured or killed. Failure to make the payment might…
GOGGIN, William Leftwich, a Representative from Virginia; born near Bunker Hill, Bedford County, Va., May 31, 1807; attended the country schools and was graduated from Tuckerâs Law School,…
(Encyclopedia) WanxianWanxianwän-shēĕn [key], city (1994 est. pop. 258,500), E Sichuan prov., China, an important port on the Chang River at the beginning of the Chang gorges. It is an administrative…
by Dana J. Quigley photos by Carol M. Highsmith No city in the U.S. is richer in historical associations than Boston, and no city has retained more of its original buildings as memorials to…
(Encyclopedia) WuhanWuhanw&oomacr;-hän [key], city (1994 est. pop. 3,519,600), capital of Hubei prov., central China, at the junction of the Han and Chang rivers. The great industrial, commercial…
(Encyclopedia) Yalong or Ya-lungYalongboth: yäˈl&oomacr;ngˈ [key], river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the Kunlun Mts., S Qinghai prov., W China, and flowing S across W Sichuan prov. to…
(Encyclopedia) George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George), 1895–1952, king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936–52), second son of George V; successor of his elder brother, Edward VIII. He…
(Encyclopedia) JialingJialingjyäˈlĭngˈ [key] or KialingKialingkyäˈlĭngˈ, jyäˈ– [key], river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in S Gansu prov., central China, and flowing S through Shaanxi and Sichuan…
(Encyclopedia) SuiSuiswā [key], dynasty of China that ruled from 581 to 618. This short-lived dynasty reunified China in 589 after 400 years of division and laid the foundation for further…
