Guipúzcoa, province, in the autonomous Basque Country, northern Spain. The smallest of the Spanish provinces, it is situated on the Bay of Biscay between Vizcaya (Biscay) province and the French frontier. With Álava and Vizcaya, it became one of the three component provinces of the autonomous

Compañía Guipuzcoana, trading concern chartered by the Spanish crown in 1728, with a monopoly on trade between Spain and Venezuela. It was one of a number of companies for colonial trade established under the 18th-century Bourbon kings, and it was the only one that was financially successful. The

Compañía Guipuzcoana, trading concern chartered by the Spanish crown in 1728, with a monopoly on trade between Spain and Venezuela. It was one of a number of companies for colonial trade established under the 18th-century Bourbon kings, and it was the only one that was financially successful. The

guira, (Guira guira), bird of eastern tropical South America in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. It is 40 cm (16 inches) long, with gray-brown streaked body, short frowsy crest, and a thinner bill than that of its close relatives, the anis. Guiras live in small flocks in grasslands and feed on

Güira de Melena, city, west-central Cuba. It lies about 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Havana. The city is situated in a fertile agricultural and livestock-raising region known primarily for tobacco, although potatoes and bananas, pineapples, and other tropical fruits are also cultivated. The

guira, (Guira guira), bird of eastern tropical South America in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. It is 40 cm (16 inches) long, with gray-brown streaked body, short frowsy crest, and a thinner bill than that of its close relatives, the anis. Guiras live in small flocks in grasslands and feed on

Ricardo Güiraldes was an Argentine novelist and poet best remembered for his novel Don Segundo Sombra (1926). This work is a poetic interpretation of the Argentinian gaucho, the free-spirited vagabond cattle herder of the pampas (grasslands), and it has become a classic work of Spanish American

Georges Bizet: …was accompanied by his friend Ernest Guiraud, who was to be responsible for popularizing Bizet’s work after his death. In spite of very decided opinions, Bizet was still immature in his outlook on life (youthfully cynical, for instance, in his attitude toward women) and was plagued by an artistic conscience…

François Villon: Poetry of François Villon: ” The critic Pierre Guiraud sees the poems as codes that, when broken, reveal the satire of a Burgundian cleric against a corps of judges and attorneys in Paris.

United Kingdom: William Pitt the Younger: …and prestige by negotiating a peace between Austria and Turkey. In 1784 he passed his own India Act, creating a board of control regulating Indian affairs and the East India Company. The board’s members were nominated by the king from among the privy councillors. Finally, in 1791 the Canada Constitutional…

percussion instrument: The Americas: …gourd with natural handle, called guiro, is another African American instrument. Notched turtle carapaces are scraped in the Caribbean. The jawbone of a horse, mule, or donkey, with its teeth left in, is played throughout the Americas; its use among coastal Peruvians of African descent goes back to the 18th…

Henri Guisan was a Swiss military leader and national hero; he was commander in chief of the Swiss Army during World War II. Guisan was educated at Swiss and foreign universities and graduated with a degree in agriculture. At the age of 30 he achieved the rank of captain in the Swiss Army (1904).

Robert was a Norman adventurer who settled in Apulia, in southern Italy, about 1047 and became duke of Apulia (1059). He eventually extended Norman rule over Naples, Calabria, and Sicily and laid the foundations of the kingdom of Sicily. Robert was born into a family of knights. Arriving in Apulia,

Roger I was the count of Sicily from 1072. He was the last son of the second marriage of Tancred of Hauteville. Roger went to Italy in 1057 to aid his brother Robert Guiscard in his conquest of Calabria from the Byzantines (1060). They began the conquest of Sicily from various Muslim rulers in 1061

Robert was a Norman adventurer who settled in Apulia, in southern Italy, about 1047 and became duke of Apulia (1059). He eventually extended Norman rule over Naples, Calabria, and Sicily and laid the foundations of the kingdom of Sicily. Robert was born into a family of knights. Arriving in Apulia,

Charles de Lorraine, 4e duke de Guise was the 4th duke de Guise who lived through the rapid decline in the family’s power. On the day of the assassination of his father, Henri, the 3rd duke (Dec. 23, 1588), Charles was arrested and transferred to the Château of Tours, in which he was imprisoned for

Claude de Lorraine, 1st duke de Guise was the count and later (from 1527) duke of Guise, the first of the great members of the House of Guise. He was brought up at the French court and on April 18, 1513, married Antoinette de Bourbon (1493–1583), daughter of François, comte de Vendôme. In 1515 he

François de Lorraine, 2e duc de Guise was a French soldier and loyal servant to the French crown, the greatest figure produced by the House of Guise. He fought in Francis I’s army and was badly wounded at the siege of Boulogne (1545), earning him the nickname “the Scarred.” In 1547 his countship of

François de Lorraine, 2e duc de Guise was a French soldier and loyal servant to the French crown, the greatest figure produced by the House of Guise. He fought in Francis I’s army and was badly wounded at the siege of Boulogne (1545), earning him the nickname “the Scarred.” In 1547 his countship of

Henri I de Lorraine, 3e duc de Guise was a popular duke of Guise, the acknowledged chief of the Catholic party and the Holy League during the French Wars of Religion. Henri de Lorraine was 13 years old at the death of his father, François, the 2nd duke (1563), and grew up under the domination of a

Henri II de Lorraine, 5e duke de Guise was the 5th duke of Guise whose multiple attempts to revive the family’s power came to naught. Henri had already succeeded to the archbishopric of Rheims, a family benefice, when the death of his elder brother Charles, the 4th duke, made him head of the

house of Guise, Noble French Roman Catholic family that played a major role in French politics during the Reformation. Claude de Lorraine (1496–1550) was created the 1st duke de Guise in 1527 for his service to Francis I in the defense of France. Claude’s sons François, 2nd duke de Guise, and

Louis d’Armagnac, duc de Nemours was the third son of Jacques d’Armagnac, duc de Nemours, and last of the ducal House of Armagnac. The duchy of Nemours and all other honours forfeited by his father were restored to Louis’s elder brother, Jean d’Armagnac, by acts of 1484 and 1492. Louis inherited

Louis I de Lorraine, cardinal de Guise was the brother of François, 2nd duc de Guise. Named bishop of Troyes (1545) and of Albi (1550), he became in 1553 “cardinal de Guise”—to distinguish him from his brother, the eminent Charles, cardinal de Lorraine (q.v.). Unlike his brothers, he preferred the

Louis II de Lorraine, 2e cardinal de Guise was the brother of Henri de Lorraine, 3rd duc de Guise, whom he supported vigorously in the War of the Three Henrys (Henry III, Henry of Navarre, Henry of Guise). Guise became cardinal in 1574 and archbishop of Reims in 1583 and had an active and bloody

Louis III de Lorraine, 3e cardinal de Guise was the last of the cardinals of the House of Guise, brother of Charles, 4th duc de Guise. In 1605 Guise became archbishop of Reims and in 1615 cardinal de Guise, but he was scarcely given to the religious life. He formed a long-lived liaison with

Cathy Guisewite is an American cartoonist who created the long-running comic strip Cathy (1976–2010). Guisewite graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English in 1972. Both of her parents worked in the advertising business, and she initially followed them into that field. She

guitar, plucked stringed musical instrument that probably originated in Spain early in the 16th century, deriving from the guitarra latina, a late-medieval instrument with a waisted body and four strings. The early guitar was narrower and deeper than the modern guitar, with a less pronounced waist.

Guitar Hero, popular electronic game series developed and released by American companies RedOctane, Harmonix Music Systems, and Activision (now Activision Blizzard) in 2005. Utilizing a controller modeled after a guitar, Guitar Hero allows users to play an expansive collection of popular

Steve Earle: …debut album as a performer, Guitar Town (1986), won praise from critics and was a commercial success, with both its title track and “Goodbye’s All We Got Left” reaching the Top Ten on the country music chart.

Michel del Castillo: …soil in La Guitare (1957; The Guitar) and in Le Manège espagnol (1960; Through the Hoop), a colourful, heavy-handed satire of religion. His many subsequent works include Les Louves de l’Escurial (1964; “The She-Wolves of the Escorial”), Gerardo Laïn (1967; The Seminarian), Le Silence des pierres (1975; “The Silence of

Michel del Castillo: …soil in La Guitare (1957; The Guitar) and in Le Manège espagnol (1960; Through the Hoop), a colourful, heavy-handed satire of religion. His many subsequent works include Les Louves de l’Escurial (1964; “The She-Wolves of the Escorial”), Gerardo Laïn (1967; The Seminarian), Le Silence des pierres (1975; “The Silence of

Édouard Manet: Early life and works: …Salon of 1861, Manet exhibited Spanish Singer (1860), dubbed “Guitarero” by the French man of letters Théophile Gautier, who praised it enthusiastically in the periodical Le Moniteur universel.

guitarfish, an order (Rhinobatiformes) of fish closely related to the rays. The order contains some 47 to 50 species arranged in three families (Platyrhinidae, Rhinobatidae, and Rhynchobatidae). Guitarfish have a flattened forebody with pectoral fins fused to the sides of the head. The hindbody

gittern: …medieval stringed musical instruments, the guitarra latina and the guitarra morisca. The latter was also known as the guitarra saracenica.

gittern: …the guitarra latina and the guitarra morisca. The latter was also known as the guitarra saracenica.

gittern: …the guitarra latina and the guitarra morisca. The latter was also known as the guitarra saracenica.

mariachi: …in the Spanish Renaissance; the guitarrón, a large, fretless six-string bass guitar; a standard six-string acoustic guitar; and violins and trumpets, which usually play the melody. Trumpets were not added until the early 20th century, but they are now more or less an essential element. Mariachi music initially consisted of…

James A. Garfield: Assassination: , by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker with messianic visions. The first shot only grazed Garfield’s arm, but the second bullet pierced his back and lodged behind his pancreas. (In a letter dated November 1880, Garfield had written, “Assassination can be no more guarded against…

Gulag: …a new body, GUITK (Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-Trudovykh Kolony, or “Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Colonies”).

Sacha Guitry was a prodigious French playwright, director, and screenwriter who often acted in his own productions Sacha, the son of the actor Lucien Guitry, achieved his first theatrical success with Nono (1905). This was followed by Chez les Zoaques (1906), Petite Hollande (1908), Le Scandale de

Lucien Guitry was a French actor noted for his combination of broad range and economy of effect. Immediately after leaving the Conservatoire Guitry appeared as Armand in La Dame aux camélias (1878). His style of acting, sparing in gesture and theatrical effects, at first surprised, rather than

Sacha Guitry was a prodigious French playwright, director, and screenwriter who often acted in his own productions Sacha, the son of the actor Lucien Guitry, achieved his first theatrical success with Nono (1905). This was followed by Chez les Zoaques (1906), Petite Hollande (1908), Le Scandale de

Guittone d’Arezzo was the founder of the Tuscan school of courtly poetry. Knowledge of Guittone’s life comes mainly from his writings. Born near Arezzo, he travelled for commercial reasons, being an exile from Arezzo after 1256 for his Guelf sympathies. Guittone became the centre of an admiring

Guiyang, city and capital of Guizhou sheng (province), China. It is situated in the central part of Guizhou on the Nanming River, a headstream of the Wu River, which eventually joins the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) at Fuling in Chongqing municipality. Guiyang is a natural route centre, with

Guizhou, sheng (province) of southwestern China. It is bounded to the north by Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality, to the east by Hunan province, to the south by the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, and to the west by Yunnan province. Guizhou measures more than 350 miles (560 km) from

Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, highland region comprising the northern part of Yunnan province and the western part of Guizhou province, south-central China. Yunnan is more distinctly a plateau with areas of rolling uplands, precipitous folded and fault-block mountain ranges, and deep, river-cut gorges.

François Guizot was a French political figure and historian who, as leader of the conservative constitutional monarchists during the July Monarchy (1830–48), was the dominant minister in France. Guizot’s father was executed by the National Convention in 1794, and Guizot went into exile with his

François Guizot was a French political figure and historian who, as leader of the conservative constitutional monarchists during the July Monarchy (1830–48), was the dominant minister in France. Guizot’s father was executed by the National Convention in 1794, and Guizot went into exile with his

Gujrat, city, northeastern Punjab province, Pakistan. The city lies just north of the Chenab River and is connected with Lahore and Peshawar via the Grand Trunk Road. The present city, which lies on the site of a succession of earlier cities, developed around the fort built by the Mughal emperor

Gujarat, state of India, located on the country’s western coast, on the Arabian Sea. It encompasses the entire Kathiawar Peninsula (Saurashtra) as well as the surrounding area on the mainland. The state is bounded primarily by Pakistan to the northwest and by the Indian states of Rajasthan to the

Gujarat Plains, vast plains area of central Gujarat state, western India. The plains extend over about 12,800 square miles (33,000 square km) and are bounded by the desert fringe of Rajasthan state to the north, the hills of eastern Gujarat to the east, the Arabian Sea to the south, and the

Gujarāt woodwork, architectural carving executed in the state of Gujarāt in India. Gujarāt was the chief centre of wood carving in India from at least the 15th century. Even when stone as a building material was handled with great ease and confidence, the people of Gujarāt continued to use wood

Gujarati language, Indo-Aryan member of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages. Gujarati is officially recognized in the Indian constitution and is spoken by more than 46 million people. Most of these reside in the Indian state of Gujarat, though there are significant diaspora

Gujarati literature, literature of the Gujarati language, a major tongue of India. The oldest examples of Gujarati literature date from the writings of the 12th-century Jain scholar and saint Hemachandra. The language had fully developed by the late 12th century. There are works extant from the

Himalayas: People of the Himalayas: …Kashmir and the Gaddi and Gujari, who live in the hilly areas of the Lesser Himalayas. Traditionally, the Gaddi are a hill people; they possess large flocks of sheep and herds of goats and go down with them from their snowy abode in the Outer Himalayas only in winter, returning…

South Asian arts: Urdu: …of Urdu, variously known as Gujari, Hindawi, and Dakhani, show more affinity with eastern Punjabi and Haryani than with Khari Boli, which provides the grammatical structure of standard modern Urdu. The reasons for putting together the literary products of these dialects, forming a continuous tradition with those in Urdu, are…

shinshoku: …rank of shinshoku is the gūji (chief priest). In large shrines he generally has serving under him the gon-gūji (associate chief priest), negi (priest, or senior priest), and gon-negi ( junior priest).

encyclopaedia: China: In 1726 the huge Gujin tushu jicheng (“Collection of Pictures and Writings”) was published by order of the emperor. Edited by the scholar Chen Menglei, it filled more than 750,000 pages and attempted to embody the whole of the Chinese cultural heritage.

Inder Kumar Gujral: …who is remembered for the Gujral Doctrine, a policy grounded on India’s unilaterally reaching out diplomatically to its neighbors without the expectation of reciprocity.

Inder Kumar Gujral was an Indian politician who served briefly as prime minister of India from April 21, 1997, to March 19, 1998, and who is remembered for the Gujral Doctrine, a policy grounded on India’s unilaterally reaching out diplomatically to its neighbors without the expectation of

Gujranwala, city, northeastern Punjab province, northeastern Pakistan. The city is connected by rail and the Grand Trunk Road with Peshawar and Lahore. An agricultural marketing centre (grains, melons, sugarcane), it is also a commercial and industrial centre, manufacturing ceramics, iron safes,

Gujrat, city, northeastern Punjab province, Pakistan. The city lies just north of the Chenab River and is connected with Lahore and Peshawar via the Grand Trunk Road. The present city, which lies on the site of a succession of earlier cities, developed around the fort built by the Mughal emperor

Battle of Gujrat, (Feb. 21, 1849), engagement between the Sikh army of Sher Singh and a British-Indian army led by Hugh Gough, 1st Baron (later 1st Viscount) Gough, at Gujrat (now in Pakistan). It was the last and decisive battle in the Second Sikh War (1848–49), leading to the British annexation

Jien: …In his great work, the Gukanshō (literally, “Jottings of a Fool”)—completed about 1220—he attempted to analyze the facts of Japanese history.

Gukesh Dommaraju is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current world chess champion. Gukesh, considered a chess prodigy, beat incumbent world champion Ding Liren in December 2024, winning the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE; International Chess Federation) World Chess Championship by a

Gukesh Dommaraju is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current world chess champion. Gukesh, considered a chess prodigy, beat incumbent world champion Ding Liren in December 2024, winning the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE; International Chess Federation) World Chess Championship by a

Gukovo, city, Rostov oblast (province), southwestern Russia. It is one of the centres of the coal industry in the Donets Basin and is located in the eastern part of the coalfield. Construction is also important, employing one-quarter of the labour force. A technical college in the city is devoted

Poland: Media and publishing: Under the communist government, the Main Office for the Control of the Press, Publications, and Public Performances (GUKPIW), headquartered in Warsaw, controlled the media, publishing, films, theatres, exhibitions, advertising, and related activities. The bureau maintained an office in all television and radio stations, press and publishing houses, film and theatre…

Gül Baba was a Turkish Bektashi dervish whose türbe (tomb) in Buda (part of present-day Budapest) became a Muslim place of pilgrimage. Gül Baba arrived in Hungary in 1541 in the company of Süleyman I. According to 17th-century Turkish traveler and writer Evliya Çelebi, Baba died in Buda during the

Abdullah Gül is a Turkish politician who served as prime minister (2002–03) and president of Turkey (2007–14). Gül inherited his politics from his father, who owned a modest metalworking shop and who had stood unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate of the National Salvation Party (NSP; Millî

Bau, in Mesopotamian religion, city goddess of Urukug in the Lagash region of Sumer and, under the name Nininsina, the Queen of Isin, city goddess of Isin, south of Nippur. In Nippur she was called Ninnibru, Queen of Nippur. Bau seems originally to have been goddess of the dog; as Nininsina she was

heteropteran: Distinguishing taxonomic features: The gula of the Heteroptera is a hard bridge that separates the mouthparts from the prothorax. In the homopterans the gula is small and membranous or absent, allowing the base of the mouthparts to abut or fuse to the prothorax. The forewings of heteropterans are generally…

Chad: Ethnic groups: …Sara groups and, like the Gula and Tumak of the Goundi area, are culturally distinct from their Sara neighbors. Along the banks of the Chari and Logone rivers, and in the region between the two rivers, are found the Tangale peoples.

Dogra dynasty: Gulab Singh distinguished himself in the service of the Sikhs and was made raja of Jammu in 1820, which was the beginning of the Dogra dynasty. He expanded to the north, annexing the Ladakh and Baltistan areas.

Lajos Gulācsy was a Hungarian painter and a forerunner of Surrealism. Gulācsy attended the Mintarajziskola (School of Drawing) in Budapest before traveling to Rome and Florence in 1902 and then to Paris in 1906 to continue his studies. He was so traumatized by the outbreak of World War I that he

Lajos Gulācsy was a Hungarian painter and a forerunner of Surrealism. Gulācsy attended the Mintarajziskola (School of Drawing) in Budapest before traveling to Rome and Florence in 1902 and then to Paris in 1906 to continue his studies. He was so traumatized by the outbreak of World War I that he

Gulag, (Russian: “Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Camps”), system of Soviet labour camps and accompanying detention and transit camps and prisons that from the 1920s to the mid-1950s housed the political prisoners and criminals of the Soviet Union. At its height, the Gulag imprisoned

The Gulag Archipelago, history and memoir of life in the Soviet Union’s prison camp system by Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first published in Paris as Arkhipelag GULag in three volumes (1973–75). The word Gulag is a Russian acronym for the Soviet government agency that supervised the

The Gulag Archipelago, history and memoir of life in the Soviet Union’s prison camp system by Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first published in Paris as Arkhipelag GULag in three volumes (1973–75). The word Gulag is a Russian acronym for the Soviet government agency that supervised the

The Killers: …Lee Marvin) and Lee (Clu Gulager), later connect North to a robbery in which the proceeds were never recovered. Intent on finding the money, the men retrace North’s life and discover that he was double-crossed by a gangster (Ronald Reagan) and his mistress (Angie Dickinson).

gastronomy: The Pacific and Southeast Asia: Gulai is this area’s favourite version of liquid-type curry so common in India.

Scandinavian law: Historical development of Scandinavian law: …of this period are the Gulathing’s law (written in the 11th century, Norwegian); the law of Jutland (1241, Danish); and the laws of Uppland (1296) and Götaland (early 13th century), both Swedish. Other Scandinavian communities and states followed suit.

Gül Baba was a Turkish Bektashi dervish whose türbe (tomb) in Buda (part of present-day Budapest) became a Muslim place of pilgrimage. Gül Baba arrived in Hungary in 1541 in the company of Süleyman I. According to 17th-century Turkish traveler and writer Evliya Çelebi, Baba died in Buda during the

Kalaburagi, city, northeastern Karnataka state, south-central India. It lies in the valley of the Bhima River, which flows about 15 miles (24 km) south of the city. Kalaburagi was originally included in the territory of the Kakatiyas of Warangal. It was then annexed to the sultanate of Delhi in the

Lisbon: Cultural life: Another prominent cultural institution, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Museum, presents music and ballet, exhibits other fine arts, and displays the broad-ranging personal collection of its eponymous benefactor, an Armenian oil-lease negotiator who lived in Lisbon from 1942 until his death in 1955. Culturgest, a multifunctional auditorium and exhibition centre,…

Gulbenkian Museum, museum in Lisbon, Portugal, featuring a renowned and eclectic collection of ancient and modern art. The Gulbenkian’s collection was amassed by Calouste Gulbenkian during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An Armenian oil magnate, Gulbenkian ranks among the world’s greatest

Calouste Gulbenkian was a Turkish-born British financier, industrialist, and philanthropist. In 1911 he helped found the Turkish Petroleum Co. (later Iraq Petroleum Co.) and became the first to exploit Iraqi oil; his 5% share made him one of the world’s richest men. From 1948 he negotiated Saudi

Calouste Gulbenkian was a Turkish-born British financier, industrialist, and philanthropist. In 1911 he helped found the Turkish Petroleum Co. (later Iraq Petroleum Co.) and became the first to exploit Iraqi oil; his 5% share made him one of the world’s richest men. From 1948 he negotiated Saudi

Olaf Gulbransson was an illustrator identified with the German satirists of the early 20th century and noted for portrait caricature. He is also important as one of the first satirists of Adolf Hitler. Gulbransson studied at the Royal Norwegian Drawing School and worked for several Norwegian

Cato Maximilian Guldberg: …his formulation in 1890 of Guldberg’s law, which states that on the absolute scale the boiling point of a substance is two-thirds its critical temperature (the maximum at which a gas can be liquefied by pressure alone). In 1864 Guldberg and Waage announced their law of mass action, which drew…

Cato Maximilian Guldberg was a Norwegian chemist who, with Peter Waage, formulated the law of mass action, which details the effects of concentration, mass, and temperature on chemical reaction rates. Guldberg was educated at the University of Christiania and taught at the royal military schools

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger: …famous poem “Guldhornene” (1802; “The Golden Horns”), about the loss of two golden horns symbolizing a union of past and present, after his meeting with the Norwegian scientist and philosopher Henrik Steffens, who was eager to spread the doctrine of German Romanticism in Denmark. The ideals of Steffens gave…

Pappus’s theorem: …Guldin’s theorems, after the Swiss Paul Guldin, one of many Renaissance mathematicians interested in centres of gravity. Guldin published his rediscovered version of Pappus’s results in 1641.

Nilo-Saharan languages: The diffusion of Nilo-Saharan languages: Gule (or Anej), a Komuz language of Sudan, is now extinct, and the people speak Arabic.

Zambia: Cultural institutions: In 2005 the Gule Wamkulu—a ritual dance performed at initiation ceremonies, funerals, and other important occasions—and the Vimbuza Healing Dance were both designated UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Tarsus: …the southern end of the Cilician Gates (the only major pass in the Taurus Mountains), and the excellent harbour of Rhegma, which enabled Tarsus to establish strong connections with the Levant.

Fethullah Gülen was a Turkish Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of a movement for social and civic reform, known as the Hizmet (“service”) movement or the Gülen movement. Gülen was a staunch supporter of Islam’s presence in the public sphere and believed it is essential to the formation of an

gulf, any large coastal indentation. More specifically, such a feature is the reentrant of an ocean, regardless of size, depth, configuration, and geologic structure. The nomenclature for gulfs is far from uniform; names that may refer to sizable gulfs in various places include bay, bight, firth,

Oceanic art and architecture: The Gulf of Papua: The succession of cultures situated along the vast Gulf of Papua and in the deltas of the rivers flowing into it produced one of the richest complexes of art styles in New Guinea. In general, the people believed that they owed much…