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Achaemenids

(Encyclopedia)Achaemenids ăkˌəmĕnˈĭdz [key], dynasty of ancient Persia. They were descended presumably from one Achaemenes, a minor ruler in a mountainous district of SW Iran. His successors, when Elam declin...

Great Seal of the United States

(Encyclopedia)Great Seal of the United States: see United States, Great Seal of the. ...

Seal of the United States, Great

(Encyclopedia)Seal of the United States, Great: see United States, Great Seal of the. ...

United States, Great Seal of the

(Encyclopedia)United States, Great Seal of the, official impression that validates a United States government document. It was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1782 and, with only minor changes in the design,...

Khingan, Great

(Encyclopedia)Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da. ...

Great Alföld

(Encyclopedia)Great Alföld: see Alföld, plain, Hungary. ...

great auk

(Encyclopedia)great auk: see auk.

Great Awakening

(Encyclopedia)Great Awakening, series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. It resulted in doctrinal changes and influenced social and political thought. In ...

Great Basin

(Encyclopedia)Great Basin, semiarid, N section of the Basin and Range province, the intermontane plateau region of W United States and N Mexico. Lying mostly in Nevada and extending into California, Oregon, Idaho, ...

Great Belt

(Encyclopedia)Great Belt: see Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, straits, Denmark. ...