the New York Dolls: Formed in 1971, the New York Dolls first gained notoriety in 1972 for their outrageous performances at the Mercer Arts Center and Max’s Kansas…

Annie Hall: …first marriage, to Allison (Carol Kane). Another scene shows Alvy and Annie enjoying each other’s company in a seaside house as they struggle to make a dinner of boiled lobsters. During a walk on the beach, they reflect on Annie’s previous boyfriends and then introduce Alvy’s failed second marriage,…

Sheikh Hamidou Kane is a Senegalese writer best known for his autobiographical novel L’Aventure ambiguë (1961; Ambiguous Adventure), which won the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire in 1962. Kane received a traditional Muslim education as a youth before leaving Senegal for Paris to study law at

Elisha Kent Kane was an American physician and Arctic explorer who in 1850 led an unsuccessful expedition to northwestern Greenland to search for the British explorer Sir John Franklin, missing since 1845. Educated as a physician, Kane became a naval surgeon in 1843. After the Arctic search for

Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comic book artist whose innovative and dramatic style and precise drawing technique brought new life and vibrancy to such classic superheroes as Spider-Man, Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, the Incredible Hulk, and the Atom—in addition to characters he created,

John Kane was a Scottish-born American artist who painted primitivist scenes of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Scotland. In 1879, after working in a coal mine since childhood, John Cain immigrated to the United States (where a banker’s misspelling changed his name to Kane). He worked as a

the New York Dolls: Formed in 1971, the New York Dolls first gained notoriety in 1972 for their outrageous performances at the Mercer Arts Center and Max’s Kansas…

Jonathan Toews: …won by his frequent linemate Patrick Kane; Kane and Toews were intended to be the core of the Blackhawks’s efforts to rebuild.

Paul Kane was an Irish-born Canadian painter. His family immigrated to Canada in 1819. He worked mainly in Toronto but traveled as far as the Pacific coast depicting landscapes, Native American subjects, fur traders, and missionaries; he published an account of his adventures in Wanderings of an

Sarah Kane was an English playwright whose works are known for deliberately challenging audience sensibilities by confronting them with subjects that are commonly regarded as uncomfortable and even taboo. The raw presentation of violence, both sexual and otherwise, in her first play, Blasted

Sheikh Hamidou Kane is a Senegalese writer best known for his autobiographical novel L’Aventure ambiguë (1961; Ambiguous Adventure), which won the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire in 1962. Kane received a traditional Muslim education as a youth before leaving Senegal for Paris to study law at

Balearic Islands: Geography: Sir Richard Kane, governor of Minorca between 1712 and 1736, introduced cattle and sheep from North Africa and pigs from Sardinia; these breeds continue to be raised.

Kanehara Hitomi is a Japanese novelist whose darkly explicit prose addresses the experience of being young in contemporary Japan. Kanehara temporarily stopped going to elementary school, and as a teenager she attempted suicide by cutting her wrists. She later attended writing seminars taught by her

Kanem-Bornu, African trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from the 9th to the 19th century. Its territory at various times included what is now southern Chad, northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, eastern Niger, and southern Libya. Kanem-Bornu

Kanem-Bornu, African trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from the 9th to the 19th century. Its territory at various times included what is now southern Chad, northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, eastern Niger, and southern Libya. Kanem-Bornu

Lake Chad: Settlement history: The modern Kanembu, for example, are composed of several groups consolidated by Kanem in the 9th century; similarly, the modern Kanuri emerged from the imposed authority of Kanem’s successor state, Bornu, located southwest of Lake Chad. Some ethnic groups were not assimilated. The metallurgists of Kanem, for…

Chad: Languages: … spoken in Nigeria, (4) the Kanembu-Zaghawa languages, spoken in the north, mostly by nomads, (5) the Maba group, spoken in the vicinity of Abéché and throughout the Ouaddaï region of eastern Chad, (6) the Tama languages, spoken in the Abéché, Adré, Goz Béïda, and Am Dam regions, (7) Daju, spoken…

western Africa: The jihad of Usman dan Fodio: …province arose a new leader, Muḥammad al-Kānemī, who asserted that the Fulani clerics did not have a unique right to interpret Muslim law for the government of humanity. Al-Kānemī was able to inspire a spirited national resistance, which by 1811 had turned the tide against the Fulani. By 1826 he…

Kaneohe, town, Honolulu county, northeastern Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. Situated 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Honolulu, it spreads from the foothills of the Koolau Range to Kaneohe Bay. Like neighboring Kailua to the east, the Kaneohe (meaning “Bamboo Husband”) area was once the home of the

Kaneohe Bay, bay on the northeastern shore of Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. A major tourist destination, it contains clear, shallow waters and vivid underwater coral formations that can be viewed from glass-bottom boats. Extending between Kaneohe Beach Park (south) and Kualoa Point (north), its 20-mile

Kültepe, ancient mound covering the Bronze Age city of Kanesh, in central Turkey. Kültepe was known to archaeologists during the 19th century, but it began to attract particular attention as the reputed source of so-called Cappadocian tablets in Old Assyrian cuneiform writing and language. Finally,

Kültepe, ancient mound covering the Bronze Age city of Kanesh, in central Turkey. Kültepe was known to archaeologists during the 19th century, but it began to attract particular attention as the reputed source of so-called Cappadocian tablets in Old Assyrian cuneiform writing and language. Finally,

Council Bluffs, city, seat (1851) of Pottawattamie county, southwestern Iowa, U.S., on the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska. The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed there in 1804 and held consultations with the Oto and Missouri Indians at a place called Council Hill or Council Bluff; a

Poch’ŏngyo: Poch’ŏngyo was founded by Kang Il-sun (1871–1909), who initially gained a following by offering to cure illnesses through incantations and by medicine. The Japanese rulers of Korea, fearful that Poch’ŏngyo was an underground political movement, so restricted Kang’s activities that only a weak organization was established before his death.…

China: The struggle for central authority: Major uprisings were led by Kang Quantai in southern Anhui in 858 and Qiu Fu in Zhejiang in 859. The situation was complicated by a costly war against the Nanzhao kingdom on the borders of the Chinese protectorate in Annam, which later spread to Sichuan and dragged on from 858…

Kang Sheng was a Chinese communist official who is considered to have been one of the three or four most powerful individuals in the government during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). Most Chinese communist leaders belonged to the peasantry, but Kang was born into a large landholding family.

Kang Youwei was a Chinese scholar, a leader of the Reform Movement of 1898 and a key figure in the intellectual development of modern China. During the last years of the empire and the early years of the republic he sought to promote Confucianism as an antidote against “moral degeneration” and

Kang Youwei was a Chinese scholar, a leader of the Reform Movement of 1898 and a key figure in the intellectual development of modern China. During the last years of the empire and the early years of the republic he sought to promote Confucianism as an antidote against “moral degeneration” and

Indian Women in STEM: Gagandeep Kang: Medicine—microbiology, infectious disease, and public health

Kailash Range, one of the highest and most rugged parts of the Himalayas, located in the southwestern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China. The range has a roughly northwest-southeast axis and lies to the north of a trough drained in the west by the Langqên (Xiangquan)

Malinke: One group, the Kangaba, has one of the world’s most ancient dynasties; its rule has been virtually uninterrupted for 13 centuries. Beginning in the 7th century ad as the centre of a small state, Kangaba became the capital of the great Malinke empire known as Mali (q.v.). This…

Sundiata Keita: …from the small kingdom of Kangaba, near the present Mali-Guinea border. Little is known about his early life. Malinke oral traditions indicate that he was one of 12 royal brothers who were heirs to the throne of Kangaba. Sumanguru, ruler of the neighbouring state of Kaniaga, overran Kangaba at the…

Assam: Cultural life: The third Bihu festival, the Kati Bihu (in mid-October or November), is also called the Kongali Bihu (from kongali, meaning “poor”), because by this time of year the house of an ordinary family is without food grains, as the stock is usually consumed before the next harvest.

Precambrian: Basic dikes: 95-billion-year-old Kangamiut swarm in western Greenland is only about 250 km (155 miles) long but is one of the world’s densest continental dike swarms. Many of the major dike swarms were intruded on the continental margins of Proterozoic oceans in a manner similar to the dikes…

Kangar, town, extreme northwest Peninsular (West) Malaysia. It lies 5 miles (8 km) east of the Thailand border, on the Perlis River. Kangar is the largest town in the Perlis region and is the head of navigation for small craft on the Perlis River. Its industries include cement, saw milling, rubber,

Mosāferīd Dynasty, (ad c. 916–1090), Iranian dynasty that ruled in northwestern Iran. The founder of the dynasty was Moḥammad ebn Mosāfer (ruled c. 916–941), military commander of the strategic mountain fortresses of Ṭārom and Samīrān in Daylam, in northwestern Iran. With the increasing weakness of

rocket and missile system: Antiship: …aircraft included the 50-foot, swept-wing AS-3 Kangaroo, introduced in 1961 with a range exceeding 400 miles. The AS-4 Kitchen, a Mach-2 (twice the speed of sound) rocket-powered missile with a range of about 250 miles, also was introduced in 1961, and the liquid-fuel, rocket-powered Mach-1.5 AS-5 Kelt was first deployed…

kangaroo, any of six large species of Australian marsupials noted for hopping and bouncing on their hind legs. The term kangaroo, most specifically used, refers to the eastern gray kangaroo, the western gray kangaroo, and the red kangaroo, as well as to the antilopine kangaroo and two species of

D.H. Lawrence: Later life and works: Lawrence wrote Kangaroo in six weeks while visiting Australia in 1922. This novel is a serious summary of his own position at the time. The main character and his wife move to Australia after World War I and face in the new country a range of political…

Alex Chilton: …this, songs such as “Kangaroo” offered a glimpse of the noise-pop sound that would emerge in the 1980s with groups such as the Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine.

grassland: Biota: …important in drier sites, and Themeda occurs in cooler places at higher altitudes. Herbivorous mammals include wildebeests, several antelope species, and—where they still survive—rhinoceroses, buffalo, and elephants. Carnivores include various dogs (jackals), cats (cheetahs, lions), hyenas, and mongooses.

Kangaroo Island, third largest Australian offshore island, located at the entrance to the Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia, 80 miles (130 km) southwest of Adelaide. Its formation is that of a low cliffed plateau (structurally a continuation of the Mount Lofty–Flinders ranges on the mainland)

emu: The Kangaroo Island emu (D. baudinianus), found only on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, was likely hunted to extinction prior to 1827.

kangaroo mouse, (genus Microdipodops), either of two species of leaping bipedal rodents found only in certain deserts of the western United States. They have large ears and a large head with fur-lined external cheek pouches. The forelimbs are short, but the hind limbs and feet are long. Stiff hairs

kangaroo rat, (genus Dipodomys), any of 22 species of bipedal North American desert rodents with a tufted tail. Kangaroo rats have large heads and eyes, short forelimbs, and very long hind legs and feet. Fur-lined external cheek pouches open alongside the mouth and can be everted for cleaning.

Glenn Murcutt: …Wilson; the Walsh House (2005), Kangaroo Valley; and the Donaldson House (2017; later the Palm Beach House), Sydney. However, he also built a number of public spaces. These include the Kempsey Museum and Visitor Information Centre (1982), South Kempsey, and the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre (1999), an artist…

Iranian art and architecture: Seleucid period: …by two “Greek” temples, at Kangāvar and Khurha, in Iran, in which classical orders (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) are handled with so little understanding that they can hardly be called Hellenistic. There are, however, isolated examples of contemporary sculpture from eastern sites to which this term could be more justifiably…

Kadamba family: His son Kangavarman, who assumed the title Dharmamaharajadhiraja (“Lawful King of Kings”), was probably the king of Kuntala defeated by the Vakateka king Vindhyaseva. His grandson Kakusthavarman (reigned c. 425–450) was a powerful ruler involved in many marriage alliances with the Guptas and other kingly families. After…

Kanchenjunga, world’s third highest mountain, with an elevation of 28,169 feet (8,586 metres). It is situated in the eastern Himalayas on the border between Sikkim state, northeastern India, and eastern Nepal, 46 miles (74 km) north-northwest of Darjiling, Sikkim. The mountain is part of the Great

Puyi was the last emperor (1908–1911/12) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12) in China and puppet emperor of the Japanese-controlled state of Manchukuo (Chinese: Manzhouguo) from 1934 to 1945. Puyi succeeded to the Manchu throne at the age of three, when his uncle, the Guangxu emperor, died

Kangding, town, western Sichuan sheng (province) and capital of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. Kangding is on the Tuo River, a tributary of the Dadu River, 62 miles (100 km) west of Ya’an on the main route from Sichuan into the Tibet Autonomous Region. It lies at an elevation of 8,400

Kangean Islands, island group in the Java Sea, Jawa Timur provinsi (“province”), Indonesia. The Kangeans lie northwest of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), some 75 miles (121 km) north of Bali, and consist of three main islands surrounded by about 60 islets and covering a land area of 258

Kangean Islands, island group in the Java Sea, Jawa Timur provinsi (“province”), Indonesia. The Kangeans lie northwest of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), some 75 miles (121 km) north of Bali, and consist of three main islands surrounded by about 60 islets and covering a land area of 258

gagaku: …gagaku without dance are called kangen (flutes and strings), whereas dances and their accompaniment are called bugaku.

philosophy of logic: Logical semantics of modal concepts: …1957 and 1959 largely by Stig Kanger of Sweden and Saul Kripke of the U.S., has opened the door to applications in the logical analysis of many philosophically central concepts, such as knowledge, belief, perception, and obligation. Attempts have been made to analyze from the viewpoint of logical semantics such…

Kangerlussuaq: …fjord is the town of Kangerlussuaq, the site of Greenland’s main international airport. Established as Bluie West 8 (BW 8), a U.S. World War II air base, the airport served for many years as a transpolar intermediate stop between Scandinavia and North America. It was abandoned as a U.S. base…

Kangerlussuaq, fjord in southwestern Greenland, located just north of the Arctic Circle and 60 miles (95 km) southeast of Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg). About 120 miles (190 km) long and 1–5 miles (1.5–8 km) wide, the fjord extends northeastward from Davis Strait to the edge of the inland ice cap, where

Kanggye, city, capital of Chagang do (province), northern North Korea. As a transportation junction of the inland plateau near the frontier with China, it has been a fortress and military base since the Chosǒn dynasty (1392–1910). It is connected with P’yŏngyang by rail line and road. Kanggye’s

Sikhism: Guru Gobind Singh and the founding of the Khalsa: Ks”—kes or kesh (uncut hair), kangha (comb), kachha (short trousers), kara (steel bracelet), and kirpan (ceremonial sword)—did not become an obligation of all Sikhs until the establishment of the Singh Sabha, a religious and educational reform movement of the late 19th and the early 20th century. The Sikh

Ganghwa Island, island, Gyeonggi do (province), northwestern South Korea. Ganghwa Island lies in the Yellow Sea just off the northwestern coast, northwest of Incheon. Roughly rectangular in shape, it lies at the mouth of the Han River and has an area of 163 square miles (422 square km). The land is

China: Korea and the Sino-Japanese War: The Treaty of Kanghwa, signed in 1876, defined Korea as an independent state on an equal footing with Japan. Japan sent an envoy, Mori Arinori, to China to report on recent Korean affairs. China insisted that, although Korea was independent, China could come to the support…

Katsina: …in the palace of the Kangiwa (“Elephant’s Head”); among the royal treasures of the palace is Gajere, a sword with a 13th-century Arabic inscription that was used in the overthrow of the Kumayo-Durbawa dynasty in the early 14th century. Associated with the town’s large central mosque is the Gobarau Minaret,…

Seoul: City site: Known as Gangnam (“South River”), or “South City”—as opposed to Gangpuk (“North River”), or “North City,” north of the Han—the affluent area contains more than half the city’s population and, correspondingly, supplies half the local tax income. Gangnam is characterized by high-rise apartment blocks and new office…

Kango, town, northwestern Gabon. The town is situated about 50 miles (80 km) east of Libreville and lies on the Como River at the head of the Gabon Estuary. Kango is the site of one of Africa’s largest cellulose and paper-pulp factories, which was built in the 1970s to process products of the

Japan: Trade between China and Japan: …the use of the term kangō, or tally, trade.

Japan: Trade between China and Japan: …received from the Ming called kangōfu were used, hence the use of the term kangō, or tally, trade.

Seoul: City layout: …sometimes known today as the North City, was founded in 1394, when it was chosen to be the capital of the Joseon dynasty. Its central district, inside the four gates, was planned and has a rectangular street pattern. Gyeongbok Palace, the main palace of the dynasty, stands in the north-central…

Kangra, town, western Himachal Pradesh state, northwestern India, in an area at the southern edge of the Himalayan foothills drained by the Beas River. The town lies on a rail line just south-southwest of Dharmshala, at an elevation of 2,409 feet (734 meters). Kangra was known as Nagarkot in

South Asian arts: Pahari style: Kāngra school: The Basohlī style began to fade by the mid-18th century, being gradually replaced by the Kāngra style, named after the state of Kāngra but, like the Basohlī style, of much wider prevalence. A curvilinear line, easy flowing rhythms, calmer colours, and a mood…

Çankırı, city, north-central Turkey. It lies at the confluence of the Tatlı and the Acı rivers. Gangra, capital of the ancient Paphlagonian kings, was incorporated into the Roman province of Galatia (c. 6 bce) and renamed Germanicopolis. It was captured by the Seljuq Turks after their victory over

Mount Kailash, Himalayan mountain accorded sacred significance in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon. The snowy peak rises in the Kailash (Gangdisi) Range, in the Ngari prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. Mount Kailash is considered the home of the Hindu god Shiva, where he

Mount Everest: Drainage and climate: …flanking the mountain are the Kangshung Glacier to the east; the East, Central, and West Rongbuk (Rongpu) glaciers to the north and northwest; the Pumori Glacier to the northwest; and the Khumbu Glacier to the west and south, which is fed by the glacier bed of the Western Cwm, an…

Kangto, mountain in the eastern Himalayas in western Arunachal Pradesh state, northern India, on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It reaches a height of about 23,260 feet (7,090

KaNgwane, former nonindependent Bantustan, eastern Transvaal, South Africa. It was created as a homeland for those Swazi people not residing in Swaziland. KaNgwane (and the independent nation of Swaziland) was the traditional homeland of the Swazi, who were organized into a kingdom in the early

Kangwŏn, do (province), southeastern North Korea, facing the East Sea (Sea of Japan). The province consists of the small northern part of the former Kangwŏn province, which was divided at latitude 38° N (the 38th parallel) in 1945 and, after the armistice following the Korean War (1953), by the

Gangwon, do (province), northeastern South Korea. It is bounded to the east by the East Sea (Sea of Japan), to the south by North Gyeongsang and North Chungcheong provinces, to the west by Gyeonggi province, and to the north by Gangwon province, North Korea. Prior to the division of the Korean

Kangxi was the second emperor (reigned 1661–1722) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12). To the Chinese empire he added areas north of the Amur River (Heilong Jiang) and portions of Outer Mongolia, and he extended control over Tibet. He opened four ports to foreign trade and encouraged the

Kangxi: Administration of the empire: …the dictionary of Chinese characters, Kangxi zidian, listing about 42,000 characters (1716); the rhyming dictionary of Chinese compounds, Peiwenyunfu (1711); and the encyclopaedia of subject matter, Yuanjian leihan (1710). Another great encyclopaedia, the Gujin tushu jicheng, which was to consist of 10,000 chapters, was also started in Kangxi’s reign.

Kanha National Park, national park in Madhya Pradesh state, central India, nestled between the Vindhya and the Satpura hill ranges. Originally established as the Banjar Valley Sanctuary in 1933, it became a national park in 1955 and was enlarged in 1962 and 1970. The park extends over 363 square

Mumbai: Cultural life: …vacation resort located near the Kanheri Caves; the caves, numbering more than 100, were the site of an ancient Buddhist university and contain gigantic Buddhist sculptures dating from the 2nd to the 9th century bce. There are several public gardens, including the Jijamata Udyan, which houses Mumbai’s zoo in the…

Amílcar Lopes Cabral: He was killed by Inocêncio Kani, a disgruntled PAIGC guerrilla war veteran who was believed to have been working with Portuguese agents. In September of that year the PAIGC unilaterally declared Guinea-Bissau’s independence, a status formally achieved on September 10, 1974, with Cabral’s brother Luís as the new country’s…

Poland: Communist Poland: …and he was replaced by Stanisław Kania, who was followed by General Wojciech Jaruzelski. By the autumn of 1981, Jaruzelski held the offices of premier, first secretary of the party, and commander in chief. His decision to attempt to break Solidarity through the introduction of martial law in December 1981…

Konibodom, city, northern Tajikistan, in the western Fergana Valley. The Konibodom oasis was best known for almonds, from which its name, Place of Almonds, is derived. The city dates back at least to the 15th century. Its economy is based on the processing of local agricultural products—cotton,

Kazembe: …was Kazembe II, known as Kaniembo (reigned c. 1740–60), who conquered most of the territory that the kingdom eventually occupied, extending citizenship to those he conquered and establishing the complicated network of tribute and trade that held the vast kingdom together. His grandson, Kazembe IV, known as Kibangu Keleka (reigned…

Mohawk, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe and the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy. Within the confederacy they were considered to be the “keepers of the eastern door.” At the time of European colonization, they occupied three villages west of what is now

Black Canary: …for DC Comics by writer Bob Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino. The character first appeared in Flash Comics no. 86 (August 1947).

Orhan Veli Kanık was a poet who was one of the most innovative poets in 20th-century Turkish literature. Educated at the Faculty of Literature of Istanbul University, he worked briefly as a teaching assistant before joining the Turkish postal administration in Ankara (1936–42). From 1942 to 1945 he

Lake Pend Oreille: Kaniksu National Forest, northwestern Idaho, U.S. The largest lake in Idaho, it is about 40 miles (65 km) long and 4 miles (6.5 km) wide and covers an area of some 125 square miles (325 square km). It is about 1,150 feet (350 metres) deep…

Kanimblan orogeny, a mountain-building event in eastern Australia toward the end of Early Carboniferous time (about 318 million years ago). Uplift and deformation occurred in a wide belt extending from Tasmania to Cape York. The Kanimblan was the most severe orogenic episode to affect the Tasman

Kanin Peninsula, peninsula in Arkhangelsk oblast (province), northwestern Russia. It separates the White Sea to the west from the Cheshskaya Guba (Bay), a gulf of the Barents Sea, to the east. It has an area of about 4,000 sq mi (10,500 sq km). Except in the north, where the Kanin Kamen runs

Garson Kanin was an American writer and director who was perhaps best known for several classic comedies written with his wife, the actress-writer Ruth Gordon, and for the play Born Yesterday (1946). Kanin left high school to help support his family during the first years of the Great Depression.

Garson Kanin: Screenplays, theatrical work, and novels: His brother, Michael Kanin, was also a noted screenwriter.

St. Peter Canisius ; canonized 1925; feast day December 21) was a 16th-century Jesuit scholar and a strong opponent of Protestantism. He has been called the second apostle of Germany (with St. Boniface being the first) for his ardent defense of Roman Catholicism there during the

Kanishka was the greatest king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and possibly areas of Central Asia north of the Kashmir region. He is, however, chiefly remembered as a great patron of Buddhism. Most of what is known about Kanishka

Kanishka was the greatest king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and possibly areas of Central Asia north of the Kashmir region. He is, however, chiefly remembered as a great patron of Buddhism. Most of what is known about Kanishka

Mehmed III: …Ottomans took the fortress of Kanizsa.

Africa: Pleistocene and Holocene developments: The Kanjeran, or Third, Pluvial occurred during the middle Pleistocene and corresponds to the Riss Pluvial in Europe.

Africa: Pleistocene and Holocene developments: …land, is revealed in the Kanjeran-Gamblian Interpluvial levels, lasting from about 60,000 to 55,000 years ago. That period corresponds to an important tectonic phase marked by uplift and subsidence in North Africa and activity along all the faults, in particular those in eastern Africa. It was at that time that…

kanji, in the Japanese writing system, ideograms (or characters) adapted from Chinese characters. Kanji constitute one of the two systems used to write the Japanese language, the other being the two indigenous kana syllabaries (hiragana and katakana). Ancient Japan had no writing system for its

Maya: …[Tektiteko], Awakateko, and Ixil); the Q’anjobalan peoples of Huehuetenango and adjacent parts of Mexico (Motocintlec [Mocho’], Tuzantec, Jakalteko, Akateko, Tojolabal, and Chuj); the Tzotzil and Tzeltal peoples of Chiapas in southern Mexico; the Cholan peoples, including the Chontal and Chol speakers in