(Encyclopedia) Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America.
Centered in Paris, the movement gained international character at cosmopolitan salons.…
(Encyclopedia) SaxonySaxonysăkˈsənē [key], Ger. Sachsen, Fr. Saxe, state (1994 pop. 4,901,000), 7,078 sq mi (18,337 sq km), E central Germany. Dresden is the capital. In its current form, Saxony is a…
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bridge, structure built over water or any obstacle or depression to allow the passage of pedestrians or vehicles. See also viaduct.
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(Encyclopedia) PraguePraguepräg, prāg [key], Czech Praha, Ger. Prag, city (1993 pop. 1,216,500), capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and former capital of Czechoslovakia, on both banks of…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government National Security Foreign Relations PEOPLEArawak and Carib tribes lived in the region before Columbus sighted the coast in…
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(Encyclopedia) Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, b. Eisleben, Saxony, of a family of small, but free, landholders.
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