Known to the Iranians by the Pahlavi compound word kah-ruba ( from kah “ straw ” plus rubay “ attract, snatch ,” referring to its electrical properties ), which entered Arabic as kahraba ' or kahraba, it too was called amber in Europe ( Old French and Middle English ambre ).

The Central African Republic is Known to have been settled from at least the 7th century on by overlapping empires, including the Kanem-Bornu, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, and Dafour groups based on the Lake Chad region and along the Upper Nile.

Known as a top-down formation scenario, this theory is quite simple yet no longer widely accepted because observations of the early universe strongly suggest that objects grow from bottom-up ( i. e. smaller objects merging to form larger ones ).

Known from bones found in the Yorktown Formation of the Lee Creek Mine in North Carolina, it is believed to have split along with the Great Auk from a common ancestor.

Known to have been played as far back as prehistoric times, games are generally distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration.

In particular, it is possible that he copied descriptions of the crocodile, hippopotamus and phoenix from Hecataeus's ' Circumnavigation of the Known World ' ( Periegesis / Periodos ges ), even mis-representing the source as ' Heliopolitans ' ( Histories 2. 73 ).

Known officially as the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, the Mark I was a general purpose electro-mechanical computer built with IBM financing and with assistance from IBM personnel, under the direction of Harvard mathematician Howard Aiken.

Known as the Hackett Medical College for Women ( 夏葛女子醫學院 ), this College was located in Guangzhou, China, and was enabled by a large donation from Mr. Edward A. K.

Known officially as the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 to 1976, and then as the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1976 to 1991, Albania spent much of this time under the regime of Enver Hoxha, who severely restricted citizens ' freedom and contact with the outside world.

Known to have been used for 124 launches from 1958 to 1975, reaching up to 1158 kilometers altitude.

Known objects in the Kuiper belt, derived from data from the Minor Planet Center.

The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw the settlement of the what is now the largest ethnic community in the city, the Muhajirs who migrated from India in search of a Muslim homeland and settled in Pakistan, that's why the culture of Karachi is very similar to any Indian Muslim dominant city and the city's first language is Urdu because of these Muhajir unlike other parts of the country Most properties vacated by Hindus were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants who had migrated from India, Known as Muhajirs, their descendants now form the majority of Karachi's residents, these Mohajirs of Urdu, Gujrati, Marathi, Konkani Muslims from India and Bengali origin are around 13 million.

** Three Books of Known Space ( 1996 reprint of Tales of Known Space, with " Madness Has Its Place " in place of " The Borderland of Sol ", packed with World of Ptavvs and A Gift from Earth )

The fictional universe is also the home of species from outside Known Space, including the hominid inhabitants of a megastructure called Ringworld.

Most life in Known Space shares similar biochemistries, since they evolved from the Thrintun practice of seeding barren worlds with food yeast which they used to feed their slaves.

Known as the Donation of Pepin, no actual document has been preserved, but later 8th-century sources quote from it.

Known collectively as the Revolutionary Settlement, these acts transformed the constitution, shifting the balance of power from the Sovereign to Parliament.

Known in medieval times as Thorney Island, the site may have been first-used for a royal residence by Cnut the Great during his reign from 1016 to 1035.

Known for penning concept suites and songs inspired by literature, music fan opinions of his writing have varied greatly, running the gamut from cerebral and insightful to pretentious and preachy.

Known as the ' bulwark of the Mycenaeans ', he was trained by the centaur Chiron ( who had trained his father, Telamon, and Achilles ' father Peleus ), at the same time as Achilles.

Known as the " Ohio Gang " ( a term used by Charles Mee, Jr., in his book of the same name ), some of the appointees used their new powers to exploit their positions for personal gain.

In the musical Spring Awakening, based on the play of the same title by Frank Wedekind, schoolboys study the Latin text, and the first verse of Book 1 is incorporated into the number " All That's Known ".

Known as In Concert ( not to be confused with the 1985 Capitol release of the same name ), King Biscuit experienced modest success with the album ( though America themselves did not: it failed to break the charts ).

re-issue, though reclaiming the original title of the band's debut LP, contained all of the same material as the previously issued 80 – 85 compilation, including their first EP, the Public Service EP ( with different versions of the songs Bad Religion, Slaves, and Drastic Actions than the self-titled EP ) and the " Back To The Known " EP.

Known for never playing the same show twice, the band has a show-to-show ritual of choosing the night's setlist.

Known by the same name, they operated inside the capital city, Asmara, during the last 15-20 years of the armed struggle in Eritrea against Ethiopia.

Known as " the elder ", he was the first of four generations of nonconformist ministers bearing the same name.

A later extended, 16-minute, 30-track mix of the same medley labeled " Bits and Pieces III " added another five Beatles titles: " Do You Want to Know a Secret ", " We Can Work It Out ", " I Should Have Known Better ", " Nowhere Man " and " You're Going to Lose That Girl ".

Known as the West Coaster, this race arrives in Hobart around the same time as the more famous Sydney – Hobart.

Their following album, No Mystery ( 1975 ), was recorded with the same line-up as " Where Have I Known You Before ", but the style of music had become more varied.

Known to have been part of the score, it is now performed as a dance taken from other, similar works by Purcell, or invented outright in the same vein, to keep the integrity and continuity of the performance.

Known as the Plaid of Quebec (), it was designed in 1965 by Rotex Ltd, which also designed the tartan of Ontario in the same year.

Known variously as the Rockette, Cutlass, and Turbo-Rocket by Oldsmobile ( and as Fireball and Skylark by Buick ), it was a compact, lightweight engine measuring long, wide, and high ( same as the small-block Chevy ), with a dry weight of only.

Known specimens of the Ginsu Shark are about the same size as the largest recorded Great Whites Sharks.

Known fossils attributable to this group are exclusively Cretaceous and it is believed that enantiornithines became extinct at the same time as their non-avian dinosaur relatives.

Known as the " Sirius Diesel ", the 4D65 had the same dimensions as the 4G62 ( 1, 795 cc ).

* Preservers, Ancient humanoids ( possibly the same race ), the Slaver Empire ( a crossover with Known Space ), the Prophets, Pah-wraiths, Organians, Sphere Builders, Shedai, T ' kon and Iconians – Star Trek

Known as خب ّ يزة ( khubeza ) in Arabic, it is used as the main ingredient in a traditional Arab dish called by the same name ; as well as in salads, soups and other dishes by the local Arab people.

Known for his passionate affinity with fans at his beloved Fenerbahçe, Tuncay developed the same kind of relationship with the fans of Middlesbrough.

Although Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great features many of the same characters as Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, it does not fit exactly in the continuity of the Fudge books because it only focuses on Peter's classmate ( who later becomes his cousin ), Sheila Tubman.

Known as the New Castle-Frenchtown Railroad, it opened in 1828, which was also the same year as the canal.

Known in the political world as " Freddie Guest ," he was a popular backbencher, became a Liberal Party whip in 1911, the same year was elected a charter member of the cross-bench Other Club of political insiders, and was appointed Treasurer of the Household ( Deputy Chief Whip ) in 1912.

Known by the internal Alfa Romeo designation 916, the GTV and Spider were launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1995 and sale begin same year.