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- city, Shizuoka ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the Pacific coast, midway between Tokyo and Kyoto. A leading industrial centre with strong economic ties to Nagoya, it is noted for pianos and other musical instruments, motorcycles, cotton dyeing and ...
- Hamamelidaceae
- the witch hazel family of the order Saxifragales, comprising 23 genera of shrubs and trees native to both tropical and warm temperate regions. It includes mildly popular ornamentals such as witch hazel, winter hazel, and Fothergilla, which are outstanding for ... [1 Related Articles]
- Haman
- (from the article "Purim") Haman, chief minister of King Ahasuerus, incensed that Mordecai, a Jew, held him in disdain and refused obeisance, convinced the King that the Jews living under Persian rule were rebellious and should be slaughtered. With the King's consent, Haman set ...
- Hamann, Johann Georg
- German Protestant thinker, fideist, and friend of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. His distrust of reason led him to conclude that a childlike faith in God was the only solution to vexing problems of philosophy. [3 Related Articles]
- Hamanoshima
- (from the article "Wrestling") Two veteran ozeki, Takanonami and Musoyama, as well as former top division rikishi ("strong man") Oginishiki and Hamanoshima retired and accepted positions within the Japan Sumo Association.
- Hamar
- town, southeastern Norway. Hamar lies on the eastern shore of Lake Mjosa (the largest lake in the country). The diocese of Hamar was founded in 1152 by Nicholas Breakspear, papal legate to Scandinavia, who later became the only English pope ... [1 Related Articles]
- hamartia
- (hamartia from Greek hamartanein, "to err"), inherent defect or shortcoming in the hero of a tragedy, who is in other respects a superior being favoured by fortune. [1 Related Articles]
- hamartoma
- benign tumourlike growth made up of normal mature cells in abnormal number or distribution. While malignant tumours contain poorly differentiated cells, hamartomas consist of distinct cell types retaining normal functions. Because their growth is limited, hamartomas are not true tumours ...
- Hamas
- militant Palestinian Islamic movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine. Founded in 1987, Hamas opposed the 1993 peace accords between Israel and ... [17 Related Articles]
- Hamasah
- an Arabic anthology compiled by the poet Abu Tammam in the 9th century. It is so called from the title of its first book, which contains poems descriptive of fortitude in battle, patient endurance of calamity, steadfastness in seeking vengeance, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Hamaspathmaedaya
- (from the article "Gahanbar") ...Time of Prosperity), in the month of Mitra; 80 days later, Maidhyairya (Midwinter), in the month of Din; and 75 days later, in the last five intercalary or Gatha days of the year, Hamaspathmaedaya (Vernal Equinox).
- Hamath, Battle of
- (from the article "Nebuchadrezzar II") ...Babylon. After a Babylonian reverse at the hands of Egypt in 606/605, he served as commander in chief in his father's place and by brilliant generalship shattered the Egyptian army at Carchemish and Hamath, thereby securing control of all Syria. ...
- Hamazasp Mamikonian
- (from the article "Armenia") Theodor's successor, Hamazasp Mamikonian, sided with Byzantium, but after 661 Arab suzerainty was reestablished, although Byzantine-Arab rivalry, Armenian resistance, and reluctance to pay the tribute made the region difficult to govern. An unsuccessful revolt led by Mushegh Mamikonian (771-772) resulted ...
- hamazor
- (from the article "Noruz") ...haoma; the Fravartigan, or Farokhshi, prayers commemorating the dead; and the Satum, prayers recited at funeral feasts. Throughout the day, Parsis greet one another with the rite of hamazor, in which one's right hand is passed between the palms of ...
- Hambledon Club
- (from the article "cricket") The aforementioned Hambledon Club, playing in Hampshire on Broadhalfpenny Down, was the predominant cricket force in the second half of the 18th century before the rise of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London. Formed from a cricket club that ...
- Hambleton
- district, administrative county of North Yorkshire, northern England, historic county of Yorkshire, England. It includes part of the Cleveland Hills, whose southern extension is known as the Hambleton Hills, from which the district takes its name. The hills form the ...
- Hambletonian
- (foaled 1849), American harness racehorse (Standardbred) that was the ancestor of most present-day harness racers. The thrice inbred great-grandson of Messenger (foundation sire of the breed of Standardbreds), he was the son of Abdallah out of a crippled mare. His ... [3 Related Articles]
- Hambletonian Hills
- (from the article "Hambleton") district, administrative county of North Yorkshire, northern England, historic county of Yorkshire, England. It includes part of the Cleveland Hills, whose southern extension is known as the Hambleton Hills, from which the district takes its name. The hills form the ...
- Hambletonian Stake
- annual American race for three-year-old trotters, one of harness racing's most widely known events. The Hambletonian was first held in 1926 at Syracuse, N.Y. It was later moved to Goshen, N.Y., in 1957 to Du Quoin, Ill., and in 1981 ... [1 Related Articles]
- hambo
- (from the article "polska") ...around and around with a smooth, carefully coordinated step. Among its varieties, the gammal polska, or old polska, is the simplest and probably the oldest. The lively and very popular hambo is a 19th-century offshoot of the gammal polska. The ...
- Hamburg
- (from the article "Aiken") ...patriots defeated Tories during a battle in Dean's Swamp. The area's growth began with the establishment of the first cotton mill in the southern United States, at Graniteville in 1845. In 1848 Hamburg (near present-day North Augusta), across the Savannah ...
- Hamburg
- city and Land (state), located on the Elbe River, northern Germany. It is the country's largest port and commercial centre. [8 Related Articles]
- Hamburg Art Gallery
- art gallery in Hamburg, founded in 1850, with paintings and sculptures of all periods, drawings (notably by German Romantics), prints, coins, and medals. The collection of paintings is strongest in works of the later 19th and the 20th centuries. The ...
- Hamburg National Theatre
- (from the article "theatre") In the public theatre, the work of the manager Johann Friedrich Schonemann led to the establishment in 1767 of the Hamburg National Theatre, the first noncommercial public theatre, subsidized by a group of rich citizens. This marked the beginning of ...
- Hamburg Opera
- (from the article "Hamburg") The Hamburg Staatsoper, which dates from 1678, has won world renown. Its performances of classical and contemporary works bear comparison with those given by the great opera houses of Vienna, Milan, London, and New York City. The Deutsche Schauspielhaus, a ...
- Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- (from the article "DESY") ...in its third version as DORIS III, this machine is no longer used as a collider; its electron beam serves as a source of synchrotron radiation (mainly at X-ray and ultraviolet wavelengths) for the Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (HASYLAB). HASYLAB ...
- Hamburg, Treaty of
- (from the article "Europe, history of") ...Rhine (1638), the Habsburgs always seemed able to even up the score. Thus in 1641 Oxenstierna abandoned his attempt to maintain independence and threw in his lot with France. By the terms of the Treaty of Hamburg (March 15, 1641), ...
- Hamburg, Treaty of
- (from the article "Mecklenburg") With the extinction of the Gustrow line in 1695, Mecklenburg was again reunited but then was permanently divided by the Treaty of Hamburg (1701). Most of the territory went to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, while Mecklenburg-Strelitz comprised the principality of Ratzeburg in the ...
- Hamburg, University of
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") The Universitat Hamburg, founded in 1919, is one of the largest in Germany, with some 46,000 students and faculties covering virtually every discipline except certain technological subjects. A second university, the Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, began classes in 1982. Hamburg also ...
- hamburger
- ground beef. The term is applied variously to (1) a patty of ground beef, sometimes called hamburg steak, Salisbury steak, or Vienna steak, (2) a sandwich consisting of a patty of beef served within a split bread roll, with various ...
- Hamburger, Philip
- American writer (b. July 2, 1914, Wheeling. W.Va.-d. April 23, 2004, New York, N.Y.), worked under all five editors of The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1939. Hamburger, who was a reporter-at-large, wrote about all manner of subjects and people ...
- Hamburger, Viktor
- German-born American embryologist (b. July 9, 1900, Landeshut, Ger. [now Kamienna Gora, Pol.]-d. June 12, 2001, St. Louis, Mo.), was a pioneer in the field of neuroembryology; he was noted for having defined and classified the different stages of embryonic ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hamburgian culture
- (from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...river deposits. Several late Magdalenian sites (hunting stands) were discovered in southern (Belgian and Dutch) Limburg. A wide uninhabited area separated the Magdalenian sites from sites of the Hamburgian tradition (emanating from western Germany) in the northern Netherlands. The latter ...
- Hamburgische Geschichte, Museum fur
- (from the article "Hamburg") ...by the jurist Justus Brinckmann, has one of the most significant collections of ancient artifacts in Germany and is also famous for its examples of Asian art and of Jugendstil (Art Nouveau). The Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, which has grown ...
- hamd
- (from the article "Arabia") ...is ordinarily used by the Bedouin for bushes in the desert that furnish grazing for his animals and firewood for his tent. The leaves of varieties called hamd have enough salinity to satisfy the camel's need for ...
- Hamd, Wadi Al-
- (from the article "Arabia") ...have a maximum elevation of nearly 9,500 feet. The elevation decreases to the south, with an occasional upward surge such as Mount Radwa west of Medina (Al-Madinah). Wadi Al-Hamd, an intermittent river drawing water from the Medina Basin on the ...
- Hamdan ibn Hamdun
- (from the article "Hamdanid Dynasty") Hamdan ibn Hamdun brought the family, already well established in Al-Jazirah, to political prominence by taking part in uprisings against the 'Abbasid caliph late in the 9th century. His sons, however, became 'Abbasid officials, al-Husayn serving as a military commander ...
- Hamdan Qarmat
- (from the article "Qarmatian") ...the Shi'ite Muslim sect known as the Isma'ilites. The Qarmatians flourished in Iraq, Yemen, and especially Bahrain during the 9th to 11th centuries, taking their name from Hamdan Qarmat, who led the sect in southern Iraq in the second half ...
- Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
- (from the article "Law") The most celebrated decision of this term was in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, regarding the status and treatment of detainees at the United States military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hamdan, a Yemeni national, had been captured in Afghanistan in 2001 ...
- Hamdani, al-
- Arab geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer whose chief fame derives from his authoritative writings on South Arabian history and geography. From his literary production al-Hamdani was known as the "tongue of South Arabia." [1 Related Articles]
- Hamdanid Dynasty
- Muslim Arab dynasty of northern Iraq (Al-Jazirah) and Syria (905-1004) whose members were renowned as brilliant warriors and as great patrons of Arabic poets and scholars. [7 Related Articles]
- Hamden
- urban town (township), New Haven county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S. It lies immediately north of the city of New Haven. The area, which was settled in 1664, was named for John Hampden, an English parliamentarian. It was separated from New Haven ...
- Hamdi Bey, Osman
- Turkish statesman and art expert who asserted the right of Constantinople to receive the finds made by various archaeological enterprises in the Ottoman Empire.
- Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
- (from the article "Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement") ...considered legal territory of the United States. The implication of the ruling was that hundreds of foreign national detainees had a legal right to challenge their imprisonment. The second case, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, challenged the U.S. president's presumed broad power ...
- Hamdi, Ibrahim al-
- (from the article "Yemen") ...officers have often involved themselves in political affairs: in the north the military played the dominant role in the political system following the overthrow of the civilian government by Col. Ibrahim al-Hamdi in 1974. Internal security is a major concern ...
- Hamdollah Mostowfi
- (from the article "Islamic arts") ...writing, which is also manifest in the work of a number of Arab historians, can be observed in the cosmographical books and in some of the historical books produced in medieval Iran. Hamdollah Mostowfi's (died after 1340) cosmography, Nuzhat al-qulub ...
- Hame
- historic region, southwestern Finland. It lies north of Helsinki and includes part of Lake Paijanne, which serves as much of its eastern boundary. The region produces lumber, rye, oats, barley, and potatoes; livestock and dairy cows are also important. It ...
- Hamed, Naseem
- (from the article "Yemen") ...appeared in Summer Olympic competition in 1984 and South Yemen in 1988; the unified country has sent teams to the Summer Games since 1992. Two Yemeni boxers living abroad enjoyed great success: Naseem Hamed, a British boxer of Yemeni ancestry, ...
- Hameenlinna
- city, southwestern Finland. It lies on the shore of Lake Vanaja, northwest of Helsinki. The city's name is derived from the castle of Hame, parts of which date from about 1250. The town, originally chartered in 1639, was first located ...
- Hamel, Hendrik
- (from the article "Korea, history of") ...Asia in the mid-16th century. In 1656 a Dutch merchant ship went aground off the southern shore of Cheju Island, and its 36 surviving crewmen were taken to Seoul for detention. Thirteen years later Hendrik Hamel and seven others escaped ...
- Hamelin, Ferdinand Alphonse
- French naval officer who was an early advocate of armour for naval vessels.
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