Riyadh: Transportation: …in Riyadh, including the King Fahd (running north-south) and Mecca (Makkah; running east-west) highways, which constitute the two main axes of the city. With its grid system of wide thoroughfares and expressways, modern Riyadh was designed as an automobile-oriented city. Taxis are a significant form of transportation in Riyadh; local…

Dhahran: The government-sponsored King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals was founded there in 1963. Pop. (2004) 97,678; (2010) 120,521.

Giuseppe Verdi: Early years: …Verdi saw his next opera, Un giorno di regno (King for a Day), a comedy, hissed off the stage. This compounded trauma led to a severe depression and either caused or fixed the dour, fatalistic, sometimes harsh aspects of Verdi’s character.

King George Sound, one of the finest natural harbours of Western Australia’s south coast. An inlet of the Indian Ocean, the sound, with a surface area of 35 square miles (91 square km), has an entrance 5 miles (8 km) wide flanked by Bald Head on the southwest and Cape Vancouver on the northeast.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh’s bridges: …South Bridge (1788) and the King George IV Bridge (1834), are multiple-arch constructions that span the Cowgate ravine. These new bridges opened the south to rapid expansion. In the same period Waterloo Bridge, with its Regency Arch (1820), opened the eastern slopes of Calton Hill (northeast of the Castle Rock)…

King George Sound, one of the finest natural harbours of Western Australia’s south coast. An inlet of the Indian Ocean, the sound, with a surface area of 35 square miles (91 square km), has an entrance 5 miles (8 km) wide flanked by Bald Head on the southwest and Cape Vancouver on the northeast.

harbours and sea works: Dry docks: A classic example is the King George V Drydock at Southampton, England. Opened in 1933, it was 1,200 feet long and 135 feet wide and was capable of accommodating the largest vessels afloat at that time—namely, the two Cunard liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, each more than 80,000 tons…

Taman Negara National Park, large natural area in east-central Peninsular (West) Malaysia. The park, situated about 125 miles (200 km) northeast of Kuala Lumpur, occupies 1,677 square miles (4,343 square km). A portion of the area now constituting the park was established in 1925 as a game reserve,

Nootka Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the western coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, some 168 miles (270 km) northwest of Victoria. The sound, which forms a good harbour, is 6 miles (10 km) wide and has three arms, one of which separates Nootka Island from Vancouver

King George’s War, (1744–48), American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession, third and inconclusive struggle between France and Great Britain for mastery of the North American continent. Though technically at peace between 1713 and 1744, the two colonial powers experienced continual

greenhood: …Zealand, and the closely related king greenhood (P. baptistii) is from neighbouring Australia.

Gawin Douglas: …The Palice of Honour and King Hart; and the Aeneid. The Palice of Honour (1501), a dream allegory on the theme “where does true honour lie,” extols a sterner rhetorical virtue than the young poet was to exemplify in his own subsequent career. King Hart (uncertainly ascribed to Douglas) describes…

August Wilson: …plays in the series are King Hedley II, first produced in 1999, an account of an ex-con’s efforts to rebuild his life in the 1980s, and Gem of the Ocean, first produced in 2003, which takes place in 1904 and centres on Aunt Ester, a 287-year-old spiritual healer mentioned in…

helmet shell: …example is the 18-centimetre (7-inch) king helmet (Cassis tuberosa) of the Caribbean.

English literature: Verse romance: King Horn and Floris and Blauncheflour both are preserved in a manuscript of about 1250. King Horn, oddly written in short two- and three-stress lines, is a vigorous tale of a kingdom lost and regained, with a subplot concerning Horn’s love for Princess Rymenhild. Floris…

Charlie Chaplin: Final works: A King in New York and A Countess from Hong Kong: …his next film, the British-made A King in New York (1957). Satirizing the very witch hunts that had sent him into self-imposed exile, Chaplin fashioned a diatribe against the foibles of 1950s America that only occasionally managed to nail its target. (Ironically, the film was not released in the United…

The Decemberists: The group’s follow-up, The King Is Dead (2011), marked The Decemberists’ return to both an independent label and the rustic folk-influenced sound of their earliest work, and it reached number one on the Billboard charts in the first week after its release.

King Island, island in Bass Strait, 50 miles (80 km) off the northwestern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The rougly oval-shaped island is about 40 miles (64 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide at its widest point. It has a gently rolling surface that rises to a hill known as Gentle Annie (531 feet

emu: The King Island emu (D. minor), a species found only on King Island in the Bass Strait, was last seen in the wild in 1802, and the last captive specimens died in 1822. The Kangaroo Island emu (D. baudinianus), found only on Kangaroo Island in South…

LeBron James is an American professional basketball player who is widely considered one of the greatest all-around players of all time and who won National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Miami Heat (2012 and 2013), the Cleveland Cavaliers (2016), and the Los Angeles Lakers

King James Version (KJV), English translation of the Bible, published in 1611 under the auspices of King James I of England. The translation had a marked influence on English literary style and was generally accepted as the standard English Bible from the mid-17th to the early 20th century. It is

King James Version (KJV), English translation of the Bible, published in 1611 under the auspices of King James I of England. The translation had a marked influence on English literary style and was generally accepted as the standard English Bible from the mid-17th to the early 20th century. It is

King John, chronicle play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written perhaps in 1594–96 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from an authorial manuscript that may have been copied and supplied with some theatrical touches. The source of the play was a two-part drama generally known as The

Oliver Kahn is a German football (soccer) player who is considered one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He was named world goalkeeper of the year on three occasions (1999, 2001, and 2002). Kahn began playing as a six-year-old with his local football club, and he made his upper-division

Riyadh: Transportation: Riyadh is served by the King Khalid International Airport, which is located about 22 miles (35 km) north of the city and handles both domestic and international flights. There are thousands of miles of paved roads in Riyadh, including the King Fahd (running north-south) and Mecca (Makkah; running east-west) highways,…

King Khālid Military City, city, northeastern Saudi Arabia. The city, under construction in the early 1980s, was being built by U.S. Army engineers after developing the nearby port of Raʾs al-Mishʿab on the Persian Gulf to handle the materiel brought in for the King Khālid Military City project.

Kōhei Uchimura is a former Japanese gymnast who is considered one of the greatest male gymnasts of all time, renowned for his near-perfect execution of highly difficult routines. During an incredible run of success he won an unprecedented six consecutive all-around golds at the world championships

King Kong, landmark American monster film, released in 1933, that was noted for its pioneering special effects by Willis O’Brien. It was the first significant feature film to star an animated character and also made actress Fay Wray an international star. Director Carl Denham (played by Robert

Dino De Laurentiis: …of the Condor (1975), and King Kong (1976), as well as Ragtime (1981), a critically lauded adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s novel. In 1984 he opened another film studio in Wilmington, North Carolina, and—after engineering the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), an umbrella company—he opened production offices in Australia. DEG failed…

Jack Black: Superstardom: …remake of the 1933 film King Kong. In 2006 he collaborated with White again, this time in the wrestling comedy film Nacho Libre. White cowrote the film’s screenplay, and Black starred as a cook at an orphanage run by monks who secretly becomes a luchador (Mexican professional wrestler) to raise…

King Lear, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1605–06 and published in a quarto edition in 1608, evidently based on Shakespeare’s unrevised working papers. The text of the First Folio of 1623 often differs markedly from the quarto text and seemingly represents a theatrical

Lear, legendary British king and central character of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. One of the most moving of Shakespeare’s tragic figures, Lear grows in self-awareness as he diminishes in authority and loses his illusions. Lear at the outset presents the very picture of foolish egotism and is

A Lear of the Steppes, short story by Ivan Turgenev, published in 1870 as “Stepnoy Korol Lir”; it has also been translated as “King Lear of the Steppes.” A loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear, set in the Russian countryside, the story concerns the disrespectful treatment the

King Leopold Ranges, mountain chain of northern Western Australia, forming the southwestern edge of the Kimberley Plateau. It comprises a well-dissected escarpment extending from Collier Bay southeast for 150 miles (240 km). Averaging 2,000 feet (600 m) in height, the ranges rise to just over 3,000

history of Mesopotamia: The rise of Assyria: The old lists of kings suggest that the same dynasty ruled continuously over Ashur from about 1600. All the names of the kings are given, but little else is known about Ashur before 1420. Almost all the princes had Akkadian names, and it can be assumed that…

mackerel: …45 kg (100 pounds); the king mackerel, or kingfish (S. cavalla), a western Atlantic fish about 170 cm long and weighing 36 kg or more; and the cero, or painted mackerel (S. regalis), an abundant, spotted Atlantic fish reportedly about 120 cm long. Scomberomorus species are a favourite game fish,…

novel: Historical: …Fire (1960), and Mary Renault’s The King Must Die (1958) exemplify an important function of the fictional imagination—to interpret remote events in human and particular terms, to transform documentary fact, with the assistance of imaginative conjecture, into immediate sensuous and emotional experience.

Elvis Costello: Branching out to other genres: Following his marriage, Costello recorded King of America (1986), a radical stylistic departure. Produced by T Bone Burnett, King of America features spare acoustic arrangements and a more direct lyrical style. Costello continued to explore new sounds on his next album, Spike (1989), on which O’Riordan and former Beatle Paul…

herald, originally, an officer in medieval Europe charged with carrying messages to and from the commanders of opposing armies; in modern times, a professional authority on armorial history and genealogy. In the 12th century heralds formally announced and conducted tournaments, including the

Michael Douglas: Later films: …The Sentinel (2006), and in King of California (2007) he portrayed a patient recently released from a mental hospital who is looking for gold underneath a discount store.

Martin Scorsese: Films of the 1980s: Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, and The Color of Money: In The King of Comedy (1982), De Niro gave yet another wholly original performance—this time, as Rupert Pupkin, a self-styled stand-up TV comedian. Blissfully unaware of his profound lack of talent, Rupert practices his pathetic comedy routines to no avail. Finally he kidnaps reigning late-night TV…

Philippe de Broca: …Le Roi de coeur (1966; The King of Hearts), an antiwar film in which the inmates of an asylum take over a deserted village during wartime and elect a humble British soldier (played by Alan Bates) their king; The King of Hearts enjoyed long popularity as a cult film. His…

Bing Crosby: Radio star: …in the early sound film King of Jazz (1931). Crosby became a star after getting his own program on the CBS radio station in New York City in 1932. He began appearing in more films, and by the late 1930s his records were selling millions of copies. His songwriting activities…

Nicholas Ray: Later films: With King of Kings (1961) Ray took a deliberately nonepic approach to the life of Jesus (whose naturalistic portrayal by Hunter was generally praised). 55 Days at Peking (1963), with a cast that included Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, and David Niven, was an epic portrayal of…

ancient Iran: Social organization: The title king of kings, used even in the 20th century by the shahs of Iran, implies that the central authority exercised power through a pyramidal structure that was controlled at levels below the supreme authority by individuals who were themselves, in a certain sense, kings. Traditionally,…

Mitchell Leisen: Early life and film work: …The Thief of Bagdad (1924), The King of Kings (1927), and Dynamite (1929), earning an Academy Award nomination for best art direction for the last film.

Radiohead: The group’s eighth release, The King of Limbs (2011), debuted using the same online distribution model as In Rainbows, but it adhered to a standard pricing model rather than a “pay what you wish” system. The album’s title was a reference to a 1,000-year-old oak tree in Wiltshire’s Savernake…

Bob Rafelson: Films of the 1960s and early 1970s: …Rafelson’s follow-up as a director, The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), a melancholy meditation on a pair of brothers whose dreams and dilemmas collide in prerevival Atlantic City, New Jersey, to which one of them, a wheeler-dealer con man who is in over his head (Bruce Dern), summons the other,…

Laurence Fishburne: Film roles: …turning in noteworthy performances in King of New York (1990), Boyz ’n the Hood (1991), Deep Cover (1992), and Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993). His portrayal of musician Ike Turner in What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993) earned him an Academy Award nomination for

Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer who was one of the most popular and influential entertainers in the world in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Jackson transformed popular music in the 1980s, earning himself the title “King of Pop.” His influence went beyond

Kevin James: Nailing the everyman character: The King of Queens: …cast as the lead in The King of Queens, which began airing in 1998. In the show, James played Doug Heffernan, a delivery driver for a company resembling UPS, who lives with his wife, Carrie (Leah Remini), and his father-in-law, Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller). Valentine, James’s real-life brother, portrayed Doug’s…

Jam Master Jay: Run-DMC: The band’s follow-up effort, King of Rock (1985), also went gold. Jam Master Jay, who had performed as a deejay from his early teens, provided the hard, pounding beats and scratching of records on his turntable that were an integral part of the stripped-down sound pioneered by the group.

Elvis Presley was an American popular singer widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and one of rock music’s dominant performers from the mid-1950s until his death. Presley revolutionized popular music with his electrifying performances and enduring influence on generations of recording

bird-of-paradise: …of Parotia—and the King of Saxony’s bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti). The former have elaborate flank plumes as well as six flag-tipped wires projecting back from the head; the latter has a shoulder-cape and a pair of long head-streamers composed of about 40 squarish lobes with an enameled appearance.

Israel Zangwill: …content include a picaresque novel, The King of Schnorrers (1894), concerning an 18th-century rogue, and Dreamers of the Ghetto (1898), essays on famous Jewish figures, including Benedict de Spinoza, Heinrich Heine, and Ferdinand Lassalle. The image of America as a crucible wherein the European nationalities would be transformed into a…

Pete Davidson: Other projects: …most notably the 2020 film The King of Staten Island, which he cowrote with Apatow and Dave Sirus. In it Davidson plays a fictionalized version of himself named Scott and mourns his firefighter father, who was killed in the line of duty. The film stars Marisa Tomei as his mother…

Wasim Akram is a Pakistani cricket player generally regarded as the greatest left-handed bowler of all time, arguably among the very best fast bowlers ever, and an outstanding all-rounder, who helped lead Pakistan to the World Cup championship of one-day international (ODI) cricket in 1992. Akram

Airedale Terrier, the largest of the terriers, called the “King of Terriers,” probably descended from the otterhound and an extinct broken-haired dog, the black-and-tan Old English Terrier. Originally called the Bingley or Waterside Terrier, it was later named for the River Aire and its valley, or

Chen Kaige: Haizi wang (1987; King of the Children) is the story of a young teacher sent to a squalid rural school “to learn from the peasants.” Chen’s fourth film, Bienzou bienchang (1991; Life on a String), chronicles the deeds of a blind storyteller and his blind apprentice as they…

children’s literature: From T.W. to Alice (1712?–1865): John Ruskin’s King of the Golden River (1851) and William Makepeace Thackeray’s “fireside pantomime” The Rose and the Ring (1855) were signs of a changing climate, even though the Grimm-like directness of the first is partly neutralized by Ruskin’s moralistic bent and the gaiety of the second…

Mike Judge: …The Simpsons) the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010). The show centred on propane salesman Hank Hill (voiced by Judge), his family, and his neighbours in a small Texas town. Although much more sentimental than Judge’s previous series, King of the Hill nevertheless contained a strong satirical bent, often…

Adrien Brody: Summer of Sam and The Piano: … (1991) and in Steven Soderbergh’s King of the Hill (1993). He took the part of a baseball player in Angels in the Outfield (1994) and starred in the unsuccessful drama Ten Benny (1995). In 1998 he was cast in Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line, but his part largely disappeared…

H. Bruce Humberstone: …(with Max Marcin) the campy King of the Jungle, which starred Buster Crabbe as Tarzan, and the following year he made the Philo Vance mystery The Dragon Murder Case. In 1936 Humberstone was assigned to the highly successful Charlie Chan series starring Warner Oland, and he made some of the…

Ludwig Pfyffer was a Swiss military leader, spokesman for Roman Catholic interests in the cantons, and probably the most important Swiss political figure in the latter half of the 16th century. For many years an active and intrepid warrior in the service of France, Pfyffer won fame by safely

Wesley Dennis: … that included the Newbery Medal-winning King of the Wind (1948).

zombie: History: …Revolt of the Zombies (1936), King of the Zombies (1941), and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). As the United States entered the atomic age, zombie and alien stories began to merge, as in the infamous Ed Wood-directed cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) and Invisible Invaders (1959),…

Michael Caine: …had a similar role in King of Thieves (2018), based on the true story of elderly burglars who targeted a safe-deposit facility in London. In 2020 Caine appeared in the fantasy film Come Away, and that year he also reunited with Nolan on Tenet, a sci-fi thriller. His credits from…

Miniature Pinscher, breed of toy dog originating in Germany, perhaps as early as the 1600s. The dog may have been used for ratting or for companionship. Although it resembles a miniaturized version of the Doberman Pinscher, the dog likely was the result of the crossbreeding of German Pinschers,

Clifton Chenier was an American popular musician and pioneer in the development of zydeco music—a bluesy, southern Louisiana blend of French, African American, Native American, and Afro-Caribbean traditions. He was a master keyboard accordionist, a bold vocalist, and the unofficial (but virtually

Franz Grillparzer: …performed or published until 1825; King Ottocar, His Rise and Fall). Here the action is drawn from Austrian history, and the rise of Rudolph of Habsburg (the first of Grillparzer’s characters to avoid guilt and tragedy) is contrasted with the fall of the tyrant Ottokar of Bohemia, so that Ottokar’s…

king oyster mushroom, (Pleurotus eryngii), widely cultivated edible mushroom. King oyster mushrooms are native to temperate, humid areas of the Mediterranean, Asia, and North Africa and are extensively grown in East Asia. Known for their meaty texture, rich umami taste, and long shelf life, they

king penguin, (Aptenodytes patagonicus), second largest member of the penguin order (Sphenisciformes), characterized by its dignified, upright posture, long bill, and vivid coloration. Although many ornithologists divide the species into two subspecies, Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus and A.

Metacom was a sachem (intertribal leader) of a confederation of indigenous peoples that included the Wampanoag and Narraganset. Metacom led one of the most costly wars of resistance in New England history, known as King Philip’s War (1675–76). Metacom was the second son of Massasoit, a Wampanoag

King Philip’s War, (1675–76), in British American colonial history, war that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history. Historians since the early 18th century, relying on accounts from the

Bangkok: Cultural life: In 1987 the 200-acre (80-hectare) King Rama IX Royal Park with its extensive botanical gardens was opened to commemorate the king’s 60th birthday.

King Ranch, largest ranch in the United States, composed of a group of four tracts of land in southeastern Texas, totaling approximately 825,000 acres (333,800 hectares). The King Ranch was established by Richard King, a steamboat captain born in 1825 in Orange county, New York. Drawn to Texas by

James Clavell: Asian Saga novel series: He based his first novel, King Rat (1962; film 1965), on his experiences as a POW, and writing the book proved to be a cathartic experience for him. King Rat was the first book in what he called his “Asian Saga,” which chronicles the adventures and exploits of English characters…

King Records in the Queen City: Record store owner Syd Nathan established King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1943. Situated just across the Ohio River from more rural, Southern-oriented Kentucky, Nathan recorded country acts who came to town to play on WLW’s Midwestern Hayride and the touring black singers and bands…

Record store owner Syd Nathan established King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1943. Situated just across the Ohio River from more rural, Southern-oriented Kentucky, Nathan recorded country acts who came to town to play on WLW’s Midwestern Hayride and the touring black singers and bands who

Henrik Hertz: …and Kong Renés datter (1845; King René’s Daughter), based on Provençal folklore. He was also a prolific writer of many kinds of verse. Unfortunately he often felt compelled to conform to his audience’s tastes in form rather than to meet his own artistic demands, and his reputation faded along with…

Beyoncé: Acting career and soundtracks: …“Be Alive” for the film King Richard (2021), and it received an Oscar nomination for best original song.

König Rother, medieval German romance (c. 1160) that is the earliest record of the type of popular entertainment literature circulated by wandering minstrels. It combines elements from German heroic literature (without the grimness of the older tales) with Orientalisms derived from the Crusades. In

chinook salmon, (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) prized North Pacific food and sport fish of the family Salmonidae. It weighs up to 60 kg (130 pounds) and is silvery with round black spots. Spawning runs occur in spring, adults swimming as far as 3,200 km (2,000 miles) up the Yukon. Young chinook salmon

Riyadh: Education: King Saud University (1957) and Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (1953) are both national universities. In addition, there are a number of military academies, including King Abdulaziz Military College (1955), King Khalid Military College (1982), and King Fahd Security College, originally established in Mecca…

king snake, (genus Lampropeltis), any of a group of moderate-sized to large terrestrial snakes found from southeastern Canada to Ecuador. Adults generally range in length from 1 to 1.5 metres (3.3 to 5 feet), but some have grown to 2.1 metres (6.8 feet). They are nonvenomous constrictors and have a

King Solomon’s Mines, novel by H. Rider Haggard, published in 1885. One of the first African adventure stories, it concerns the efforts of a group of Englishmen to find the legendary diamond mines of King Solomon. The explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to take Sir Henry Curtis and a friend on an

Timnaʿ: The ancient mines, called Mikhrot Shelomo ha-Melekh (“King Solomon’s Mines”), are at the top of a north-south–trending mesa, about 1,000 feet (305 m) long and more than 425 feet (130 m) wide at its widest point. Scenic columnar rock formations along the mesa’s north wall show traces of the…

Sharon Stone: Early roles: Barrymore; the Indiana Jones knockoffs King Solomon’s Mines (1985) and Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); and the action flicks Above the Law and Action Jackson (both 1988).

King Sound, inlet of the Indian Ocean, northern Western Australia, measuring 90 miles by 35 miles (145 km by 56 km). Its entrance is flanked by Cape Leveque to the west and the four island clusters of the Buccaneer Archipelago in Yampi Sound to the east. The mouths of the Fitzroy, Meda, Lennard,

king oyster mushroom, (Pleurotus eryngii), widely cultivated edible mushroom. King oyster mushrooms are native to temperate, humid areas of the Mediterranean, Asia, and North Africa and are extensively grown in East Asia. Known for their meaty texture, rich umami taste, and long shelf life, they

Steve Martin: …and his hit single “King Tut” (1978) sold more than a million copies.

Tutankhamun was a king of ancient Egypt (reigned c. 1333–24 bce), known chiefly for his intact tomb, KV 62 (tomb 62), discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. During his reign, powerful advisers restored the traditional Egyptian religion and art, both of which had been set aside by his

King v. Burwell, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2015, held (6–3) that consumers who purchase health insurance on an exchange (marketplace) run by the federal government under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA; commonly ACA) are eligible for subsidies in

vulture: New World vultures: The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is the most colourful vulture. The head and neck are red, yellow, and bluish; the eyes are white with red eye-rings; the body is buff above and white below; and the neck fringe is gray. Its wingspan is about 2 metres;…

King William Island, island, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, western Nunavut territory, between Victoria Island and Boothia Peninsula. The island is separated from the mainland (Adelaide Peninsula) by the Storis Passage and Simpson Strait. It is about 110 miles (175 km) long and 100 miles (160

Tasmanian cedar: The third species, King William pine (A. selaginoides), is a timber tree that may grow as high as 30 metres (100 feet) and as large in circumference as 2.7 metres (9 feet). Its dark green, leathery leaves contain volatile oils.

Qonce, town, Eastern Cape province, South Africa, west of East London. Founded as a missionary station in 1826, it later (after 1835) served as a military headquarters for British Kaffraria and was named King William’s Town for the British king William IV. It served as a center for German

King William’s War, (1689–97), North American extension of the War of the Grand Alliance, waged by William III of Great Britain and the League of Augsburg against France under Louis XIV. Canadian and New England colonists divided in support of their mother countries and, together with their

Riyadh: Education: …located in Riyadh is the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), which carries out research designed to promote the enrichment of Saudi society through technological development. KACST is linked to some of the world’s preeminent scientific and technological centers, with whom a number of cooperative projects—including the establishment…

Saudi Arabia: Education: …level, in September 2009 the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology was opened near Jeddah. The campus hosted state-of-the-art laboratories, virtual reality facilities, and one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The coed university—many of whose students were drawn from abroad—strove to provide a comparatively liberal environment relative to…