Columbia Encyclopedia
Search results
500 results found
Dumfries, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Dumfries, former county, Scotland: see Dumfriesshire. ...Aberdeen, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, former county, Scotland: see Aberdeenshire. ...Kincardine, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Kincardine, former county, Scotland: see Kincardineshire. ...Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland: see Kirkcudbrightshire. ...Peebles, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Peebles, former county, Scotland: see Peeblesshire. ...Perth, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Perth, former county, Scotland: see Perthshire. ...Inverness, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Inverness, former county, Scotland: see Inverness-shire. ...Kinross, former county, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Kinross, former county, Scotland: see Kinross-shire. ...Anan ben David
(Encyclopedia)Anan ben David änänˈ [key], fl. 8th cent., Babylonian Jewish theologian, founder of the Ananites from whom the Karaites claim spiritual descent. He is said to have been a descendant of Bostanai ben...Sargon, king of Akkad
(Encyclopedia)Sargon särˈgŏn [key], king of Akkad in Mesopotamia (reigned c.2340–c.2305 b.c.). By conquest he established a great empire that included the whole of Mesopotamia and extended over Syria and Elam,...Browse by Subject
- Earth and the Environment +-
- History +-
- Literature and the Arts +-
- Medicine +-
- People +-
- Philosophy and Religion +-
- Places +-
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia and Oceania
- Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries
- Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations
- Germany, Scandinavia, and Central Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Oceans, Continents, and Polar Regions
- Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balkans
- United States, Canada, and Greenland
- Plants and Animals +-
- Science and Technology +-
- Social Sciences and the Law +-
- Sports and Everyday Life +-
