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Sámos

(Encyclopedia) SámosSámossāˈmŏs, Gr. säˈmôs [key], island (1991 pop. 33,032), c.181 sq mi (469 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Southern Sporades, near Turkey. Largely mountainous, it…

Savigny, Friedrich Karl von

(Encyclopedia) Savigny, Friedrich Karl vonSavigny, Friedrich Karl vonfrēˈdrĭkh kärl fən säˈvĭnyē [key], 1779–1861, German jurist and legal historian, a founder of the historical school of…

Baltic Sea

(Encyclopedia) Baltic Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.163,000 sq mi (422,170 sq km), including the Kattegat strait, its northwestern extension. The Øresund, Store Bælt, and Lille Bælt connect the…

Color and Fashion

A colorful world is a world of meaning because people have always used color as symbols. Here are some of the ways fashion and color have connected.Red The Aztecs of Mexico taught the Spanish how…

Adventure

Gertrude Bell was born in England in 1868. She was the first European woman to travel in remote parts of the Middle East. She traveled, often alone, and…

bourgeoisie

(Encyclopedia) bourgeoisiebourgeoisieb&oobreve;rzhwäzēˈ [key], originally the name for the inhabitants of walled towns in medieval France; as artisans and craftsmen, the bourgeoisie occupied a…

Women by the Numbers

From the U.S. Census Bureau Source: U.S. Census Bureau Find information on the status and achievements of American women, including population, earnings, motherhood, education,…

iconography

(Encyclopedia) iconographyiconographyīˌkŏnŏgˈrəfē [key] [Gr.,=image-drawing] or iconology [Gr.,=image-study], in art history, the study and interpretation of figural representations, either…