Known as " Ofioussa " ( having snakes ) and " Pityoussa " ( having pine trees ) in antiquity, during the medieval age the island was ruled by a number of external powers and has also been known as Scio ( Genoese ), Chio ( Italian ) and Sakız ( صاقيز — Ottoman Turkish ).

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 as Adalbert of Prague upon the death of Adalbert of Magdeburg in 981, Adalbert's mission took place in 997 and ended in the missionary's martyrdom at the hands of the pagan Prussians, which occurred in April 997 on the Baltic Sea coast in the vicinity of Truso ( a medieval emporia near modern city of Elbląg ).

Known as The Lanes, the winding narrow alleyways of housing which cut through the eastern block of the city centre had not changed much at all since medieval times.

Known previously as Newington ( Newington Butts and Newington Causeway are two of the principal roads of the area ), in the medieval period it was simply a part of rural Surrey, of the manor of Walworth.

Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses, which, with its hilltop setting and encircling walls form " an unforgettable skyline ".

Known as Castrum Octavianum in antiquity, it is named after Saint Cucuphas, who is said to have been martyred on the spot now occupied by its medieval monastery.

Known in early medieval times as Teueresham or Teuresham, the village's name perhaps means " village of a man named Tefer ".

Known as the meat of the vegetable world, edible mushrooms are used extensively in cooking, in many cuisines ( notably Chinese, Korean, European, and Japanese ).

Known as the Resist America, Aid Korea Campaign in China, the first major offensive of the Chinese forces was pushed back in October, but by Christmas 1950, the " People's Volunteer Army " under the command of Gen. Peng Dehuai had forced the United Nations to retreat back to the 38th Parallel.

Known to be engaged in a testy relationship with General Secretary Jiang Zemin, under whom he served, Zhu provided a novel pragmatism and strong work ethic in the government and party leadership increasingly infested by corruption, and as a result gained great popularity with the Chinese public.

Known orbit planes of Fengyun | Fengyun-1C debris one month after its disintegration by the Chinese ASAT ( orbits exaggerated for visibility )

Known as the " Holy Tombs ," they house the companions Sa-Ke-Zu and Wu-Ko-Shun — their Chinese names, of course.

Known as bell metal, this alloy is also the traditional alloy for the finest Turkish and Chinese cymbals.

Known as Ma Chi Xian ( pinyin: translates as " horse tooth amaranth ") in traditional Chinese medicine, its active constituents include: noradrenaline, calcium salts, dopamine, DOPA, malic acid, citric acid, glutamic acid, asparagic acid, nicotinic acid, alanine, glucose, fructose, and sucrose.

Known in China as the laogai, which translates as " reform through labor ", Wu eventually published Laogai: The Chinese Gulag in 1992.

Known as the karayō tradition, it has been practiced up to today, rejuvenated continuously through contact with Chinese culture.

Known as Pǔxián in Chinese, he is sometimes shown in Chinese art with feminine characteristics, riding an elephant with six pairs of tusks while carrying a lotus leaf ' parasol ' ( Sanskrit: chhatra ), bearing similar dress and features to some feminine depictions of Kuan Yin.

Known as dìhuáng ( 地黄 ) or gān dìhuáng ( 干地黄 ) in Chinese, R. glutinosa is used as a medicinal herb for arthritic conditions within Chinese traditional formulations.

Known for its live streaming capabilities, PPTV covers over 120 TV Chinese stations, 300 live channels and 20, 000 VOD ( video-on-demand ) channels throughout China.

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

It originated as the Known World, a semi-generic setting used in early adventure modules, first mentioned in the Module X1, Isle of Dread, which was expanded upon in various D & D modules and sources, particularly a series of Gazeteers.

" Known and alleged performers of the role are given in the following table ( see the comments following the table for the sources of the data ).

Known food sources of Philippine forest turtles in the wild include figs.

Known renovation dates include 1908, 1994 and 2002, while other sources also mention 1934 and 2000.

Known in written sources since the 6 – 7th centuries, the Žemaitukas became famous as an excellent war horse during the Northern Crusades.

Known as the " Old Republicans " ( or sometimes called Quids ), the men targeted Madison and Gallatin as the primary sources of Democratic-Republican weakness.

Known sources include the Chronicon Wirzeburgense, the Chronicle Ekkehard of Aura, and the Annolied ; the relationship to the Annolied has received particular attention in scholarship, as earlier views of the priority of the Kaiserchronik, or of a shared source, were gradually dismissed.

" Known as High Fields, the area was rich in water sources and windmills ".

Known under the Name of Iaitas in Greek sources and Ietas in Latin, this ancient village lived its most flourishing period in its history from the age of Islamic domination of Sicily to the Hohenstaufen one ( c. 975-1246 ), when it was an important stronghold.

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 ).

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 for his hitting brilliance, Ruth set career records for home runs ( 714 ), slugging percentage (. 690 ), runs batted in ( RBI ) ( 2, 217 ), and on-base plus slugging ( OPS ) ( 1. 164 ).

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 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.

Dewey's most significant writings were " The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology " ( 1896 ), a critique of a standard psychological concept and the basis of all his further work ; Democracy and Education ( 1916 ), his celebrated work on progressive education ; Human Nature and Conduct ( 1922 ), a study of the function of habit in human behavior ; The Public and its Problems ( 1927 ), a defense of democracy written in response to Walter Lippmann's The Phantom Public ( 1925 ); Experience and Nature ( 1925 ), Dewey's most " metaphysical " statement ; Art as Experience ( 1934 ), Dewey's major work on aesthetics ; A Common Faith ( 1934 ), a humanistic study of religion originally delivered as the Dwight H. Terry Lectureship at Yale ; Logic: The Theory of Inquiry ( 1938 ), a statement of Dewey's unusual conception of logic ; Freedom and Culture ( 1939 ), a political work examining the roots of fascism ; and Knowing and the Known ( 1949 ), a book written in conjunction with Arthur F. Bentley that systematically outlines the concept of trans-action, which is central to his other works.

( 1970 ), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing ( 1972 ), Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great ( 1972 ), and Blubber ( 1974 ).

There are also two or three short stories which share common themes and some background elements with Known Space stories, but which are not considered a part of the Known Space universe: Bordered in Black and One Face ( see the collection Convergent Series ), and possibly The Color of Sunfire.

Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou ( 1965 ), he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.

Known under the term critical geography this signalled another turning point in the discipline.

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 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 colloquially under various names – the Pharos of Abusir, the Abusir funerary monument and Burg al-Arab ( Arab's Tower ) – it consists of a 3-story tower, approximately in height, with a square base, an octagonal midsection and cylindrical upper section, like the building upon which it was apparently modelled.

Known collectively as " Artists United Against the U. S. Orphan Works Acts ", the diverse organizations joined forces to oppose the bills, which the groups believe " permits, and even encourages, wide-scale infringements while depriving creators of protections currently available under the Copyright Act.

" Known subversives " ( including peace activists and some trade unionists ) are arrested and interned under the Emergency Powers Act.

Known proudly as the " Serra Chapel ," it also has the distinction of being the only remaining church in which the padre is known to have officiated (" Mission Dolores " was still under construction at the time of Serra's visit there ).

Known by Bonapartists as Napoleon II, he was living under virtual imprisonment at the court of Vienna under the name Duke of Reichstadt.

Known to Oxford scholars as " Bodley " or simply " the Bod ", under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom and under Irish Law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland.

Known as " The Black Nun ", she wished to be buried at the entrance of the chapel so that she might be trodden under the feet of those who entered.

Known under his courtesy title of Marquess of Hartington until 1891, he held political office for a period spanning 40 years, notably as Secretary of State for India and as Secretary of State for War, and three times declined to become Prime Minister.

Known hiding places were under the eaves of the Continental Hotel ( now the Continental Tavern ), in bins of warehouses on the Delaware Canal ( completed in 1862 ), and at the General Store ( now Worthington Insurance ).

Known as an old and prestigious international graduate scholarship ", the Rhodes Scholarships are administered and awarded by the Rhodes Trust, which was established in 1902 under the terms and conditions of the will of Cecil John Rhodes, and funded by his estate under the administration of Nathan Rothschild.

Known also as the " rule of the coronels ", the term referred to the classic boss system under which the control of patronage was centralized in the hands of a locally dominant oligarch known as a coronel, particularly under Brazil's Old Republic, who would dispense favors in return for loyalty.

Known as the " rule of the colonels ", this term referred to the classic boss system under which the control of patronage was centralized in the hands of a locally dominant oligarch known as a " colonel ", particularly under Brazil's Old Republic, who would dispense favors in return for loyalty.

Known as " System 3 ", this new system comprises around 40 PIC16F877 microcontrollers under the command of a Linux PC.

Known affectionately as " The Pharmacy " among city residents, Norwich Pharmacal became world famous for its Unguentine antiseptic dressing ( introduced in 1893 ) and Pepto-Bismol, an upset-stomach and anti-diarrhea medication ( introduced in 1901 under a different name ).