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DK History: Indus Valley

HOW DID THE PEOPLE OF THE INDUS VALLEY LIVE? WHY DID INDUS VALLEY CITIES DISAPPEAR? FIND OUT MOREBetween around 3500 BC and 2000 BC, people in the Indus Valley built more than 100 towns. The…

NBA Finals 2000

 NBA Finals 2000  by Gerry Brown Infoplease's guide to basketball's world championship Where & When Game 1: Wednesday, June 7 in LA @ 9.p.m. ET Game 2: Friday…

Measuring Motion

Speed is the measure of motion. You can find it by dividing the distance covered by the time it takes to travel that distance.Speed of Light If a star is 10 light-years away, it is about 60…

DK Science & Technology: Heat

HOW DOES HEAT FLOW? WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF HEAT TRANSFER? CAN WE SEE HEAT? TEMPERATURETHERMOMETERSTHERMAL INSULATORSFIND OUT MOREEverything around us contains heat. Heat is a form of energy—…

curry

(Encyclopedia) curry [Malayalam], condiment much used in India and elsewhere in Asia and the Middle East, in combination with rice, meat, and a variety of other dishes. It is compounded of such…

Cuttack

(Encyclopedia) Cuttack Cuttack kətăkˈ [key], city, Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India at the head of the…

Cienfuegos

(Encyclopedia) Cienfuegos Cienfuegos syānfwāˈgōs [key], city, capital of Cienfuegos prov., central Cuba, a port on the…

Hasa, Al

(Encyclopedia) Hasa, AlHasa, Aläl häˈsä, hăˈsə [key], region, E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. Administrated as the Eastern Province, Hofuf is the chief town. Dates, wheat, and rice are produced…

Modesto

(Encyclopedia) ModestoModestomōdĕsˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 164,278), seat of Stanislaus co., central Calif., on the Tuolumne River, near the northern end of the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1884. The…

Mangaluru

(Encyclopedia) Mangaluru, formerly MangaloreMangaloremăng-gəlôrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 273,000), Karnataka state, SW India, on the Arabian Sea. A port, it trades in spices, rice, fish, nuts, and…