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Amazon Amazon
Amazon , in Greek mythology, one of a tribe of warlike women who lived in Asia Minor. The Amazons had a matriarchal society, in which women fought and governed while men performed the household tasks. Each Amazon had to kill a man before she could marry, and all male children were either killed or... Read more
Xingu Xingu
Xingu , river, 1,230 mi (1,979 km) long, rising in central Mato Grosso state, Brazil, and winding north across Pará state into the Amazon River at the head of the Amazon delta. The Xingu, with many rapids and falls, passes through wild, partly unexplored country, and only in its lower course... Read more
Japura Japura
Japurá , river, c.1,750 mi (2,815 km) long, rising as the Caquetá in the Andes, SW Colombia. It flows SE into Brazil, where it is called the Japurá, and enters the Amazon through a network of channels. It is navigable by small boats in Brazil.... Read more
emile Durkheim emile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim , 1858-1917, French sociologist. Along with Max Weber he is considered one of the chief founders of modern sociology. Educated in France and Germany, Durkheim taught social science at the Univ. of Bordeaux and the Sorbonne. His view that the methods of natural science can be... Read more
Hanging Hanging
Hanging (Signs Of) Hanging is a form of strangulation where a noose is pulled tight around the neck by the person's own body weight. The noose compresses the airways, cutting off the supply of oxygen to the lungs. It also compresses the carotid arteries, which carry blood to the brain. Both... Read more
Apurimac Apurimac
Apurímac , river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the Andes, S Peru. It flows generally northwest in a narrow valley. After joining the Mantaro River, the Apurímac becomes the Ene; after joining the Perené River, it becomes the Tambo. When it joins the Urubamba River, it... Read more
Clones Clones
Clones A clone is an organism or cell derived asexually (through mitosis) from a single ancestor cell. The genetic content of the newer cell (or of any individual cell of the organism) is identical to that of the ancestor cell. In biochemistry a clone is a replica of all ... Read more
Uni Uni
Uni , fl. c.2325 BC, Egyptian official of the VI dynasty. His career is known through his private inscription. After rising from an obscure court position to a position of command, he defeated the Bedouins five times and pursued them as far as Palestine. As governor of the south under Pepi I, he... Read more
William T. Sherman William T. Sherman
William T. Sherman (1820-1891) Sources U NION GENERAL “War is Hell.”Near the end of the Civil War, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman perfected an offensive strategy that foreshadowed twentieth-century total war. Marching from Atlanta to ... Read more
hyperbola hyperbola
hyperbola , plane curve consisting of all points such that the difference between the distances from any point on the curve to two fixed points (foci) is the same for all points. It is the conic section formed by a plane cutting both nappes of the cone ; it thus has two parts, or branches. The... Read more

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