(Encyclopedia) standard of living, level of consumption that an individual, group, or nation has achieved. The evaluation of a standard of living is relative, depending upon the judgment of the…
(Encyclopedia) Berlin, Conference of, 1884–85, international meeting aimed at settling the problems connected with European colonies in Africa. At the invitation of the German chancellor Otto von…
(Encyclopedia) Aha of ShabchaAha of Shabchaäˈhä, shäbˈkhä [key] or Achai of ShabchaAchai of Shabchaäˈkhī [key], c.680–c.762, Babylonian rabbi. He settled (c.752) in Palestine after being passed over…
(Encyclopedia) William of Wykeham or William of WickhamWilliam of Wykehamboth: wĭˈkəm [key], 1324–1404, English prelate and lord chancellor. He is thought to have been the son of a serf. Entering the…
(Encyclopedia) SalomeSalomesəlōˈmē [key], in the New Testament. 1 Daughter of Herod Philip and Herodias. She is generally supposed to be the daughter who danced to obtain the head of John the Baptist…
(Encyclopedia) museums of science, institutions or buildings where collections relevant to science and technology are preserved and displayed to promote education and research. While the…
(Encyclopedia) Simonides of CeosSimonides of Ceossīmŏnˈĭdēz, sēˈŏs [key], c.556–468? b.c., Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos. At Athens for a time under the patronage of Hipparchus, he seems then to have…
(Encyclopedia) Vervins, Treaty ofVervins, Treaty ofvĕrvăNˈ [key], 1598, peace treaty signed at the small town of Vervins, Aisne dept., N France, by the representatives of Henry IV of France and…
(Encyclopedia) commutation of sentence, in criminal law, reduction of a sentence for a criminal act by action of the executive head of the government. Like pardon, commutation of sentence is a matter…
(Encyclopedia) Death, Dance of, or danse macabreDeath, Dance of,däns məkäˈbrə, –bər, dăns [key], originally a 14th-century morality poem. The poem was a dialogue between Death and representatives of…
