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the several styles employed in Italy after the Roman period.
The Romanesque
Italy’s Romanesque architecture (12th cent.) reveals the first use of ...
24,590 ft (7,495 m) high, NW Tajikistan, in the Pamir; the highest point in Tajikistan. Originally called Garmo Peak, it was determined (1932–33) th...
( vä´nô-fräng´k fsk) (KEY) , Rus. Ivano-Frankovsk, formerly Stanislav (st ny släf´) (KEY) , city (1989 pop. 214,000), capital of Ivano-Frankivs...
( ´´s môr´f z m) (KEY) , of minerals, similarity of crystal structure between two or more distinct substances. Sodium nitrate and calcium sulfate ...
1646?–1727, sultan of Morocco (1672–1727). He organized corps of Sudanese to subdue the revolts that followed his accession. He attacked Christian...
( z´l ngt n) (KEY) , inner borough (1991 pop. 155,200) of Greater London, SE England. Islington, in the north, is mostly residential, while Finsbury,...