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Chamberlain, Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836–1914, British statesman. After a successful business career, he entered local politics and won distinction as a reforming mayor of Birmingham (1873–76). Entering Parliame...

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

(Encyclopedia)Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: see Rap music. ...

Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the

(Encyclopedia)Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the, study of the origins of the aboriginal peoples of the Americas. Archaeologists believe humans had entered and occupied much of the Americas by the end of the...

Psamtik

(Encyclopedia)Psamtik sämˈtĭk, sămˈ– [key], Lat. Psammetichus, d. 609 b.c., king of ancient Egypt, founder of the XXVI dynasty. When his father, Necho, lord of Saïs under the Assyrians, was defeated and kil...

Dice, in Greek religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia)Dice: see Horae.

Dike, in Greek religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia)Dike: see Horae.

Dione, in Greek religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia)Dione, in Greek religion and mythology, earth goddess. In some legends she is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; in others she is a Titaness, born to Uranus and Gaea. In yet another version she is th...

composition, in ancient and medieval law

(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 justify retalia...