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 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 “ Dean of Petroleum Geologists " Orcutt is credited with discovering fossilized prehistoric animal bones preserved in pools of asphalt on the Hancock Ranch.

At one time found on every Thrint estate throughout the Thrintun empire, the only known survivors in Known Space are on the planet Jinx, though they are later found on the Ringworld and on a forested planet called Beanstalk ( in the Man-Kzin Wars story " Hey Diddle Diddle ").

Known as paper vellum, this material is considerably cheaper than animal vellum and can be found in most art and drafting supply stores.

This said, individuals or small prides of Wemics are still found all over the Known World.

Known as Peruvian Coastal Spanish, Lima's Spanish is characterized by the lack of strong innotations as found in many other regions of the Spanish-speaking world.

Numerous examples of this are to be found in the Known Space stories of Larry Niven.

Known in O ' odham as Nowa: l, the name Nogales means " black walnuts " in Spanish, and the walnut trees which once grew abundantly in the mountain pass between the cities of Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, can still be found around the town.

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Known as sate in Malay ( and pronounced similarly to the English ), it can be found throughout all the states of Malaysia in restaurants and on the street, with hawkers selling satay in food courts and Pasar malam.

Known as the Lewis Overthrust, these sedimentary rocks are considered to have some of the finest fossilized examples of extremely early life found anywhere on Earth.

The common chemical composition, genetics and environmental conditions found among species in Known Space are a consequence of this process: most life in the Galaxy is descended from Tnuctipun food yeast.

Known as the ' Munroe effect ', this was developed upon further by the German scientist Egon Neumann, who found that lining the recess with metal enhanced the damage dealt even more.

Known as the Cross of Sacrifice this simple stone structure serves as a prototype for war memorials found in every Commonwealth War Cemetery and other war memorials around the world.

Known at first for playing the role of Major General Colt in the 1970 movie Kelly's Heroes, he later found fame as the bigoted working man Archie Bunker, the main character in the 1970s CBS television sitcoms All in the Family ( 1971 to 1979 ) and Archie Bunker's Place ( 1979 to 1983 ).

* Sagi Balochi or Baloch Hound, a Gery Hound type of Dog Breed found in Balochistan Province of Iran, Later on Tazi or Sagi Balochi migrated to Afghanistan due to Harsh Cold weather grew more fur and Known as Afghan Hound.

Known for decades as competent managers with a left-leaning tendency towards building up Ontario social programs ( such as health care and education ), they found themselves losing this ground to the Liberals and their youthful leader, Peterson.

Known Amorites ( mostly those of Mari ) wrote in a dialect of Akkadian found on tablets at Mari dating from 1800 – 1750 BC ; since the language shows many northwest Semitic forms and constructions, the Amorite language was presumably a northwest Semitic dialect.

Known habitat occurs in the Lake Wales Ridge but it is also found on the Winter Haven Ridge in Polk County and the Mount Dora Ridge.

An account of his friends, among whom Canning was a special intimate, is to be found in his Men I have Known ( 1866 ); the men featured in the book include William Buckland, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edward Forbes, F. R. S.

Known as the Fish Pokémon, Magikarp is found in many bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, and ponds.

Known as the Staffordshire Hoard, it is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold yet found.

Known as the " Doll Woman ," she corresponded with Japanese agents using the names of women she found in her business correspondence.

Known as Official Declaration — 2, it may be found in the Standard Works at the end of the Doctrine and Covenants.

Known as " the queen of clear streams ", the fish is found in the Neo River that flows through Motosu.