Sukhavati, in the Pure Land schools of Mahayana Buddhism, the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha, described in the Pure Land sutras (Sukhavati-vyuha-sutras). According to followers of the Pure Land schools, which are widespread throughout East Asia, rebirth in Sukhavati is ensured by invoking

Cesar Romero: …and with Sonja Henie in Happy Landing (1938) and Wintertime (1943). Romero was also featured in such musicals as The Great American Broadcast (1941), Weekend in Havana (1941), and Springtime in the Rockies (1942).

Factory Records: Manchester’s 24-Hour Party People: …arty mélange came Simply Red, the Happy Mondays, the Stone Roses, and the manic-depressive rants of the Smiths, though only the Happy Mondays recorded on Factory.

Oscar Wilde: …as a writer, he published The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888), which reveals his gift for romantic allegory in the form of the fairy tale.

Colin Firth: …friend of Oscar Wilde in The Happy Prince, and starred as an imperiled amateur sailor in The Mercy. Also that year he assumed the role of William Weatherall Wilkins, president of the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, in Mary Poppins Returns. Firth then portrayed a British general in the World War I…

Bugs Bunny, cartoon rabbit created by Warner Brothers as part of its Looney Tunes animated short film series. Emerging as one of the biggest stars of the so-called golden age of American animation (1928–c. 1960), Bugs Bunny has endured as one of the world’s most popular cartoon characters. Bugs

Horatio Hornblower: The Hornblower novels begin with The Happy Return (1937; also published as Beat to Quarters) and conclude with the unfinished novel Hornblower and the Crisis (1967; also published as Hornblower During the Crisis and Two Stories: Hornblower’s Temptation and The Last Encounter). Other novels in the series include A Ship…

Jean-Pierre Cassel: …Gene Kelly discovered him for The Happy Road (1956). Later Cassel, a tall man with an expressive, mobile face, achieved fame as the comic protagonist in a series of films directed by Philippe de Broca. These included Les Jeux de l’amour (1960; The Love Game), Le Farceur (1960; The Joker),…

Robert Goulet: …performance in the Broadway musical The Happy Time. Although his popularity reached its zenith in the 1960s, his more than 60 albums, his film and TV appearances, and his work in Las Vegas nightclubs and in touring theatricals kept him busy for the rest of his career. Though his name…

Wong Kar-Wai: Chungwong chasit (1997; Happy Together) was filmed in Buenos Aires and was initially conceived as an adaptation of Manuel Puig’s detective novel The Buenos Aires Affair (1973). Happy Together chronicles the disintegrating love affair between two Hong Kong expatriates. Wong’s work on the film won him the award…

Roy Rogers: …off with the song "Happy Trails," which Evans had written and which also became the title of their 1979 autobiography.

Patrick White: White’s first novel, Happy Valley (1939), was set in New South Wales and showed the influence of D.H. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy. The material of White’s later novels is distinctly Australian, but his treatment of it has a largeness of vision not limited to any one country or…

Happy Valley–Goose Bay, town, south-central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the western end of Lake Melville and near the mouth of the Churchill River. Goose Bay was established in 1941 as a military and air ferrying base operated by the United States and Canada. By the Goose Bay

Mike Leigh: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) presents the story of a free-spirited woman navigating the world around her, while Another Year (2010) follows a happily married couple and their less-sanguine family and friends. Both films earned Academy Award nominations for best original screenplay. In 2011 Leigh directed the Royal…

David Sedaris: …Diaries 2003–2020 (2021), he released Happy-Go-Lucky (2022), a volume of personal essays.

Melissa McCarthy: …puppets in the screwball comedy The Happytime Murders. McCarthy also garnered critical acclaim—and her second Oscar nomination—for her sympathetic portrayal of disgraced celebrity biographer Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018). In The Kitchen (2019) McCarthy joined an all-star female cast playing a trio of mob wives who…

house of Habsburg, royal German family, one of the principal sovereign dynasties of Europe from the 15th to the 20th century. The name Habsburg is derived from the castle of Habsburg, or Habichtsburg (“Hawk’s Castle”), built in 1020 by Werner, bishop of Strasbourg, and his brother-in-law, Count

Buxales: …single species of the family Haptanthaceae, Haptanthus hazlettii, is a small tree native to Honduras; it is thought to be one of the rarest plants in the world. In 2010, after more than 20 years of unsuccessful attempts to relocate the plant based on two herbarium vouchers, the species was…

Buxales: …species of the family Haptanthaceae, Haptanthus hazlettii, is a small tree native to Honduras; it is thought to be one of the rarest plants in the world. In 2010, after more than 20 years of unsuccessful attempts to relocate the plant based on two herbarium vouchers, the species was rediscovered…

hapten, small molecule that stimulates the production of antibody molecules only when conjugated to a larger molecule, called a carrier molecule. The term hapten is derived from the Greek haptein, meaning “to fasten.” Haptens can become tightly fastened to a carrier molecule, most often a protein,

hapten, small molecule that stimulates the production of antibody molecules only when conjugated to a larger molecule, called a carrier molecule. The term hapten is derived from the Greek haptein, meaning “to fasten.” Haptens can become tightly fastened to a carrier molecule, most often a protein,

organometallic compound: s- and p-block organometallic compounds: This convention is known as hapto nomenclature. A single point of attachment, η1, is usually not explicitly indicated, as in the above formula for dimethylmercury, a monohapto species. The compound with the common name ferrocene has the systematic name bis(η5-cyclopentadienyl)iron, where the number of cyclopentadienyl ligands (two) is indicated by…

haptoglobin, a colourless protein of the α-globulin fraction of human serum (liquid portion of blood plasma after the clotting factor fibrinogen has been removed) that transports hemoglobin freed from destroyed red blood cells to the reticuloendothelial system, where it is broken down. Three common

fungus: Annotated classification: Order Haptoglossales Parasitic on algae or plant roots, including roots of sugar beets; may be non-mycelial-forming; sporangia develop inside host cells; example genera include Haptoglossa, Lagena, and Pontisma. Fungi were once considered plants. However, nearly all fungal cell walls

algae: Annotated classification: Class Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyceae) Many with haptonema, a hairlike appendage between two flagella; no tubular hairs; many with organic scales; some deposit calcium carbonate on scales to form coccoliths; coccolithophorids may play a role in global warming because they can remove large amounts of carbon from the…

protozoan: Annotated classification: Haptophyta Photosynthetic. Possess a unique flagellar structure called a haptonema, a “3rd flagellum,” located between the 2 regular flagella, that is thought to function in feeding (usually mixotrophic); haptonema is missing or reduced in some taxa. Organic scales are Golgi-derived and made partly of cellulose;…

Māori: Traditional history and first contact: …important social groups were the hapū (subtribe), which was the primary landholding group and the one within which marriage was preferred, and the whānau, or extended family.

Māori: Traditional history and first contact: …important social groups were the hapū (subtribe), which was the primary landholding group and the one within which marriage was preferred, and the whānau, or extended family.

J.D. Salinger: …lifetime was a novella titled Hapworth 16, 1924, which appeared in The New Yorker in 1965. In 1974 The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of J.D. Salinger, an unauthorized two-volume work of his early pieces, was briefly released to the public, but sales were halted when Salinger filed a lawsuit for…

Ibrāhīm al-Ḥāqilānī was a Maronite Catholic scholar noted for his Arabic translation of books of the Bible. Ordained a deacon, Ibrāhīm taught Arabic and Syriac first at Pisa, then in Rome, and in 1628 he published a Syriac grammar. In 1640 he began collaborating on the Le Jay Polyglot Bible,

ḥaqīqah, (Arabic: “reality,” “truth”), in Sufi (Muslim mystic) terminology, the knowledge the Sufi acquires when the secrets of the divine essence are revealed to him at the end of his journey toward union with God. The Sufi must first reach the state of fanāʾ (“passing away of the self”), in which

Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan to c. 1700 ce: …to rule the Kazakh steppes, Ḥaqq Naẓar (1538–80), overcame these obstacles and, having succeeded in reuniting the three hordes, embarked upon systematic raids into Transoxania, a trend that continued under his immediate successors down to the reign of Tevkkel Khan (1586–98), who even temporarily occupied Samarkand. By the beginning of…

al-Hādī was the fourth caliph of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty (reigned 785–786). Al-Hādī’s persecution of the ʿAlids, representatives of the Shīʿīte sect of Islām, precipitated revolts in Medina, Egypt, and Iraq, all of which were put down brutally. Throughout his short reign, he struggled with the

Haqqani network, Pashtun militant network based in eastern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan. The Haqqani network originated during the Afghan War (1978–92), and, after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, it participated in an insurgency against U.S. and NATO forces and the Afghan

Haqqani network: Establishment: …founder of the Haqqani network, Jalaluddin Haqqani, rose to prominence as a guerrilla leader in the 1970s and ’80s. A member of the Pashtun Jadran (Zadran) tribe from Paktiyā province in southeastern Afghanistan, Haqqani was educated in religious schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. After participating in an unsuccessful Islamist guerrilla…

Arabic literature: The short story: …certainly the most prolific, both Yaḥyā Ḥaqqī and Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Lāshīn were the most accomplished craftsmen.

Horus, in ancient Egyptian religion, a god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun or morning star, representing power and quintessence, and whose left eye was the moon or evening star, representing healing. Falcon cults, which were in evidence from late predynastic times, were

Lala Har Dayal was an Indian revolutionary and scholar who was dedicated to the removal of British influence in India. Har Dayal graduated from the Government College, Lahore (University of the Punjab). On a Government of India scholarship to St. John’s College at Oxford, he became a supporter of

Mount Gerizim, mountain located in the West Bank just south of Nāblus, near the site of biblical Shechem. In modern times it was incorporated as part of the British mandate of Palestine (1920–48) and subsequently as part of Jordan (1950–67). After 1967 it became part of the West Bank (territory

Temple Mount, site of the Temple of Jerusalem, which was destroyed by the Romans on the 9th/10th of Av in 70 ce (see Tisha be-Av). It consists of a raised platform that, since the 7th century, has been home to the Islamic holy sites of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. The lower section of

Temple Mount, site of the Temple of Jerusalem, which was destroyed by the Romans on the 9th/10th of Av in 70 ce (see Tisha be-Av). It consists of a raised platform that, since the 7th century, has been home to the Islamic holy sites of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. The lower section of

Mount of Olives, multi-summit limestone ridge just east of the Old City of Jerusalem and separated from it by the Kidron Valley. Frequently mentioned in the Bible and later religious literature, it is holy to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The peak usually regarded as the Mount of Olives proper

Karakorum, ancient capital of the Mongol empire, whose ruins lie on the upper Orhon River in north-central Mongolia. The site of Karakorum may have been first settled about 750. In 1220 Genghis Khan, the great Mongol conqueror, established his headquarters there and used it as a base for his

ancient Iranian religion: Cosmography: …earth was the cosmic mountain Harā, down which flowed the river Ardvī. The earth was divided into six continents surrounding the central continent, Khvaniratha, the locus of Aryāna Vaijah, the Aryan land (i.e., Iran).

Hara Takashi was a politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1918 to 1921 and who established the political party as a fundamental institution of politics in Japan. Hara was the son of a high-ranking samurai family of northern Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University he became a

Hara Takashi was a politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1918 to 1921 and who established the political party as a fundamental institution of politics in Japan. Hara was the son of a high-ranking samurai family of northern Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University he became a

seppuku, the honourable method of taking one’s own life practiced by men of the samurai (military) class in feudal Japan. The word hara-kiri (literally, “belly-cutting”), though widely known to foreigners, is rarely used by Japanese, who prefer the term seppuku (written in Japanese with the same

Fighting Harada is a Japanese professional boxer, world flyweight and bantamweight champion. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Harada is considered by many to be Japan’s greatest boxer. He started fighting professionally in 1960 and won his first 25 matches. Harada suffered his

Fighting Harada is a Japanese professional boxer, world flyweight and bantamweight champion. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Harada is considered by many to be Japan’s greatest boxer. He started fighting professionally in 1960 and won his first 25 matches. Harada suffered his

Kosovo Liberation Army: Disbanding of the KLA and postwar issues: …telecommunications in Kosovo (2008–10), and Ramush Haradinaj, a KLA commander who became Kosovo’s prime minister in 2004 but stepped down the next year to stand trial. Others, such as Agim Çeku, a former KLA military head and a former prime minister (2006–08), as well Hashim Thaçi, a former KLA leader…

harai, in Japanese religion, any of numerous Shintō purification ceremonies. Harai rites, and similar misogi exercises using water, cleanse the individual so that he may approach a deity or sacred power (kami). Salt, water, and fire are the principal purificatory agents. Many of the rites, such as

harai, in Japanese religion, any of numerous Shintō purification ceremonies. Harai rites, and similar misogi exercises using water, cleanse the individual so that he may approach a deity or sacred power (kami). Salt, water, and fire are the principal purificatory agents. Many of the rites, such as

harai: …shake over the worshiper the harai-gushi, a wooden wand to which are attached folds of paper. Priests participating in public ceremonies are required to undergo much more extensive purification periods in which they must regulate the body (bathing, diet, abstention from stimulants), heart, environment, and soul. Great purification ceremonies called…

harai: …shake over the worshiper the harai-gushi, a wooden wand to which are attached folds of paper. Priests participating in public ceremonies are required to undergo much more extensive purification periods in which they must regulate the body (bathing, diet, abstention from stimulants), heart, environment, and soul. Great purification ceremonies called…

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), militant group founded with the goal of liberating historical Palestine through armed struggle and by appealing to the region’s Islamic heritage. It was first formed in the Gaza Strip but also operates in the West Bank. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, founded in

Hamas, militant Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. Founded in 1987, Hamas opposed the secular approach of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the

al-Shabaab, Somali-based Islamist militant group with links to al-Qaeda. Beginning in 2006, the group waged an insurgency against Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Al-Shabaab originated as a militia affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a federation of local and clan-based

Fatah, political and military organization of Arab Palestinians, founded in the late 1950s by Yassir Arafat and Khalīl al-Wazīr (Abū Jihād) with the aim of wresting Palestine from Israeli control by waging low-intensity guerrilla warfare. In the late 1980s it began seeking a two-state solution

Houthi movement, Islamic fundamentalist movement in northern Yemen and one of the main actors in the Yemeni Civil War (2014– ). The network grew out of a revivalist movement among Zaydī Muslims, who belong to a small sect of Shiʿi Islam centered in northern Yemen, that opposed foreign influence on

seppuku, the honourable method of taking one’s own life practiced by men of the samurai (military) class in feudal Japan. The word hara-kiri (literally, “belly-cutting”), though widely known to foreigners, is rarely used by Japanese, who prefer the term seppuku (written in Japanese with the same

Harald I was the king of Denmark from c. 958? to c. 985, credited with the first unification of the country. He was the son of Gorm the Old, the first significant figure in a new royal line centred at Jelling (North Jutland). Harald completed the country’s unification begun by his father, converted

Harald I was the king of Denmark from c. 958? to c. 985, credited with the first unification of the country. He was the son of Gorm the Old, the first significant figure in a new royal line centred at Jelling (North Jutland). Harald completed the country’s unification begun by his father, converted

Harald I was the first king to claim sovereignty over all of Norway. One of the greatest of the 9th-century Scandinavian warrior chiefs, he gained effective control of Norway’s western coastal districts but probably had only nominal authority in the other parts of Norway. The son of Halvdan the

Harald I was the first king to claim sovereignty over all of Norway. One of the greatest of the 9th-century Scandinavian warrior chiefs, he gained effective control of Norway’s western coastal districts but probably had only nominal authority in the other parts of Norway. The son of Halvdan the

Harald IV was the king of Norway (1130–36), a ruthless sovereign whose feud with his fellow king Magnus IV the Blind over the Norwegian throne marked the beginning of a period of civil wars (1130–1240) during which the right to rule was constantly in dispute. Harald’s weak character helped lay the

Harald IV was the king of Norway (1130–36), a ruthless sovereign whose feud with his fellow king Magnus IV the Blind over the Norwegian throne marked the beginning of a period of civil wars (1130–1240) during which the right to rule was constantly in dispute. Harald’s weak character helped lay the

Harald II Eiriksson was a Norwegian king who, along with his brothers, overthrew Haakon I about 961 and ruled oppressively until about 970. He is credited with establishing the first Christian missions in Norway. The son of Erik Bloodax, who was the half brother of Haakon I, Harald took refuge in

Harald II Eiriksson was a Norwegian king who, along with his brothers, overthrew Haakon I about 961 and ruled oppressively until about 970. He is credited with establishing the first Christian missions in Norway. The son of Erik Bloodax, who was the half brother of Haakon I, Harald took refuge in

Harald II Eiriksson was a Norwegian king who, along with his brothers, overthrew Haakon I about 961 and ruled oppressively until about 970. He is credited with establishing the first Christian missions in Norway. The son of Erik Bloodax, who was the half brother of Haakon I, Harald took refuge in

Harald III Sigurdsson was the king of Norway (1045–66). His harsh suppression of lesser Norwegian chieftains cost him their military support in his unsuccessful struggle to conquer Denmark (1045–62). The son of Sigurd Sow (Syr), a chieftain in eastern Norway, and of Estrid, mother of the Norwegian

Harald I was the first king to claim sovereignty over all of Norway. One of the greatest of the 9th-century Scandinavian warrior chiefs, he gained effective control of Norway’s western coastal districts but probably had only nominal authority in the other parts of Norway. The son of Halvdan the

Harald I was the first king to claim sovereignty over all of Norway. One of the greatest of the 9th-century Scandinavian warrior chiefs, he gained effective control of Norway’s western coastal districts but probably had only nominal authority in the other parts of Norway. The son of Halvdan the

Harald I was the first king to claim sovereignty over all of Norway. One of the greatest of the 9th-century Scandinavian warrior chiefs, he gained effective control of Norway’s western coastal districts but probably had only nominal authority in the other parts of Norway. The son of Halvdan the

Harald I was the king of Denmark from c. 958? to c. 985, credited with the first unification of the country. He was the son of Gorm the Old, the first significant figure in a new royal line centred at Jelling (North Jutland). Harald completed the country’s unification begun by his father, converted

Harald II Eiriksson was a Norwegian king who, along with his brothers, overthrew Haakon I about 961 and ruled oppressively until about 970. He is credited with establishing the first Christian missions in Norway. The son of Erik Bloodax, who was the half brother of Haakon I, Harald took refuge in

Harald III Sigurdsson was the king of Norway (1045–66). His harsh suppression of lesser Norwegian chieftains cost him their military support in his unsuccessful struggle to conquer Denmark (1045–62). The son of Sigurd Sow (Syr), a chieftain in eastern Norway, and of Estrid, mother of the Norwegian

Harald IV was the king of Norway (1130–36), a ruthless sovereign whose feud with his fellow king Magnus IV the Blind over the Norwegian throne marked the beginning of a period of civil wars (1130–1240) during which the right to rule was constantly in dispute. Harald’s weak character helped lay the

Harald III Sigurdsson was the king of Norway (1045–66). His harsh suppression of lesser Norwegian chieftains cost him their military support in his unsuccessful struggle to conquer Denmark (1045–62). The son of Sigurd Sow (Syr), a chieftain in eastern Norway, and of Estrid, mother of the Norwegian

Harald V is the king of Norway from 1991, succeeding his father, Olav V. Harald was the youngest of three children born to Olav and Crown Princess Märtha. However, as the only son, he became crown prince when his father assumed the throne in 1957. Harald attended the Norwegian Military Academy and

Harald V: Harald’s courtship of a commoner, Sonja Haraldsen, caused some controversy, and he reportedly threatened to never wed if the couple were prevented from marrying. Olav eventually gave his consent, and, after some nine years of dating, the pair were married on August 29, 1968. Harald and Sonja had two children,…

ḥaram, in Islam, a sacred place or territory. The principal ḥarams are in Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, and, for the Shiʿah, Karbalāʾ (Iraq). At Mecca the ḥaram encompasses the territory traversed by pilgrims engaged in the hajj (great pilgrimage) and ʿumra (lesser pilgrimage), including the Kaʿba and

Israel: The war of 1948: …last remnant of the ancient Temple destroyed by the Romans and held holy by Jews, was occupied by the Jordanians, and Jerusalem’s lifeline to the coast was jeopardized. The Egyptians held Gaza, and the Syrians entrenched themselves in the Golan Heights overlooking Galilee. The 1948 war was Israel’s costliest: more…

Great Mosque of Mecca, mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, built to enclose the Kaʿbah, the holiest shrine in Islam. As one of the destinations of the hajj and ʿumrah pilgrimages, it receives millions of worshippers each year. The oldest parts of the modern structure date to the 16th century. The

Kenya: Education of Kenya: …provide enough government-funded schools, community-built harambee secondary schools were developed. These schools were supposed to receive government assistance to provide for teachers and learning materials, but such support did not always materialize. The government simultaneously pursued a policy of “education for self-reliance,” whereby education was oriented toward preparing students for…

Kenya: Sports and recreation: …although the national team, the Harambee Stars, has had little international success. Basketball, volleyball, and netball are also popular sports. Social clubs often offer the opportunity for Kenyans to play football and volleyball. Netball is played exclusively by women. Internationally, Kenyan athletes are known for their dominance of distance running.…

Haramukh, mountain peak of the Great Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir union territory, northern India (the Indian-administered portion of the Kashmir region). Overlooking the Vale of Kashmir, Haramukh rises to 16,872 feet (5,143 meters) and is located some 22 miles (35 km) north of Srinagar. As with

Harran, ancient city of strategic importance, now a village, in southeastern Turkey. It lies along the Balīkh River, 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Urfa. The town was located on the road that ran from Nineveh to Carchemish and was regarded as of considerable importance by the Assyrian kings. Its

Mandaeanism: …the quasi-historical Mandaean document, the Haran Gawaita, which narrates the exodus from Palestine to Mesopotamia in the 1st century ad of a group called Nasoreans (the Mandaean priestly caste as opposed to Mandaiia, the laity). They also call attention to certain Mandaean affinities to Judaism: familiarity with Old Testament writings;…

Gyula Harangozó was one of the founders of the Hungarian National Ballet and an exceptional dancer of the ballet d’action, or dramatic ballet. Harangozó began his career at the Hungarian National Ballet, the ballet company of the Hungarian State Opera. In 1928 a visiting choreographer, Albert

Gyula Harangozó was one of the founders of the Hungarian National Ballet and an exceptional dancer of the ballet d’action, or dramatic ballet. Harangozó began his career at the Hungarian National Ballet, the ballet company of the Hungarian State Opera. In 1928 a visiting choreographer, Albert

Herne, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies at the junction of the Rhine-Herne and the Dortmund-Ems canals, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Dortmund, in the industrial Ruhr district. Known as Haranni in the 10th century, it remained a small village until the discovery

Harappa, village in eastern Punjab province, eastern Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of a now dry course of the Ravi River, west-southwest of the city of Sahiwal, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Lahore. The village stands on an extensive series of mounds in which excavations since 1921

Indus civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The nuclear dates of the civilization appear to be about 2500–1700 bce, though the southern sites may have lasted later into the 2nd millennium bce. Among the world’s three earliest civilizations—the other two are

India: Language and scripts, weights and measures: The Harappan script has long defied attempts to read it, and therefore the language remains unknown. Relatively recent analyses of the order of the signs on the inscriptions have led several scholars to the view that the language is not of the Indo-European family, nor is…

Hārer, city, eastern Ethiopia, in the Ch’erch’er Mountains, at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,800 metres). Probably founded in the 7th century ce by immigrants from Ḥaḍramawt in southern Arabia, Hārer became the capital of the Muslim state of Adal. Conflict with Christian Ethiopians and the Oromo,

Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, lying in the northeastern part of the country. The city was founded in 1890 at the spot where the British South Africa Company’s Pioneer Column halted its march into Mashonaland; it was named for Lord Salisbury, then British prime minister. The name Harare is derived

Our Nonconscious Future: …by superintelligent but completely nonconscious entities.

Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa was a Hungarian-born pioneer who introduced viticulture (grape cultivation) into California. The son of a landowner, Haraszthy immigrated to the United States in 1840. He went to the Upper Midwest and founded what is now Sauk City, Wisconsin. In 1849 he journeyed with

Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa was a Hungarian-born pioneer who introduced viticulture (grape cultivation) into California. The son of a landowner, Haraszthy immigrated to the United States in 1840. He went to the Upper Midwest and founded what is now Sauk City, Wisconsin. In 1849 he journeyed with

Herāt, velāyat (province) in western Afghanistan, 23,668 sq mi (61,301 sq km) in area, with its capital at Herāt city. It is bounded by Iran (west), by Turkmenistan and the Afghan province of Bādghīsāt (north), by Ghowr province (east), and by Farāh province (south). Herāt is relatively flat except