Knights Of The Golden
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Knitting
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Knolles
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Knollys
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Know Nothing Or American
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Knutsford
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Koblenz
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Kohat
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Kokand Or Kokan
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Kokomo
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Kola
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Kolaba
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Kolhapur
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Komati
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Konia
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Koran
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Kordofan
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Korea
Korea, A Country Of Further Asia Consisting Of A Peninsula And About 200 Islands. The Peninsula Stretches Southwards From Manchuria, And Has An Estimated Length Of About 600 M., An Ex Treme Breadth Of 135 M., A Coast-line Of 1,740 M. And An Area Of 86,000 Sq.m. It Extends From ...
Korea Under Japan
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Kosher
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Kostroma
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Krakatoa
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Kran
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Krasnovodsk
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Kriemhild Grimhild
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Krivoi Rog
Krivoi Rog, A Town In The Ukrainian S.s.r., In 47° 51' N., 32° 20' E., In A District Of The Same Name, On The Ingulets River, A Tributary Of The Dnieper. Pop. (1926) 30,963. The District Is Rich In Mineral Ores Obtained From A Narrow Stretch Of Crystalline Schists Underlying ...
Krone I
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Kronstadt
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Ku Klux Klan
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Kuban
Kuban, A River Of Southern Russia, Rising In The Western Glaciers Of Elburz. Kiukurtli Glacier, Lower Termination 9,114 Ft., And Ullukam Glacier, 9,73o Ft., Are The Sources Of The Western Kuban. Its Important Tributary, The Teberda Flows From A Glacier West Of The Klukhor Pass. Kuban Is A Tatar Name ...
Kublai Khan
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Kuen Lun Or Kwen Lun
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Kuki
Kuki, A Name Given To A Group Of Tribes Inhabiting Both Sides Of The Mountains, Dividing Assam And Bengal From Burma, South Of The Namtaleik River. These Tribes Are Comparatively Recent Immigrants Into The Area They Now Occupy, And Appear To Have Come Down The Chindwin Valley From The North, ...
Kulja
Kulja (chinese Ili-ho), One Of The Six Circuits Of The Chinese Province Of Sinkiang. It Is Bounded On The West By The Kazakstan Republic Of The Russian S.f.s.r., And Consists Of A Depression Which Cuts Deeply For Some Distance Eastwards Into The Great Plateau Of Central Asia. The Snow Clad ...
Kumaon Or Kumaun
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Kumasi
Kumasi (coomassie), The Capital And Business Centre Of Ashanti, British West Africa, In 6° 34' N., 2° W. Pop. 1921 Census, 20,268; 1932 Census, 38,82o. The Inhabitants Include 200 To 30o Europeans And A Number Of Syrians. Of The Africans Nearly Half Are Non-ashanti; Many Come From The Ivory Coast. ...
Kunar
Kunar, A River And Valley Of Afghanistan, On The North-west Frontier Of British India. The Kunar Valley (khoaspes In The Classics) Is The Southern Section Of That Great River System Which Reaches From The Hindu Kush To The Kabul River Near Jalalabad, And Which, Under The Names Of Yarkhun, Chitral, ...
Kunene
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Lajos Kossuth
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Lavius Claudius Julianus C
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Lavius Iovianus 331 364
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Lavr Georgievich Kornilov
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Leo Borisovich Rosenfeld Kamenev
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Lloyd Kenyon Kenyon
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Mary Henrietta Kingsley
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Maurus Jokai
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Max 1857 1920 Klinger
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Michael 1762 1826 Kelly
Kelly, Michael (1762-1826), British Actor, Singer And Composer, Was The Son Of A Dublin Wine-merchant And Dancing Master. He Studied In Italy, And For Four Years From 1783 Was En Gaged To Sing At The Court Theatre At Vienna, Where He Became A Friend Of Mozart. In 1786 He Sang ...
Michael Karolyi
Karolyi, Michael, Count (1875— ), Hungarian Politician, Was Born On March 4, 1875, And Descended From A Famous And Wealthy Family. First Elected As A Liberal In The Parliament Of 1905, Karolyi Entered Public Life Definitively In 1909, When He Became President Of The Hungarian Agricultural Society, And Worked For ...
Modern Jewellery
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Nicolas Jorga
Jorga, Nicolas (1871— ), Rumanian Historian And Statesman, Was Born At Botosani On June 17, 1871, And Studied In Jassy, Paris, Berlin And Leipzig. In 1894 He Was Appointed Professor Of Universal History At The University Of Bucharest. Jorga Made Extensive Researches In Libraries And Archives Abroad And Collected Notes ...
Niels 1629 1697 Juel
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Nikolai Mikhailovich 1826karamzin
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No Modern Movement
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Ogata Korin
Korin, Ogata (c. 1657-1716), Japanese Painter And Lac Querer, Was Born At Koto, The Son Of A Wealthy Merchant Who Had A Taste For The Arts And Is Said To Have Given His Son Some Elementary Instruction Therein. Karin Also Studied Under Soken Yamamoto, Kano, Tsunenobu And Gukei Sumiyoshi; And ...
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Origins And Psychological Basis
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Otto Von 1787 1846 Kotzebue
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Ovich
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Peter Alexeivich Kropotkin
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Peter De Kempener
Kempener, Peter De (1505-158o), Flemish Painter, Active Chiefly At Seville, Where He Was Known As Pedro Campafia. He Was Born At Brussels, And Was The Most Distinguished Member Of A Family Of Painters And Tapestry Weavers. He Went To Italy In 1529. When In Bologna He Painted A Triumphal Arch ...
Peters Discovery
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Petrus Jacobus A 134 1900
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Philander Chase Knox
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Philip 1815 1862 Kearny
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Philosophers Of The Middle
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Pierre 1637 1713 Jurieu
Jurieu, Pierre (1637-1713), French Protestant Divine, Was Born At Mer, In Orleanais, Where His Father Was Pastor. He Studied At Saumur And Sedan And Completed His Studies In Holland And In England, When He Received Anglican Ordination. Returning To France He Was Reordained, And Succeeded His Father At The Church ...
Platonic Theory Of Ideas
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Or The Mearns Kincardineshire
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