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amphibious warfare

(Encyclopedia)amphibious warfare ămfĭbˈēəs [key], employment of a combination of land and sea forces to take or defend a military objective. The general strategy is very ancient and was extensively employed by...

Bukovina

(Encyclopedia)Bukovina bo͞okəvēˈnə [key], Rom. Bucovina, Ukr. Bukovyna, historic region of E Europe, in SW Ukraine and NE Romania. Traversed by the Carpathian Mts. and the upper Prut and Siretul rivers, it is ...

Kroton

(Encyclopedia)Kroton, ancient city, Italy: see Crotona. ...

Saqqara

(Encyclopedia)Saqqara, ancient necropolis, Egypt: see Sakkara. ...

Charles Mound

(Encyclopedia)Charles Mound, hill, an ancient burial mound 1,241 ft (378 m) high, NW Ill., near the Wis. line; highest point in the state.

Pars

(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

Doura

(Encyclopedia)Doura, ancient city, Syria: see Dura. ...

Helike

(Encyclopedia)Helike, city, ancient Greece: see Helice. ...

Agade

(Encyclopedia)Agade, ancient Mesopotamian city: see Akkad. ...

sacrifice

(Encyclopedia)sacrifice [Lat. sacrificare=to make holy], a type of religious offering, or gift to a superior or supreme being, in which the offering is consecrated through its destruction. The Paleolithic evidenc...