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	Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio or Amerigi da Caravaggio , 1571-1610, Italian painter. His surname, Caravaggio, came from his birthplace. After an apprenticeship in Milan, he arrived (1592) in Rome where he eventually became a pensioner of Cardinal Francesco del Monte for whom he produced... Read more
	new towns new towns planned urban communities in Great Britain, developed by long-term loans from the central government and first authorized by the New Towns Act of 1946. The chief purpose of the act was to reduce congestion in the great cities (or at least prevent its increase) through the creation of... Read more
	Galilee Galilee , region, N Israel, roughly the portion north of the plain of Esdraelon . Galilee was the chief scene of the ministry of Jesus. The Sea of Galilee (see Galilee, Sea of ), the countryside, and the towns— Cana , Capernaum , Tiberias , Nazareth —are repeatedly referred to in... Read more
	Zorah Zorah or Zoreah , in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, the modern Zora, Israel, W of Jerusalem. Zorah was the home of Samson. The town was also called Zareah, and its inhabitants were known as Zorathites or Zareathites.... Read more
	ghost town ghost town term for any once flourishing American community that has been abandoned, generally for economic reasons. While most of the towns have little or no population, they often contain old buildings, which may serve as tourist attractions. Many, such as Virginia City, Nev., were gold-mining... Read more
	Cobh Cóbh [Irish,=cove], town (1991 pop. 8,219), Co. Cork, S Republic of Ireland, on the south shore of Great Island in Cork Harbour. Originally called Cove of Cork, the town was renamed Queenstown when Queen Victoria visited in 1849. It was named Cóbh in 1922. Cóbh has iron... Read more
	Kohat Kohāt, North‐West Frontier/Pakistan The new town lies some way from the old town of Kohāt which is believed to have been founded by, and named after, a 14th‐century Buddhist raja called Kohāt. Additionally, Kōhāt in Persian means ‘mountains’... Read more
	Cities and towns Towns URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION SOCIAL AND SPATIAL STRUCTURES BIBLIOGRAPHY Towns have usually accommodated great social diversity, making them places of magnificent human achievements as well as sometimes-violent struggles over resources and power. The words town and city are... Read more
	Cow Towns COW TOWNS Cow towns were cities that sprang up at railroad terminals in the West. Abilene and Dodge City, Kansas, were two early and celebrated cow towns (also called cattle towns). Beginning in 1867, when the Union Pacific Railroad reached westward as far as Abilene, cowboys began driving large... Read more
	Herculaneum Herculaneum , ancient city of S Italy, on the gulf of Naples at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius. Damaged by an earthquake in AD 63, it was completely buried, along with Pompeii , by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. Before the earthquake, it was a popular Roman resort and residential town... Read more