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( s g´ m ) (KEY) , in biology, a condition in which the sexual cells, or gametes, are of the same form and size and are usually indistinguishable fro...
( ´´z rl n´) (KEY) , city (1994 pop. 98,480), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It is a commercial and industrial center. Its manufactures inclu...
the development of the Muslim religion on the African continent.
During Muhammad’s lifetime a group of Muslims escaped Meccan persecution (615) by f...
( s k´r t z) (KEY) , 436–338 B.C., one of the Ten Attic Orators. He was a pupil of Socrates and of the Sophists. Perhaps the greatest teacher in Gr...
( t b ´n ) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 185,277), Bahia state, E Brazil, on the Itabuna River. A cacao-producing center, it also has a well-developed catt...
( sh ´käwä) (KEY) , prefecture (1990 pop. 1,164,627), 1,619 sq mi (4,193 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. The capital is Kanazawa. There are wooded m...