The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier Incorporated, 1998 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 86
Page 62
... Western nuns more often have shoulder - length veils and occasionally calf - length tunics . For Eastern monks the basic costume is a long black cassock ( rhason ) and a tall , brimless black felt hat ( kamelaukion ) with lappets that ...
... Western nuns more often have shoulder - length veils and occasionally calf - length tunics . For Eastern monks the basic costume is a long black cassock ( rhason ) and a tall , brimless black felt hat ( kamelaukion ) with lappets that ...
Page 178
... western part of the Tethys Sea , and crossed the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula . Australia moved away from Antarctica , and New Zealand separated from Australia . More or less continuous subduction ( process by which one crustal ...
... western part of the Tethys Sea , and crossed the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula . Australia moved away from Antarctica , and New Zealand separated from Australia . More or less continuous subduction ( process by which one crustal ...
Page 264
... western Europe to the East in the 12th and 13th centuries , that aimed to free the holy places in Palestine from Muslim control and establish and maintain Christian rule there . Tra- ditionally , eight or nine Crusades are listed , from ...
... western Europe to the East in the 12th and 13th centuries , that aimed to free the holy places in Palestine from Muslim control and establish and maintain Christian rule there . Tra- ditionally , eight or nine Crusades are listed , from ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
19th century American army atoms ball became born British buttress dam called cells central church cipher ciphertext civil College color Communist corporation cosmic rays costume cotton Council court crabs Crane Cretaceous Crete cricket crime criminal criticism Croatia cross crown crustaceans cryptanalyst CRYPTOLOGY crystal Cuba Cuban cubism culture curriculum cycads Cyprus Czech Czechoslovakia Dalmatia dance developed died early economic elected England English Europe example federal feet fibers France French galaxy German Greek important inches industry island king known land later letters major ment Mesara Plain meters miles military modern North organization painting Paris plaintext plants play political population president produced reform region Republic River Roman Slovak Slovakia social society species structure tion United University usually West Western World War II York