Kárpathos, island of the Dodecanese (Modern Greek: Dodekánisa) group in the Aegean Sea, southeastern Greece. With neighbouring islands, it constitutes the perifereiakí enótita (regional unit) and dímos (municipality) of Kárpathos in the South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region). The principal

Rudolf Kárpáti: Last of a Long Line: The small eastern European nation of Hungary has contributed greatly to Olympic history, and perhaps in no field so much as in fencing. Hungarian athletes have historically excelled at the sport, winning gold medals in every individual sabre competition between 1924 and 1964.

Carpathian Mountains, a geologically young European mountain chain forming the eastward continuation of the Alps. From the Danube Gap, near Bratislava, Slovakia, they swing in a wide crescent-shaped arc some 900 miles (1,450 kilometres) long to near Orşova, Romania, at the portion of the Danube

Ural Mountains: Physiography: … (6,217 feet [1,895 metres]) and Mount Karpinsk (6,161 feet [1,878 metres]). These first two sections are typically Alpine and are strewn with glaciers and heavily marked by permafrost.

Franciszek Karpiński was a Polish Enlightenment lyric poet who is best known for his religious and patriotic verses. Karpiński attended a Jesuit school, where he received a traditional education. He served as a court poet for the princely Czartoryski family until he retired to his family farm. Some

Martin Karplus was an American Austrian chemist who was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing accurate computer models of chemical reactions that were able to use features of both classical physics and quantum mechanics. He shared the prize with American-British-Israeli chemist

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess master who dominated world competition from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. (Read Garry Kasparov’s Britannica essay on chess & Deep Blue.) Karpov moved to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) with his family early in life. A child prodigy, he learned to play

Pertti Karppinen is a Finnish sculler who won gold medals in three consecutive Olympic single sculls events (1976, 1980, 1984). His Olympic success, coupled with world championships in 1979 and 1985, tied him with Peter-Michael Kolbe of Germany as the only five-time single sculls champions.

Qarmatian, member of an Ismāʿīlī Shiʿi movement that rejected the claim of the Fāṭimid caliph ʿUbayd Allāh to the imamate. The Qarmatians flourished in Iraq, Yemen, and especially Bahrain during the 9th to 11th centuries, taking their name from Ḥamdān Qarmaṭ, who led the sect in southern Iraq in

Karre Mountains, mountain range, western Central African Republic. The range rises to 4,625 feet (1,410 m) at Mount Ngaoui, the highest point in the country. The granite hills, split by southwest-northeast fractures, extend westward across the border into Cameroon. Their southward and eastward

cave: Pavement karst: These are collectively known as karren. Karren include solutionally widened joints (kluftkarren, or cleftkarren), small runnels (rinnenkarren, or runnelkarren), small residual pinnacles (spitzkarren, or pinnacle karren), and many other forms.

B. Traven: …series are Der Karren (1931; The Carreta), Regierung (1931; Government), Der Marsch ins Reich der Caoba (1933; March to the Monteria), Die Rebellion der Gehenkten (1936; The Rebellion of the Hanged), and Ein General kommt aus dem Dschungel (1940; General from the Jungle).

Paul Karrer was a Swiss chemist who investigated the constitution of carotenoids, flavins, and vitamins A and B2, for which he shared the 1937 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Sir Norman Haworth of Great Britain. Born in Russia of Swiss parents, Karrer was educated in Switzerland and received his

eucalyptus: Major species and uses: botryoides); karri (E. diversicolor); Tasmanian bluegum; white ironbark, or yellow gum (E. leucoxylon); jarrah (E. marginata); messmate stringybark (E. obliqua); red mahogany (E. resinifera); northern gray ironbark; and others. The bark of many species is used in papermaking and

Karoo, arid to semiarid geographic region of Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa. The Karoo is best defined by its vegetation, which consists of assorted succulents and low scrub bushes spaced from one foot to several feet apart. The area is devoid of surface

Little Karoo, intermontane plateau basin in Western Cape province, South Africa, lying between the east-west oriented Groot-Swart Mountains (north), the Lange Mountains (southwest), and the Outeniqua Mountains (southeast), with the discontinuous Kammanassie Mountains running between those ranges.

Karoo System, geologic system of rocks outcropping over a 1,560,000-square-kilometer (600,000-square-mile) area of Africa from the Equator south to the Cape of Good Hope. The time span of the Karoo System extends from the Carboniferous and Permian periods (about 359 million to 252 million years

Mehdi Karroubi is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician who emerged as a leading critic of the Iranian government during his presidential candidacies in 2005 and 2009. The son of a mullah, Karroubi attended a Qurʾānic school in Najaf, Iraq. He received advanced religious training in Qom, Iran,

Mehdi Karroubi is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician who emerged as a leading critic of the Iranian government during his presidential candidacies in 2005 and 2009. The son of a mullah, Karroubi attended a Qurʾānic school in Najaf, Iraq. He received advanced religious training in Qom, Iran,

Kars, city, northeastern Turkey. Kars is situated on a plateau 5,740 feet (1,750 metres) above sea level on the Kars River, a tributary of the Aras River, near the border with Armenia. The city, divided into an older upper section and a newer part to the south, stretches out on either side of the

Tamara Platonovna Karsavina was an Anglo-Russian ballerina whose partnership with Vaslav Nijinsky in Michel Fokine’s avant-garde ballets helped to revive interest in ballet in western Europe. The daughter of a famous dancer, Platon Karsavin, she was educated at the Imperial Ballet School, St.

Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian Canadian photographer known for his portraits of important and famous men and women of politics, Hollywood, and the arts, from Albert Einstein and Sir Winston Churchill to Walt Disney and Grace Kelly. As an Armenian in what is now Turkey, Karsh endured persecution and

Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian Canadian photographer known for his portraits of important and famous men and women of politics, Hollywood, and the arts, from Albert Einstein and Sir Winston Churchill to Walt Disney and Grace Kelly. As an Armenian in what is now Turkey, Karsh endured persecution and

Karshi, city, southern Uzbekistan, in the Karshi oasis, on the Kashka River. At least 1,000 years old, it lay on the caravan route from Samarkand and Bukhara to Afghanistan and India; it was known as Nakhsheb, or Nesef, until the 14th century, when a fort (Turkic karshi, “against”) was built there.

Kashkadarya: …it consists largely of the Karshi Steppe, an extensive foothill plain intersected by the Kashka River. In the east and southeast are spurs of the Zeravshan, Gissar, and Kugitangtau mountains. The climate is continental and dry, precipitation occurring mainly in winter. Cotton, grown on irrigated land along the river, is…

Karshi, city, southern Uzbekistan, in the Karshi oasis, on the Kashka River. At least 1,000 years old, it lay on the caravan route from Samarkand and Bukhara to Afghanistan and India; it was known as Nakhsheb, or Nesef, until the 14th century, when a fort (Turkic karshi, “against”) was built there.

kalma: Finns had a custom, called karsikko, of stripping a tall fir or pine tree in memory of the dead and making offerings to it. The Cheremis were also known to put presents on the trees for the dead. A karsikko made somewhere between the former home of the deceased and…

Karşiyaka, former town, west-central Turkey. It is located on the north shore of the Gulf of İzmir, and it constitutes a northwestern district of İzmir city. Karşiyaka is a shipbuilding centre with port facilities. The adjoining area is mostly agricultural; manufactures include cotton and woolen

Kara Sea, marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off western Siberia (Russia), between the Novaya Zemlya islands (west), Franz Josef Land (northwest), and the Severnaya Zemlya islands (east). It is connected with the Arctic Basin (north), the Barents Sea (west), and the Laptev Sea (east). It has

Kara Sea, marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off western Siberia (Russia), between the Novaya Zemlya islands (west), Franz Josef Land (northwest), and the Severnaya Zemlya islands (east). It is connected with the Arctic Basin (north), the Barents Sea (west), and the Laptev Sea (east). It has

Kara Sea, marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off western Siberia (Russia), between the Novaya Zemlya islands (west), Franz Josef Land (northwest), and the Severnaya Zemlya islands (east). It is connected with the Arctic Basin (north), the Barents Sea (west), and the Laptev Sea (east). It has

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Relief: …south and southwest is the Karst, a region of arid limestone plateaus that contain caves, potholes, and underground drainage. The uplands there are often bare and denuded (the result of deforestation and thin soils), but, between the ridges, depressions known as poljes are covered with alluvial soil that is suitable…

karst, terrain usually characterized by barren, rocky ground, caves, sinkholes, underground rivers, and the absence of surface streams and lakes. It results from the excavating effects of underground water on massive soluble limestone. The term originally applied to the Karst (or Kras)

Thomas Middelhoff: …mail-order business KarstadtQuelle (later called Arcandor), and in 2005 he was made CEO. Middelhoff left Arcandor in 2009, just before the company went bankrupt. That same year he cofounded the investment company Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners.

Mount McKinley: Exploration and climbing attempts: …7, 1913, Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens led a party to the South Peak, the true summit. A climbing party was first airlifted onto the mountain’s flanks in 1932; beginning in the 1950s, that became the standard way to attempt a summit climb, as it reduced the trip by several…

kart, in Finno-Ugric religion, the sacrificial priest of the Mari people of the middle Volga River valley. The term kart was derived from a Tatar word meaning “elder.” The kart was either a lifetime representative of a clan or a temporary official chosen by lot to oversee common sacrificial feasts

Carthage, great city of antiquity on the north coast of Africa, now a residential suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia. Built on a promontory on the Tunisian coast, it was placed to influence and control ships passing between Sicily and the North African coast as they traversed the Mediterranean

Sachin Dev Burman was a legendary Indian music composer and singer who skillfully blended his expertise in Indian classical music with a deep understanding of Bengali and northeastern folk music. The music he composed for major films left a lasting influence on Hindi and Bengali cinema. Burman was

Georgia: Relief, drainage, and soils: …high plateau known as the Kartli (Kartalinian) Plain. Surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east, and west and covered for the most part by deposits of the loess type, this plateau extends along the Kura (Mtkvari) River and its tributaries.

Guru Nanak: Later life and death: …his life were spent in Kartarpur, another village of central Punjab. Tradition holds that the village was actually built by a wealthy admirer to honor Nanak. It was presumably during this final period that the foundations of the new Sikh community were laid. By this time it must be assumed…

Guru Arjan: …the Sikhs and prepared the Kartarpur Pothi, the volume upon which the canonical Adi Granth, or Guru Granth Sahib (“The Granth as the Guru”), the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, is based. He was also a prolific poet who created hymns of great lyrical quality.

Philippe Starck: Produced for the Italian company Kartell, the Ghost Chair used modern materials and technology to transform the classic Louis XVI armchair into transparent seating that required no joinery. About this time Starck also became increasingly concerned with making objects sustainable in addition to affordable. However, rather than turning to natural…

Kartēr was an influential high priest of Zoroastrianism, whose aim was to purge Iran of all other religions, especially the eclectic Manichaeism founded by the 3rd-century Persian prophet Mani. What little is known of Kartēr comes from inscriptions on cliff faces, mostly dating from the reign of

Frank Abney Hastings: …only one was completed, the Karteria, which was the fastest and most modern ship in the Mediterranean at the time, with two small steam engines and an armament of four 68-pound guns featuring a method of heating and firing red-hot shells that Hastings himself had invented.

József, Baron Eötvös: His first novel, A karthausi (1839–41; “The Carthusians”), expresses disappointment at the July Revolution in France (1830); Eötvös intended it as a criticism of feudalism in Hungary. His essays and prose works also advocated a modernized penal code and an end to poverty. A falu jegyzője (1845; The…

Mad Men: …account executive Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser); and the effortlessly savvy head secretary, Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks). While the show generated many of its story lines from the lively dynamics of the office, it also focused intently on the domestic sphere and specifically on Don’s wife, Betty (January Jones), who…

Skanda, Hindu god of war who was the firstborn son of Shiva. The many legends giving the circumstances of his birth are often at variance with one another. In Kalidasa’s epic poem Kumarasambhava (“The Birth of the War God”; 5th century ce), as in most versions of the story, the gods wished for

karting, driving and racing miniature, skeleton-frame, rear-engine automobiles called karts, or GoKarts. The sport originated in the United States in the 1950s after the kart had been devised from unwanted lawn-mower engines. The karts usually have no protective bodywork, and the driver sits only a

Raden Adjeng Kartini was a Javanese noblewoman whose letters made her an important symbol for the Indonesian independence movement and for Indonesian feminists. Her father being a Javanese aristocrat working for the Dutch colonial administration as governor of the Japara Regency (an administrative

Raden Adjeng Kartini was a Javanese noblewoman whose letters made her an important symbol for the Indonesian independence movement and for Indonesian feminists. Her father being a Javanese aristocrat working for the Dutch colonial administration as governor of the Japara Regency (an administrative

Pictures at an Exhibition, musical work in 10 movements by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky that was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition. Each of the movements represents one of the drawings or artworks on display. Although originally composed in 1874 for solo piano, Pictures became better

Kartēr was an influential high priest of Zoroastrianism, whose aim was to purge Iran of all other religions, especially the eclectic Manichaeism founded by the 3rd-century Persian prophet Mani. What little is known of Kartēr comes from inscriptions on cliff faces, mostly dating from the reign of

history of Transcaucasia: Early history: …eastern Georgia (called Kartli or Iberia) in the north and Armenia in the south. The culture and ethnic character of both can be traced to the period of the breakup of the Hittite empire in the 12th century bc, and both were converted to Christianity early in the 4th century…

Georgia: Relief, drainage, and soils: …high plateau known as the Kartli (Kartalinian) Plain. Surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east, and west and covered for the most part by deposits of the loess type, this plateau extends along the Kura (Mtkvari) River and its tributaries.

Skanda, Hindu god of war who was the firstborn son of Shiva. The many legends giving the circumstances of his birth are often at variance with one another. In Kalidasa’s epic poem Kumarasambhava (“The Birth of the War God”; 5th century ce), as in most versions of the story, the gods wished for

Georgian language, official language of the republic of Georgia, whose spoken form has many dialects, usually divided into East Georgian and West Georgian groups. These, together with the related Mingrelian (Megrelian), Laz (Chan), and Svan languages, make up the Kartvelian, or South Caucasian,

Abkhazia: Geography: …led by ethnic Abkhaz, ethnic Georgians had made up almost half of Abkhazia’s population, while ethnic Abkhaz had accounted for less than one-fifth; Armenians and Russians made up the remainder. In 1993, however, most Georgians and some Russians and Armenians fled Abkhazia for other parts of Georgia.

Kartvelian languages, family of languages including Georgian, Svan, Mingrelian, and Laz that are spoken south of the chief range of the Caucasus. A brief treatment of Kartvelian languages follows. For full treatment, see Caucasian languages. Of the Kartvelian language family, only Georgian, the

cherub, in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature, a celestial winged being with human, animal, or birdlike characteristics who functions as a throne bearer of the Deity. Derived from ancient Middle Eastern mythology and iconography, these celestial beings serve important liturgical and

cherub, in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature, a celestial winged being with human, animal, or birdlike characteristics who functions as a throne bearer of the Deity. Derived from ancient Middle Eastern mythology and iconography, these celestial beings serve important liturgical and

Indigenous languages of North America: Language contact: For example, among the Karuk of northwestern California, a tribe that suffered harsh treatment at the hands of Euro-Americans, there are only a few loanwords from English, such as ápus ‘apple(s),’ and a few calques (loan translations), such as the ‘pear’ being called vírusur ‘bear’ because in Karuk the…

Kültepe: …existed a number of Assyrian karums (trade outposts, of which Kanesh was probably the most important), which served as end stations for the caravan shipments from and to Assyria and as distribution centres. Assyrian textiles and items transshipped from Babylonia were traded for Anatolian copper and silver.

Tanzania: Independence of Tanzania: Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume, leader of the ASP, was installed as president of the People’s Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba. Sheikh Abdulla Kassim Hanga was appointed prime minister, and Abdul Raḥman Mohammed (“Babu”), leader of the new left-wing Umma (The Masses) Party (formed by defectors from…

Kārūn River, river in southwestern Iran, a tributary of the Shatt al-Arab, which it joins at Khorramshahr. It rises in the Bakhtīārī Mountains west of Eṣfahān and follows a tortuous course trending basically southwest. The Kārūn’s total length is 515 miles (829 km), though the direct distance from

karuna, in Buddhism, the perfect virtue of compassion. See

Muthuvel Karunanidhi was an Indian politician and government official who was one of the founding members of the Dravidian Progressive Federation (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam; DMK) political party in 1949 and for decades was the party’s president. He also served several terms as the chief minister

Palani Hills: …8,221 feet (2,505 meters); and Karunmakadu, 8,042 feet (2,451 meters). The town of Kodaikanal is located in a high basin about 7,000 feet (2,150 meters) above sea level. Potatoes, beans, root crops, pears, and peaches are cultivated in and around the hill villages. There are also bauxite mines.

South Asian arts: The kathakali school: (5) Karupputadi (“black beard”) is a hunter or forest dweller. His face is coal black with crisscross lines drawn around the eyes. A white flower sits on his nose, and peacock feathers closely woven into a cylinder rise above his head. He carries a bow, quiver,…

Jo Nesbø: Other works: …a book of short stories, Karusellmusikk (2001; “Carousel Music”), and a number of children’s books, including a series of books featuring Doktor Proktor and his Fart Powder.

Karuzi, town, central Burundi. The town, located on the Ndurumu River (a tributary to the Ruvubu), is a market centre with a government dispensary and a place of worship for Roman Catholics. A road connects it with the towns of Muyinga to the northeast and Gitega to the southwest. The town lies on

Karva Chauth, a festival traditionally observed in parts of northern India and Nepal primarily by married Hindu women. During this festival, women fast for a day from sunrise to moonrise and pray for their husbands’ longevity and prosperity. Some unmarried women also participate in the fast and

Slovakia: Literature and drama: …of the 20th century was Peter Karvaš, author of The Diplomats, The Midnight Mass, and Antigone and the Others, among many other plays. (See also Slovak literature.)

Dhondo Keshav Karve was an Indian social reformer and educator, noted for supporting the education of women and for organizing associations for the remarriage of Hindu widows. While an instructor in mathematics (1891–1914) at Fergusson College, Poona, Karve became concerned with breaking down

Dhondo Keshav Karve was an Indian social reformer and educator, noted for supporting the education of women and for organizing associations for the remarriage of Hindu widows. While an instructor in mathematics (1891–1914) at Fergusson College, Poona, Karve became concerned with breaking down

Qarawīyīn, mosque and Islāmic university in Fès, Morocco. The Qarawīyīn Mosque, which was enlarged to its present form in the 12th century, is the largest in North Africa and can accommodate about 22,000 worshipers. Only Muslims are admitted into the mosque, but the interior can be glimpsed through

Karviná, mining city, northeastern Czech Republic. The city is situated east of Ostrava, on the eastern bank of the Olse River, near the Polish frontier. In 1949 its municipal area was enlarged by the absorption of the town of Fryštát. Karviná is one of many mining towns in the Silesian coalfields,

Karva Chauth, a festival traditionally observed in parts of northern India and Nepal primarily by married Hindu women. During this festival, women fast for a day from sunrise to moonrise and pray for their husbands’ longevity and prosperity. Some unmarried women also participate in the fast and

Karnataka Coast: The ports of Karwar, Kumta, Honavar, and Malpe have lost their importance with the development of railways in the interior. Mangaluru and Karwar have been developed as deepwater ports for the export of mineral ores.

Isar River: …feet (1,750 meters) in the Karwendelgebirge, just northeast of Innsbruck, Austria, the Isar runs west and then north crossing into Germany at Scharnitz Pass. The river there flows through a deep gorge that was used by the ancient Romans, who called it Porta Claudia. A rail line and road now…

coyotillo, (Karwinskia humboldtiana), woody shrub of the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae) that is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows about 1–7 m (3–23 feet) tall and has opposite, oval leaves 2.5–7.5 cm (1–3 inches) long. The small, greenish flowers, which grow in

flag of Burundi: …Burundi was an ancient drum, Karyenda, which had a semidivine status. The mwami (“ruler”) alone could interpret the messages of Karyenda and transform them into rules governing society. Karyenda was thus chosen as a symbol for the national flag when Burundi emerged from Belgian colonial rule. A sorghum plant, representing…

fungus: Sexual reproduction: Karyogamy results in the fusion of these haploid nuclei and the formation of a diploid nucleus (i.e., a nucleus containing two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent). The cell formed by karyogamy is called the zygote. In most fungi the zygote is the only…

mitosis, a process of cell duplication, or reproduction, during which one cell gives rise to two genetically identical daughter cells. Strictly applied, the term mitosis is used to describe the duplication and distribution of chromosomes, the structures that carry the genetic information. A brief

Kóstas Kariotákis was a Greek poet influenced by the 19th-century French Symbolist poets. Kariotákis spent much of his lonely childhood in Crete. He read law at Athens and won a prize for poetry in 1920. After obtaining his degree he worked as a government clerk in Athens, where he developed a

Cyprus: Drainage and soils: …Serakhis flows northwestward and the Karyotis northward to Morphou Bay; and the Kouris flows southward to Episkopi Bay. The rivers are fed entirely from the runoff of winter precipitation; in summer they become dry courses. The island’s major soil types consist of imperfect, gravelly lithosols found in the Troodos and…

karyotype, visual representation of the complete set of chromosomes in a cell. In a karyotype, the chromosomes, isolated from a cell, are organized numerically, facilitating the identification of deviations in chromosome number or structure. Chromosomal karyotyping, in which chromosomes are

Japanese literature: Introduction of Western literature: …of a European novel was Ernest Maltravers, by the British novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, which appeared in 1879 under the title Karyū shunwa (“A Spring Tale of Blossoms and Willows”). The early translations were inaccurate, and the translators unceremoniously deleted any passages that they could not understand readily or that they…

Hamid Karzai is an Afghan politician who was the first elected president of Afghanistan (2004–14). Karzai was the son of the chief of the Popalzai Pashtuns, and both his father and grandfather served in the government of Mohammad Zahir Shah. Under the Soviet-imposed regime in the 1980s, the Karzai

Korean literature: Poetry: The kasa developed at about the same time as the sijo. In its formative stage, kasa borrowed the form of the Chinese tz’u (lyric poetry) or fu (rhymed prose). The kasa tends to be much longer than other forms of Korean poetry and is usually written…

Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008: The attackers: …after the lone arrested terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kasab, provided substantial information regarding the planning and execution of the attacks. Kasab, a native of Pakistan’s Punjab province, told investigators that the 10 terrorists underwent prolonged guerrilla-warfare training in the camps of Lashkar-e-Taiba. He further revealed that the team of terrorists had…

Kashkadarya, oblast (province), southern Uzbekistan. Created in 1964, it consists largely of the Karshi Steppe, an extensive foothill plain intersected by the Kashka River. In the east and southeast are spurs of the Zeravshan, Gissar, and Kugitangtau mountains. The climate is continental and dry,

Kasai River, river in central Africa. It is the chief southern tributary of the Congo River, into which, at Kwamouth, Congo (Kinshasa), 125 miles (200 km) above Malebo (Stanley) Pool, it empties a volume approaching one-fifth that of the main stream. The longest river in the southern Congo River

Kasama, town located in northeastern Zambia. Situated in a high plateau area, it is about 4,360 feet (1,330 metres) above sea level. The town is primarily an administrative centre but also trades in grain, coffee, and livestock and is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric. Pop. (2000) 74,243;

schizoaffective disorder: …in 1933 by Russian-born psychiatrist Jacob Kasanin to define a subgroup of psychoses in which affective and schizophrenic symptoms are prominent simultaneously, within a few days of each other or within the same episode of illness. Historically, other concepts, such as intermediate psychoses and mixed psychoses, were used to describe…

Kasanje, historical kingdom founded by the Imbangala about 1630 along the upper Cuango River (in present-day Angola). By the mid-17th century the kingdom of Kasanje had risen to become a dominant power along the Cuango, as it allied with the Portuguese in the area and often fought against the

Kasaoka, city, southwestern Okayama ken (prefecture), western Honshu, Japan. It faces the Inland Sea and borders Fukuyama to the west. Kasaoka was an old temple town until its port flourished during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867). The opening of a major railway line and a textile plant had

Sundanese: …distinct status styles, or registers: kasar (informal), halus (deferential), and panengah (a middle style).

Saint Nikolay Kasatkin was a Russian Orthodox missionary and the first Orthodox bishop of Japan. Kasatkin, who adopted the name Nikolay when he took monastic vows, went to Japan in 1861 as chaplain to the Russian consulate in Hakodate. Because Christianity was a prohibited religion in Japan, he

Joseph Kasavubu was a statesman and the first president of the independent Congo republic from 1960 to 1965, who shortly after independence in 1960 ousted the Congo’s first premier, Patrice Lumumba, after the breakdown of order in the country. Educated by Roman Catholic missionaries, Kasavubu

Jainism: Canonical and commentarial literature: …of Six Sections”), and the Kashayaprabhrita (“Chapters on the Kashayas”). The Karmaprabhrita, allegedly based on the lost Drishtivada text, deals with the doctrine of karma and was redacted by Pushpadanta and Bhutabalin in the mid-2nd century; the Kashayaprabhrita, compiled by Gunadhara from the same source about the same time, deals…