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Sokoto Caliphate
(Encyclopedia)Sokoto Caliphate: see Usuman dan Fodio. ...Shuham
(Encyclopedia)Shuham sho͞oˈhăm [key], in the Bible, son of Dan. An alternate form is Hushim. ...Ahiezer
(Encyclopedia)Ahiezer āhīēˈzər [key], in the Bible. 1 Prince of Dan. 2 Chief of David's bowmen. ...Eltekeh
(Encyclopedia)Eltekeh ĕlˈtēkĕ [key], in the Bible, city of Dan. Near there Sennacherib of Assyria put down the western nations. ...Dent Blanche
(Encyclopedia)Dent Blanche däN bläNsh [key], peak, 14,318 ft (4,364 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. ...Foyt, A. J.
(Encyclopedia)Foyt, A. J. (Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr.), 1935–, American auto-racing driver, b. Houston. Foyt was the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 race four times (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977). He also won th...Milk, Harvey
(Encyclopedia)Milk, Harvey, 1931–78, U.S. politician and gay-rights activist. When elected (1977) to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he was the first acknowledged homosexual to win high local office in th...Handan
(Encyclopedia)Handan or Hantan both: hän-dän [key], city, SW Hebei prov., China. Its position as a communication and ...calf, golden
(Encyclopedia)calf, golden, erected by the Israelites on several occasions, as related in the Bible and the Qur'an. Aaron made one while Moses was on Mt. Sinai. Jeroboam placed one at Bethel and another at Dan. Hos...Baalath
(Encyclopedia)Baalath bāˈəlăth [key] [Heb., fem. of Baal], in the Bible. 1 Town of Dan. Joshua 19.44 2 Unidentified city. 1 Kings 9.18; 2 Chron. 8.6. ...Browse by Subject
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