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Mogok
(Encyclopedia)Mogok mōˈgôkˌ [key], village, N central Myanmar, on the Shan Plateau. It is the centuries-old center of the Myanmarese ruby trade. ...Kazerun
(Encyclopedia)Kazerun käˌzĕro͞onˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 74,048), Fars prov., SW Iran. It is an agricultural trade center. ...Dillon, Clarence Douglas
(Encyclopedia)Dillon, Clarence Douglas dĭlˈən [key], 1909–2003, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1961–65), b. Geneva, Switzerland (of American parents). After graduation (1931) from Harvard he became a member...Huskisson, William
(Encyclopedia)Huskisson, William hŭsˈkĭsən [key], 1770–1830, British statesman. First elected to Parliament in 1796, he was secretary of the treasury (1804–5, 1807–9) but resigned with his close associate...Muhyiddin Yassin
(Encyclopedia)Muhyiddin Yassin, 1947–, Malaysian political leader, prime minister of Malaysia (2020–). A conservative Muslim and Malay nationalist, Muhyiddin has been a member of parliament (1978–82, 1995–)...Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron sĭdˈənəm [key], 1799–1841, British statesman. Entering Parliament (1826) as a Liberal with the aid of Jeremy Bentham, he became a proponent of fre...Russian American Company
(Encyclopedia)Russian American Company, colonial trading company, chartered by Czar Paul I in 1799. The charter granted the merchant-dominated company monopoly trading privileges in Russian America, which included ...Saint-Louis
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Louis săN-lwē [key], city (1988 pop. 160,689), NW Senegal, a port at the mouth of the Senegal River. The terminus of a railroad from Dakar, it is a fishing, trade, and export center for peanut...Shelekhov, Grigori Ivanovich
(Encyclopedia)Shelekhov, Grigori Ivanovich grĭgôˈrē ēväˈnəvĭch shĕˈlyĭkhəf [key], 1747–95, Russian fur trader in North America, b. Rylsk, Ukraine. He had built up a large fur business in Siberia when...shell money
(Encyclopedia)shell money, medium of exchange consisting of shells, the most widely distributed type of ancient currency. Shells are particularly useful as money because they may be strung in long strips of proport...Browse by Subject
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