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Hassan II

(Encyclopedia)Hassan II häˈsän [key], 1929–99, king of Morocco (1961–99). Formerly crown prince Moulay Hassan ben Mohammed Alaoui, he ascended the throne on the death (1961) of his father, Muhammad V. A grad...

Spanish-American literature

(Encyclopedia)Spanish-American literature, the writings of both the European explorers of Spanish America and its later inhabitants. See also Spanish literature; Portuguese literature; Brazilian literature. T...

Spanish-American War

(Encyclopedia)Spanish-American War, 1898, brief conflict between Spain and the United States arising out of Spanish policies in Cuba. It was, to a large degree, brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists. ...

Spanish civil war

(Encyclopedia)Spanish civil war, 1936–39, conflict in which the conservative and traditionalist forces in Spain rose against and finally overthrew the second Spanish republic. For Germany and Italy the Span...

Gautier, Émile Félix

(Encyclopedia)Gautier, Émile Félix āmēlˈ fālēksˈ gōtyāˈ [key], 1864–1940, French geographer, an authority on Algiers, the Sahara, and the French African possessions. He explored W Madagascar (1892–94...

Bejaïa

(Encyclopedia)Bejaïa bo͞ozhēˈ [key], city, N Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Bejaïa (an arm of the Medi...

Tibesti Massif

(Encyclopedia)Tibesti Massif: see Sahara.

Hoggar

(Encyclopedia)Hoggar, mts, Africa: see Sahara.

Azbine

(Encyclopedia)Azbine, mtns, Africa: see Sahara.

Ahaggar

(Encyclopedia)Ahaggar, mountains, Africa: see Sahara. ...