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( z´r l, z´r l) (KEY) [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancest...
or Ivan the Terrible, 1530–84, grand duke of Moscow (1533–84), the first Russian ruler to assume formally the title of czar.
Early Reign
Ivan su...
(l kûr´g s) (KEY) , traditional name of the founder of the Spartan constitution. The earliest mention of him is in Herodotus. Nothing is known of hi...
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...
(h pär´k s) (KEY) , c.555–514 B.C., Athenian political figure, son of Pisistratus. After the death of his father, he was closely associated with h...