Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Dramatica: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopædia Dramatica - Categories
Encyclopædia Dramatica has a number of categories, which users can use as navigational aids. These categories cover topics such as LiveJ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Dramatica: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopædia Dramatica - History
Encyclopædia Dramatica's history began when LiveJournal blogger and LJ Drama co-founder James Lee from Seattle, Washington, started usin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopædia Britannica - History
A product of the Scottish enlightenment, the Britannica was originally published in Edinburgh in the second-half of the 18th century. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) is the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. [1] It was e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 11th Edition Of The Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia - 11th Edition Of The Encyclopædia Britannica
The 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) is the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. [1] It was edite...   » Read the article

Article - Ancient Indian History And Culture: Knowledge Of Ancient Indian History And Culture In The Hindu Scriptures
Knowledge of Ancient Indian History and Culture: The Mahabharata contains also the immortal discourse of Bhishma on Dharma, which he gave...   » Read the article

Article - Mahabharata: The Mahabharata In The Hindu Scriptures
The Mahabharata is the history of the Pandavas and the Pandavas. It gives a description of the great war, the Battle of Kurukshetra, whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhabdomancy: Encyclopedia - Rhabdomancy
Rhabdomancy is a type of divination in which a hazel rod is used to trace the presence of minerals or metals underground. This article in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zenana: Encyclopedia - Zenana
In India, a zenana is the part of a house reserved for the women among Hindu families of good caste. Only since 1860 have Christian women...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lustrum: Encyclopedia - Lustrum
Lustrum was a sacrifice for expiation and purification offered by one of the censors of Rome in name of the Roman people at the close of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bannatyne Club: Encyclopedia - Bannatyne Club
The Bannatyne Club was founded by Sir Walter Scott to print rare works of Scottish interest, whether in history, poetry, or general liter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heptad: Encyclopedia - Heptad
A heptad is a group or a series of seven items. In chemistry, heptad is used to denote an atom that is the equivalent of seven atoms of h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shraddha: Encyclopedia - Shraddha
Shraddha are the funeral rites and funeral offerings for the dead among the Hindus. Shraddha also happens to be a popular Indian female n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compton's Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia - Compton's Encyclopedia
Compton's Encyclopedia and Fact-Index is the title of an encyclopedia published in Chicago, Illinois since the 1920s. The company was fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abergavenny: Encyclopedia - Abergavenny
This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. Abergavenny (Welsh: Abergafenn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Émile Deschamps: Encyclopedia - Émile Deschamps
Émile Deschamps (1795-1871) was a French poet. He was born at Bourges. Deschamps was one of the chiefs of the Romantic school. Émile D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zephaniah: Encyclopedia - Zephaniah
Zephaniah or Tzfanya (צְפַנְיָה "Concealed of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew Ẓəfanya, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣəp̄anyāh) is the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walstan: Encyclopedia - Walstan
Saint Walstan or Walston (d. 1016), of British birth, is the patron saint of farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches and husbandry. He gave up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cure Of Souls: Encyclopedia - Cure Of Souls
In some denominations of Christianity, the cure of souls (Latin cura animarum) is the exercise by a priest of his or her office. This typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abaddon: Encyclopedia - Abaddon
Abaddon is a Biblical Hebrew word meaning "destruction". In Biblical poetry (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11) it comes to mean "place of destruc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Æ: Encyclopedia - Æ
Ash (Æ, æ; pronounced [æʃ]) is a letter of the Latin alphabet for English. It is formed as a ligature of the letters a and e. In Mode...   » Read the article

Article - Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia (alternatively encyclopaedia) is a written compendium of knowledge. The term comes from the Greek ἐγκύκλιος π�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childebrand: Encyclopedia - Childebrand
Childebrand (678, Heristal-751) was a Frankish duke (dux), son of Pepin of Heristal and Plectrude, half-brother of Charles Martel. He mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Brain: Encyclopedia - World Brain
In 1938, aged 72, English writer H. G. Wells published a little book of essays and speeches titled World Brain. One essay titled "The Ide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess Game Collection: Encyclopedia - Chess Game Collection
The most common types of chess game collections are collected games of a single player (e.g. My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937 by Alexande...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Robertson Smith: Encyclopedia - William Robertson Smith
William Robertson Smith (8 November 1846–31 March 1894) was a Scottish philologist, physicist, archaeologist, and Biblical critic best ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Chittick: Encyclopedia - William Chittick
William C. Chittick is a renowned Islamologist. Born in Connecticut, he completed a Ph.D. in Persian literature at Tehran University in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 6: Encyclopedia - December 6
December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining. December 6 - Event...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegea: Encyclopedia - Aegea
Aegea is a back-formation from "Aegean", the sea that was named for an eponymous Aegeus in early levels of Greek mythology. The Encyclopa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic: Encyclopedia - Republic
In a broad definition, a republic is a state whose political organization rests on the principle that the citizens or electorate constitu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obelisk: Encyclopedia - Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. Ancient obelisks were made of a single piece of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanchuniathon: Encyclopedia - Sanchuniathon
Sanchuniathon or Sanchoniathon or Sanchoniatho is the purported Phoenician author of three lost works originally in Phoenician, surviving...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mountain: Encyclopedia - Mountain
A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally higher and steeper than a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antoine Court De Gebelin: Encyclopedia - Antoine Court De Gebelin
Antoine Court who named himself Antoine Court de Gébelin ( ca.1719 – May 10, 1784) was the Swiss former Protestant pastor, born at Nim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopædia Britannica - Edition History
vol. = volume, sup. = supplement 1 Supplement to the fourth, fifth, and sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. With preliminary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopædia Britannica - Current Version
Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. now owns a trademark on the word "Britannica". As of 2004, the most complete version of Encyclopædia Brita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Dramatica: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopædia Dramatica - Types Of Content
Many ED articles have ironic, sarcastic, profane, POV, and black-humor tendencies. For example, the entry on Terri Schiavo states that sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encyclopaedia Of Chess Openings: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopaedia Of Chess Openings - Main Eco Codes
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings - A. R' 1. e4, 1. d4: Irregular openings. d4 R' 1 ...d5, 1... Nf6: Atypical replies to 1.d4 d4 Nf6 2. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopædia Britannica - Cd-rom Edition And Britannica Online
In the 1980s, Microsoft approached Britannica to collaborate on a CD-ROM encyclopedia. Britannica, feeling that they had control of the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia Ii - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica - 1911 Britannica In The 21st Century
The 1911 edition is no longer restricted by copyright, and it is available in several more modern forms. While it was indeed a reliable s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 11th Edition Of The Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopedia Ii - 11th Edition Of The Encyclopædia Britannica - 1911 Britannica In The 21st Century
The 1911 edition is no longer restricted by copyright, and it is available in several more modern forms. While it was indeed a reliable s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandura: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandura - Encyclopædia Britannica
There were in antiquity at least two distinct varieties of pandura, or tanbur. The more or less pear-shaped type used in Assyria and Per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Straits Settlements: Encyclopedia Ii - Straits Settlements - From The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
The colony of the Straits Settlements is administered by the governor with the aid of an executive council, composed wholly of official m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Straits Settlements: Encyclopedia Ii - Straits Settlements - From The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
Straits Settlements - Population. The following are the area and population, with details of race distribution, of the colony of the St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earl Of Pembroke: Encyclopedia Ii - Earl Of Pembroke - History In The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
The title of earl of Pembroke has been held successively by several English families, the jurisdiction and dignity of a palatine earldom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Straits Settlements: Encyclopedia Ii - Straits Settlements - History
The establishment of the Straits Settlements followed the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, by w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King's Gambit: Encyclopedia Ii - King's Gambit - Variations
Black must decide whether or not to accept the gambit. Since White cannot easily regain the pawn if Black accepts, the King's Gambit Acce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Straits Settlements: Encyclopedia Ii - Straits Settlements - History And Government
The establishment of the Straits Settlements followed the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, by w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation - The Yugoslav Attack
Considered to be the main line that gives maximum chances for both sides is the Yugoslav Attack which continues 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation - Other Options
Other options on White's sixth move include 6.Be2 (Classical), 6.f4 (Levenfish) and 6.g3. When Black adopts the Dragon formation without ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandura: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandura - Turkish Veiw & Usage
Image:Turkish tanbur1.jpg www.kulturturizm.gov.tr This is one, and perhaps the most important, of the stringed and plucked instruments of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandura: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandura - Iranian/kurdish Veiw & Usage
Tanbour/Tanbur/Tanbor, a Lute-like instrument is the most genuine Iranian musical instrument with which half of the world are acquainted....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandura: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandura - Macedonia
The tambur is a traditional long necked string instrument with a pear-like body, made of walnut. The instrument was originally brought to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Central Europe - Between The Alps And The Baltics
According to most English-language encyclopedias, such as the Encyclopædia Britannica, the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica and the Columbi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinnabar: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinnabar - Of Note
Cinnabar is associated with the element mercury, but contrary to popular belief, is safe to handle. This article incorporates text from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classification Schemes For Indigenous Languages Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Classification Schemes For Indigenous Languages Of The Americas - North America
Classification schemes for indigenous languages of the Americas - Gallatin 1836. (Current terminology is indicated parenthetically in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classification Schemes For Indigenous Languages Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Classification Schemes For Indigenous Languages Of The Americas - Mesoamerica
(Consensus conservative classification) FAMILIES Uto-Aztecan (Other branches outside Mesoamerica. See North America) Corachol (Cora-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classification Schemes For Indigenous Languages Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Classification Schemes For Indigenous Languages Of The Americas - South America
Classification schemes for indigenous languages of the Americas - Kaufman 1990. Terrence Kaufman's classification is meant to be a rat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abaddon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abaddon - Reference
This article incorporates text from the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia. This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Encarta: Encyclopedia Ii - Encarta - History
Microsoft initiated Encarta by purchasing non-exclusive rights to the Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia, incorporating it into its first edi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elephants Of Kerala: Encyclopedia Ii - Elephants Of Kerala - Books To Read
Hasthyaayurvedam (Encyclopaedia of Elephants and Their Treatment). This book is an encyclopaedia of elephants and their treatment. The or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Transliteration: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Transliteration - Transliteration Standards
A table comparing romanizations using DIN 31635, ISO 233, ISO/R 233, UN, ALA-LC, and Encyclopaedia of Islam systems is available here: [9...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Navy - Reference
"History of the Byzantine State" by G. Ostrogorski This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saliva: Encyclopedia Ii - Saliva - Functions
The functions of saliva include moistening food so it can be swallowed easily. Also, saliva contains the enzyme amylase, also called ptya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Real Property: Encyclopedia Ii - Real Property - British Interpretation
WARNING: The following text was originally obtained from the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. While it has been modified by vari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihilartikel: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihilartikel - Related Types Of Text
In contrast to Nihilartikels, which are false information in a real encyclopedia, there are also literary encyclopedia fictions. For inst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iaoue: Encyclopedia Ii - Iaoue - The Variants ιαουε And ιαουια And ιαου Can All Be Found In Stromata V.6
In the Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition ( New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1910-11, vol. 15, pp. 312, in the Article “JE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fylfot: Encyclopedia Ii - Fylfot - In Heraldry
in modern heraldry texts the fylfot is typically shown with truncated limbs, rather like a cross potent that's had one arm of each T cut ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obelisk: Encyclopedia Ii - Obelisk - Ancient Obelisks
Obelisk - Egyptian obelisks. In 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica wrote, "The earliest TEMPLE obelisk still in position is that of Senwosr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argent: Encyclopedia Ii - Argent - Argent And White
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies argued extensively in his book The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory that, though extremely rare, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ij Letter: Encyclopedia Ii - Ij Letter - Sorting
Although dictionaries since 1850 have invariably been sorting ij between ih and ik, most encyclopaedias and all telephone directories in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Gallatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert Gallatin - Secondary Scholarly Sources
Albert Gallatin - Primary Sources. Henry Adams, editor. The Writings of Albert Gallatin (3 volumes, 1879). Gallatin, Albert. "The Land...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Verdict Of Twelve: Encyclopedia Ii - Verdict Of Twelve - The Jury
The ten men and two women who have been picked randomly to do jury service are: an unmarried middle-aged journalist; a young left-wing i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linguistic Protectionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Linguistic Protectionism - Cognate Languages
A common case is when the "weaker" and the "stronger" languages are very closely related. It is usual for the speakers of the "stronger" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagpur: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagpur - Nagpur In 1911
The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica offers a picture of Nagpur in the early part of the 20th century: The city is 1125 ft. above the sea; ...   » Read the article

Article - Encyclopedia Americana: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopedia Americana - History
The Encyclopædia Americana. A popular dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, history, politics and biography, brought down to the pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fugitive Slave Laws: Encyclopedia Ii - Fugitive Slave Laws - Sources
This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. See also Republican party ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British English: Encyclopedia Ii - British English - -ise Versus -ize
Words of the sort organize/organise and their derivatives can be spelt with either s or z in British English. The -ize forms are promoted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Small Intestine: Encyclopedia Ii - Small Intestine - Functions
In the small intestine, proteins are changed into amino acids; fats are changed into fatty acids; and carbohydrates are changed into suga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollonia City: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollonia City - Apollonia Cyrenaica
Apollonia in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slovenian Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Slovenian Alphabet - Foreign Words
There are 5 letters for vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 20 for consonants. The Western Q, W, X, Y are excluded from the pure language, as are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - S. R. Ranganathan: Encyclopedia Ii - S. R. Ranganathan - Early Career
In 1923, the University of Madras created the post of University Librarian to oversee their poorly organized collection. Among the 900 ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gravedigger: Encyclopedia Ii - Gravedigger - Notes
^  Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year article on James "Sonny Ford" Thomas, Online 15 October 2005 ^  "John Jackson." Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leleges: Encyclopedia Ii - Leleges - Leleges In Anatolia
In Homer's Iliad the Leleges are allies of the Trojans (10.429), though they do not occur in the formal catalogue of allies in Book II of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obelisk: Encyclopedia Ii - Obelisk - Ancient Obelisks
Obelisk - Egyptian obelisks. In 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica wrote, "The earliest temple obelisk still in position is that of Senwosr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nathan Söderblom: Encyclopedia Ii - Nathan Söderblom - International
At Stockholm in 1925, he organized the Universal Christian Council on Life and Work. Meanwhile, a chiefly Anglican group had formed an in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Cultural And Religious Arguments
The following article excerpted from the Encyclopaedia Britannica illustrates some elements of the cultural argument, pro and con. Encycl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dandy - Etymology
The word dandy made its first appearance in a Scottish border ballad about 1780, but probably not with its more recent meaning. It was pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Statistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Statistics - Figures
Official Bahá'í sources claimed at least 5 million [1] in 1985. More recent estimates from official sources has moved the number up abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bactria: Encyclopedia Ii - Bactria - Tokharistan
Following the settlement of the Yuezhi (described in the West as "Tocharians"), the general area of Bactria came to be called Tokharistan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athanasius Kircher: Encyclopedia Ii - Athanasius Kircher - Influence
For most of his professional life, Kircher was one of the scientific stars of the world: according to historian Paula Findlen, he was "th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abraham Ben Abraham: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Ben Abraham - Historical Evidence
Numerous encyclopaedias of Jewish history, religion and culture include an entry on Potocki, a Polish magnate and member of the Potocki f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - The Anabaptist Heritage
All those who hold the idea of a free church and freedom of religion (sometimes called separation of church and state) are greatly indebt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanchuniathon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanchuniathon - The Author
The compilers of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica warned that Sanchuniathon "belongs more to legend than to history." All our knowledge ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wendy Doniger: Encyclopedia Ii - Wendy Doniger - Background
Doniger holds two doctorates, from Harvard and Oxford, in Sanskrit and Indian Studies. From 1978, she has taught at the University of Chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The Papal Tiara: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The Papal Tiara - Papal Headgear
Popes since ancient times had worn some sort of head covering. By the 9th century it would appear that this took the form of a helmet-sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hannibal: Encyclopedia Ii - Hannibal - Place In History
Hannibal's name is commonplace in popular culture, an objective measure of his influence on Western European history. The author of the 1...   » Read the article

Article - Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopedia - Encyclopedias From The 18th To Early 20th Century
The beginnings of the modern idea of the general-purpose, widely distributed printed encyclopedia precede the 18th-century encyclopedists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yongle Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Yongle Encyclopedia - Transcription And Disappearance
Because of the vastness of the work, it could not be block-printed, and it is thought that only one other manuscript copy was made. In 15...   » Read the article

Article - Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopedia - General Definition
Four major elements define an encyclopedia: its subject matter, its scope, its method of organization, and its method of production. Enc...   » Read the article