|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs resort and residential city (1990 pop. 25,001), Saratoga co., E N.Y.; inc. as a village 1826, as a city 1915. Skidmore College is the largest source of employment, but the city also has light manufacturing. The last battle of the Saratoga campaign was fought near the city in... Read more |
|
|
Babylon
Babylon , ancient city of Mesopotamia. One of the most important cities of the ancient Middle East, it was on the Euphrates River and was north of the cities that flourished in S Mesopotamia in the 3d millennium BC It became important when Hammurabi made it the capital of his kingdom of ... Read more |
|
|
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tarabulus , ancient Tripolis, city (1996 est. pop. 300,000), NW Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea. Citrus fruits, cotton, and other goods are exported from Tripoli. It has an oil refinery and is the terminus of an oil pipeline from Iraq. It was probably founded after 700 BC, as... Read more |
|
|
Edessa
Edessa , ancient city of Mesopotamia, on the site of modern Şanluurfa , Turkey. It emerged in the 4th cent. BC as Orrhoe, or Arrhoe, and was later named Edessa by Seleucus I of Syria. From c.137 BC it was the capital of the independent kingdom of Osroene. It later became a Roman city. There in... Read more |
|
|
Carson City
Carson City city (1990 pop. 40,443), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural area. State government is the major employer, and tourism is economically important. The city was laid out in 1858 on the site of Eagle Station, a... Read more |
|
|
Jarash
JARASH Jordanian town and archaeological site. Lying 29 miles (47 km) north of Jordan's capital city, Amman, the ruins at Jarash are some of the most famous in the Middle East and, along with Petra, one of Jordan's two main tourist attractions. Founded as part of Alexander the Great's... Read more |
|
|
Robert Goldwater
Robert Goldwater 1907-73, American art historian, b. New York City. Goldwater taught at Queens College, N.Y., from 1934 to 1957, when he was appointed professor of fine arts at New York Univ. The same year he also became the director of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York City. Known primarily... Read more |
|
|
Virginia City
VIRGINIA CITY VIRGINIA CITY, the largest and most famous of Nevada's early mining towns, came into existence in 1859. By 1861, when Congress organized Nevada Territory, it was a town of importance with a population of more than 3,000. It was incorporated as a city in 1864, and by the 1870s, its... Read more |
|
|
Beirut
Beirut , Arab. Bayrut, Fr. Beyrouth, city (1996 est. pop. 1,200,000), W Lebanon, capital of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Lebanon Mts. Beirut is an important port and financial center with food processing industries. Tourism is also significant. The American Univ. of... Read more |
|
|
Manhattan (New York)
Manhattan borough (1990 pop. 1,487,536), 28 sq mi (57 sq km), New York City, SE N.Y., coextensive with New York co. Manhattan is the cultural and commercial heart of the city, and its dramatic skyline symbolizes New York City around the world. It is composed chiefly of Manhattan Island, and is... Read more |
|
Tips for wringing the most out of Empire Zones; Qualifying for benefits can...
...New York state's Empire Zones for their ability...firm immediately became eligible for a raft...In New York City, there are about...state-designated Empire Zones. Here is a...Test the waters. an empire zone address ... |
|
Art Deco Remodel Puts Owners in NY State of Mind.(Project Case Study)(Joe...
...Remodel Puts Owners in NY State of Mind By...and baths ALBANY, NY -- The view from...Kitchens in Nassau, NY, just outside of the Empire State capital. He...It overlooks the city, plus three mountain...footprint of what ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
|
BENEFACTOR BACKS UP BELIEFS WITH $1 MILLION.(MAIN)
...years she said she became disillusioned with...society's ills. She became convinced that business...founders of Change-NY, started in the early...Albany than in New York City, where problems are...Maine, said Change-NY's ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
|
THE IoS PROFILE: Peter Parker; Twhipp!; Spiderman bursts out of the page He's...
...the canyons of New York City to stick instantly to...high school in Queens, NY, for Empire State University. His...great responsibility" became Spider-Man's motto...who raised him. He became caught in overlapping... |
|
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--And Why They...
...Fall. By Amy Chua. NY: Doubleday, 544...the Great, they became more oppressive...Urbicus, would die as city prefect of Rome...the Western Roman Empire would splinter into...Eastern Byzantine Empire would rule for another...Christian ... |
|
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - And Why They Fall
...Fall. By Amy Chua. NY: Doubleday, 544...the Great, they became more oppressive...Urbicus, would die as city prefect of Rome...the Western Roman Empire would splinter into...Eastern Byzantine Empire would rule for another...Christian ... |
|
Gill Foundation Awards $1.1 Million in Grants to National and Non-Urban...
...ever in its history, and became the catalyst for additional...Alternatives (Syracuse, NY) $15,000 - Empire State Coalition of Youth...Services (New York, NY) $11,500 - Idaho State...Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT) $10,000 - Vermont... |
|
Green Mountain Energy Company Unveils Renewable Energy Display at the Empire...
...Fifth Avenue lobby of the Empire State Building. To celebrate...Malkin of building owner Empire State Building Company. The Empire State Building recently became New York City's largest commercial...Mountain also offers NY ... |
|
Blue Cross pares jobs; total may reach 700. (Empire Blue Cross, Blue Shield)
NY TO CITY AND BUSINESS DESK: BLUE...31 /PRNewswire/ -- Empire Blue Cross, Blue Shield...Albert A. Cardone who became chairman of Empire nearly a year ago. The...organizations, or HMO's. An Empire spokesman acknowledged... |
|
EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CHAIRMAN GARGANO: ASHLEY FURNITURE HOMESTORES TO...
Empire State Development...incentives provided by Empire State Development...Office For Small Cities and the Genesee...the decision became an easy one to...the new Build Now NY certified Gateway...Niagara Enterprise, Empire ... |
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
