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(Encyclopedia) rock carvings and paintings, designs inscribed on rock surfaces and huge stone monuments in many parts of the world by prehistoric or preindustrial peoples. They have been found on…
(Encyclopedia) Bunyan, JohnBunyan, Johnbŭnˈyən [key], 1628–88, English author, b. Elstow, Bedfordshire. After a brief period at the village free school, Bunyan learned the tinker's trade, which he…
(Encyclopedia) Burgoyne, JohnBurgoyne, Johnbərgoinˈ [key], 1722–92, British general and playwright. In the Seven Years War, his victory over the Spanish in storming (1762) Valencia de Alcántara in…
(Encyclopedia) Cárdenas, LázaroCárdenas, Lázaroläˈsärō [key]Cárdenas, Lázaro kärˈdānäs [key], 1895–1970, president of Mexico (1934–40). He joined the revolutionary forces in 1913 and rose to become a…
(Encyclopedia) dance [Old High Ger. danson=to drag, stretch], the art of precise, expressive, and graceful human movement, traditionally, but not necessarily, performed in accord with musical…
A strategic U.K. and U.S. airbase with a dark history by Borgna Brunner British Indian Ocean Territory, a dependency of the United Kingdom, includes Diego Garcia. Related Links Iraq…
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