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(ä´b m s´l m) (KEY) , c.728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid revolution. By political and religious agitation he raised (747) the black banner...
(b k-kät´ch b k-kätch ´n ) (KEY) , c.1465–1525. Italian artist, b. Cremona. He probably made several trips to Venice, for his numerous painting...
(ä´ch ) (KEY) , special region (1980 pop. 2,875,634), 21,387 sq mi (55,392 sq km), N Sumatra, Indonesia, formerly known as Atjeh or Achin. The capit...
(b ´th s) (KEY) , fl. 1st half of 2d cent. B.C., Greek sculptor of genre subjects and worker in silver. He was born in Chalcedon and seems to have w...
(ä k r ´nyä) (KEY) , formerly La Coruña (lä k r ´nyä) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 256,579), capital of A Coruña prov., NW Spain, in Galicia. It is...
two related classes of chemicals; the members of each class have a number of common properties when dissolved in a solvent, usually water.
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