Shulḥan ʿarukh, (Hebrew: “Prepared Table”), a 16th-century codification of Jewish religious law and practice that is still the standard reference work for Orthodox observance. The Shulḥan ʿarukh, compiled and published by Joseph ben Ephraim Karo (1488–1575) as a compendium of his larger work Bet

Acholi, ethnolinguistic group of northern Uganda and South Sudan. Numbering more than one million at the turn of the 21st century, they speak a Western Nilotic language of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan family and are culturally and historically related to their traditional enemies,

Clifford G. Shull was an American physicist who was corecipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Physics for his development of neutron-scattering techniques—in particular, neutron diffraction, a process that enabled scientists to better explore the atomic structure of matter. He shared the prize with

Clifford G. Shull was an American physicist who was corecipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Physics for his development of neutron-scattering techniques—in particular, neutron diffraction, a process that enabled scientists to better explore the atomic structure of matter. He shared the prize with

George Harrison Shull was an American botanist and geneticist known as the father of hybrid corn (maize). As a result of his researches, corn yields per acre were increased 25 to 50 percent. He developed a method of corn breeding that made possible the production of seed capable of thriving under

Lee S. Shulman is an American educational psychologist, educator, and reformer whose work focused on teaching and teacher education. Shulman attended the University of Chicago as an undergraduate student (B.A., 1959) and then studied educational psychology there from 1959 to 1963, receiving an M.A.

Max Shulman was an American writer and humorist best known for his mastery of satire. While attending the University of Minnesota, Shulman edited the campus humour magazine and was persuaded by a talent scout to pursue a writing career after graduation. His first novel, Barefoot Boy with Cheek

Shalmaneser I was the king of Assyria (reigned c. 1263–c. 1234 bc) who significantly extended Assyrian hegemony. While the Hittites warred with Egypt, Shalmaneser invaded Cappadocia (in eastern Asia Minor) and founded an Assyrian colony at Luha. By the defeat of Shattuara of Hani and his Hittite

Shalmaneser III was the king of Assyria (reigned 858–824 bc) who pursued a vigorous policy of military expansion. Although he conducted campaigns on the southern and eastern frontiers, Shalmaneser’s main military effort was devoted to the conquest of North Syria. His progress was slow. In 853 bc he

Shalmaneser V was the king of Assyria (reigned 726–721 bc) who subjugated ancient Israel and undertook a punitive campaign to quell the rebellion of Israel’s king Hoshea (2 Kings 17). None of his historical records survive, but the King List of Babylon, where he ruled as Ululai, links him with

George Shultz was an American government official, economist, and business executive who, as a member of the presidential cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, significantly shaped U.S. economic and foreign policy in the late 20th century. Shultz was raised in an affluent family in New

George Shultz was an American government official, economist, and business executive who, as a member of the presidential cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, significantly shaped U.S. economic and foreign policy in the late 20th century. Shultz was raised in an affluent family in New

keffiyeh: Variations: …associated with Palestine, while the shumāgh, a red-and-white variation of the item, is more commonly worn by members of the Bedouin community. During the 1930s, the shumāgh was used, under the direction of British army officer John Bagot Glubb, in uniforms worn by the Desert Patrol, a unit of the…

red oak: nuttallii), and Shumard oak (Q. shumardii) are other valuable timber trees of eastern and southern North America. The scarlet oak has a short, rapidly tapering trunk and leaves with nearly circular sinuses; it is a popular ornamental because of its scarlet autumn foliage. The Nuttall oak is…

Shumen, town, northeastern Bulgaria. It lies in a valley in the eastern foothills of the Shumen limestone plateau. The town is a road and rail centre with such industries as tobacco processing, canning and brewing, furniture making, and the manufacture of enamelware. Shumen also has a factory that

Ukraine: The New Economic Policy and Ukrainization: …the people’s commissar of education, Oleksander Shumsky. The policy, however, encountered strong resistance from the non-Ukrainian leaders of the CP(B)U and party functionaries. The national revival also aroused concern in Moscow, where Joseph Stalin was strengthening his grip over the party apparatus. In 1925 Stalin dispatched his trusted lieutenant Lazar…

Norman E. Shumway was an American surgeon and pioneer in cardiac transplantation. On January 6, 1968, at the Stanford Medical Center in Stanford, California, he performed the first successful human heart transplant in the United States. Shumway obtained an M.D. degree from Vanderbilt University

Norman E. Shumway was an American surgeon and pioneer in cardiac transplantation. On January 6, 1968, at the Stanford Medical Center in Stanford, California, he performed the first successful human heart transplant in the United States. Shumway obtained an M.D. degree from Vanderbilt University

History of film: The Soviet Union: …over to the reactionary bureaucrat Boris Shumyatsky, a proponent of the narrowly ideological doctrine known as Socialist Realism. This policy, which came to dominate the Soviet arts, dictated that individual creativity be subordinated to the political aims of the party and the state. In practice, it militated against the symbolic,…

Shun, in Chinese mythology, a legendary emperor (c. 23rd century bce) of the golden age of antiquity, singled out by Confucius as a model of integrity and resplendent virtue. His name is invariably associated with that of Yao, his legendary predecessor. Though Shun’s father repeatedly tried to

Shunzhi was the first emperor (reigned 1644–61) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12). The ninth son of Abahai (1592–1643), the great ruler of the Manchu kingdom of Manchuria, Fulin succeeded to the throne in 1643 at the age of five (six by Chinese reckoning) and ruled under the regency of

Togon-temür was the last emperor (reigned 1333–68) of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368) in China, under whom the population was provoked into rebellion. Togon-temür became emperor at the age of 13 but proved to be a weak ruler who preferred to spend his time exploring the religious cult of

Togon-temür was the last emperor (reigned 1333–68) of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368) in China, under whom the population was provoked into rebellion. Togon-temür became emperor at the age of 13 but proved to be a weak ruler who preferred to spend his time exploring the religious cult of

Shunga dynasty, Indian ruling house founded by Pushyamitra about 185 bce, which replaced the Mauryan dynasty. Pushyamitra assassinated Brihadratha, the last Mauryan ruler, at a military parade and assumed royal power. Pushyamitra was a Brahman, and, though he is said to have persecuted Buddhists,

Shunga script, Brahmi script of North India that is associated with the Shunga dynasty (c. 185–73 bce). It may be connected with the scripts used in the late Mauryan empire as well as with early Kalinga characters. The Shunga script was one of three prototypes of the North Indian subdivision of

eastern Africa: Northeastern Bantu: …of a settlement area named Shungwaya situated to the north of the Tana River. Shungwaya appears to have had its heyday as a Bantu settlement area between perhaps the 12th and the 15th centuries, after which it was subjected to a full-scale invasion of Cushitic-speaking Oromo peoples from the Horn…

Japanese architecture: The Kamakura period: …and architecture than the monk Shunjōbō Chōgen (1121–1206), who oversaw the restoration of Tōdai Temple. Nandai-mon, the main entry gate of this revered temple, offers a superb example of the tenjiku-yō (“Indian style,” although it originated in Southern Song China) of architecture introduced during the reconstruction. Extravagantly conceived eaves wing…

shunning, social control mechanism used most commonly in small tight-knit social groups to punish those who violate the most serious group rules. It is related to exile and banishment, although shunning is based on social rather than physical isolation or separation. In social groups where a

Hokusai was a Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school. His early works represent the full spectrum of ukiyo-e art, including single-sheet prints of landscapes and actors, hand paintings, and surimono (“printed things”), such as greetings and

Japanese literature: Late Tokugawa period (c. 1770–1867): Shunshoku umegoyomi (1832–33; “Spring Colours: The Plum Calendar”), by Tamenaga Shunsui, is the story of Tanjirō, a peerlessly handsome but ineffectual young man for whose affections various women fight. The author at one point defended himself against charges of immorality: “Even though the women I…

Zhu Shunshui was a Chinese scholar and patriot who fled China after the destruction of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Arriving in Japan, he became one of the primary compilers of the Dai Nihon shi (“History of Great Japan”), a comprehensive rewriting of Japanese history, which served to reawaken

electric motor: Direct-current commutator motors: …field current are known as shunt motors, or separately excited motors. Normally, the available speed range is less than 2 to 1, but special motors can provide a speed range of up to 10 to 1.

electric generator: Direct-current generators: …generator is referred to as shunt-excited. It has the advantage of requiring no independent electrical supply. Residual magnetic flux in the iron poles produces a small generated voltage as the machine is brought up to speed. This causes a field current that increases the flux and in turn the generated…

human respiratory system: Abnormal gas exchange: In shunting, venous blood enters the bloodstream without passing through functioning lung tissue. Shunting of blood may result from abnormal vascular (blood vessel) communications or from blood flowing through unventilated portions of the lung (e.g., alveoli filled with fluid or inflammatory material). A reduction in arterial…

enterprise unionism: …the annual “spring offensive” (shuntō). Strikes, however, do not last long. Frequently, as in the “spring offensive,” strikes are scheduled in advance as a series of short work stoppages.

sunyata, in Buddhist philosophy, the voidness that constitutes ultimate reality; sunyata is seen not as a negation of existence but rather as the undifferentiation out of which all apparent entities, distinctions, and dualities arise. Although the concept is encountered occasionally in early Pāli

Mādhyamika, (Sanskrit: “Intermediate”), important school in the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”) Buddhist tradition. Its name derives from its having sought a middle position between the realism of the Sarvāstivāda (“Doctrine That All Is Real”) school and the idealism of the Yogācāra (“Mind Only”)

Shunzhi was the first emperor (reigned 1644–61) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12). The ninth son of Abahai (1592–1643), the great ruler of the Manchu kingdom of Manchuria, Fulin succeeded to the throne in 1643 at the age of five (six by Chinese reckoning) and ruled under the regency of

China: Provincial separatism: …by the brief reign of Shunzong, an invalid monarch whose court was dominated by the clique of Wang Shuwen and Wang Pei. They planned to take control of the palace armies from the eunuchs but failed.

Chinese music: Other vocal and instrumental genres: One is storytelling (shuoshu). This tradition, which is virtually as old as humankind and is noted in China’s earliest books, continues in China in a purely narrative form, in a sung style, and in a mixture of the two. Until the advent of television and government arts control,…

fenghuang: The Shuowen jiezi (1st or 2nd century ce; “An Explication of Written Characters”) describes the bird as having the breast of a goose, the hindquarters of a stag, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, the forehead of a fowl, the down of…

Cheboksary, city and capital, Chuvashia republic, Russia. It lies on the right bank of the middle Volga River, between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. Although Cheboksary is known to have existed since the mid-15th century, and a fortress was built there in 1555, the town remained unimportant until the

Suppiluliumas I was a Hittite king who dominated the history of the ancient Middle East for the greater part of four decades and raised the Hittite kingdom to Imperial power. The son and successor of Tudhaliyas III, Suppiluliumas began his reign by rebuilding the old capital, Hattusas (Boğazköy in

Aḥmad Shuqayrī was a Palestinian nationalist who led the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1964 to 1967. The son of a noted religious scholar, Shuqayrī was born in Lebanon and returned to the family home in Acre, Palestine (now ʿAkko, Israel), when he was eight years old. After

Aḥmad Shuqayrī was a Palestinian nationalist who led the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1964 to 1967. The son of a noted religious scholar, Shuqayrī was born in Lebanon and returned to the family home in Acre, Palestine (now ʿAkko, Israel), when he was eight years old. After

witness protection program: Witness protection in the United States: Gerald Shur, then an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, is credited with developing the witness protection program.

shūrā, in early Islamic history, the board of electors that was constituted by the second caliph (ruler of the Muslim community), ʿUmar I (634–644), to elect his successor. Thereafter, in Muslim states, the term shūrā variously designated a council of state, or advisers to the sovereign (as in

Noh theatre: …a Shintō shrine; the second, shura mono (“fighting play”), centres on warriors; the third, katsura mono (“wig play”), has a female protagonist; the fourth type, varied in content, includes the gendai mono (“present-day play”), in which the story is contemporary and “realistic” rather than legendary and supernatural, and the kyōjo…

Council of Guardians, in Iranian government, a council empowered to vet legislation and oversee elections. The 12-member Council of Guardians is a body of jurists that acts in many ways as an upper legislative house. Half its members are specialists in Islamic canon law appointed by the country’s

India: Location: Shurasena had its capital at Mathura, and the tribe claimed descent from the Yadu clan. A reference to the Sourasenoi in later Greek writings is often identified with the Shurasena and the city of Methora with Mathura. The Vatsa state emerged from Kaushambi. The Cedi…

Battle of Okinawa: Intensification and collapse of Japanese resistance: …population centres of Naha and Shuri encountered the fiercest kind of resistance. As on Iwo Jima, the Japanese fought with great tenacity and succeeded in making the Americans expend heavy casualties for small gains. The Japanese force defending the Naha-Shuri area numbered about 60,000, and by May 1 these troops…

New Zealand literature: Drama: O’Sullivan’s Shuriken (published 1985) used a riot by Japanese soldiers in a New Zealand prison camp to illustrate how understanding and sympathy fail to cross cultural boundaries. Drama, the last of the major literary genres to get started in New Zealand, developed rapidly in the 1980s,…

Deborah Sampson was an American Revolutionary soldier and one of the earliest female lecturers in the country. After a childhood as an indentured servant, she worked as a school teacher for a few years. The venturesome Sampson decided to enter the Continental Army to participate in the American

Deborah Sampson was an American Revolutionary soldier and one of the earliest female lecturers in the country. After a childhood as an indentured servant, she worked as a school teacher for a few years. The venturesome Sampson decided to enter the Continental Army to participate in the American

Shurugwi, town, central Zimbabwe. Shurugwi was established in 1899 by the British South Africa Company and Willoughby’s Consolidated Company. Its name was derived from a nearby bare oval granite hill that resembled the shape of a pigpen (selukwe) of the local Venda people. The town is the terminus

Shuruppak, ancient Sumerian city located south of Nippur in what is now south-central Iraq and originally on the bank of the Euphrates River. Excavations there in the first half of the 20th century uncovered three levels of habitation extending in time from the late prehistoric period to the 3rd

Ogata Kenzan was a Japanese potter and painter, brother to the artist Ogata Kōrin. He signed himself Kenzan, Shisui, Tōin, Shōkosai, Shuseidō, or Shinshō. Kenzan received a classical Chinese and Japanese education and pursued Zen Buddhism. At the age of 27 he began studying with the potter Ninsei

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Azerbaijan: Presidency of Ilham Aliyev: …the region’s second largest city, Shusha (Şuşa), Pashinyan agreed to a cease-fire deal that included the withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the region. While Russian peacekeepers would guard much of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the deal, including the Lachin Corridor mountain pass that connects the enclave with Armenia, Azerbaijan…

Susa, capital of Elam (Susiana) and administrative capital of the Achaemenian king Darius I and his successors from 522 bce. It was located at the foot of the Zagros Mountains near the bank of the Karkheh Kūr (Choaspes) River in the Khuzistan region of Iran. The archaeological site, identified in

Hamadan: …in reality that of Queen Shushandukht, or Suzan, wife of the Sasanian king Yazdegerd I (died 420 ce) and mother of Bahrām V, the great hunter. She helped establish a Jewish colony in the city and was herself of that faith. Her tomb and the reputed grave of Mordecai, uncle…

Shushigaku, (Japanese: “Chu Hsi school”), most influential of the Neo-Confucian schools that developed in Japan during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867). See

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Qin Jiushao: …mathematical book, now known as Shushu jiuzhang (1247; “Mathematical Writings in Nine Sections”). He later rose to the position of provincial governor of Qiongzhou (in modern Hainan), but charges of corruption and bribery brought his dismissal in 1258. Contemporary authors mention his ambitious and cruel personality.

Xu Yue: …several books, of which only Shushu jiyi (“Memoir on the Methods of Numbering”), with a preface by Zhen Luan (flourished c. 560), is extant; some scholars question its authenticity, claiming that it was a forgery written in its entirety by Zhen. The treatise was used as an auxiliary mathematics textbook…

measurement system: The Babylonians: The Babylonian shusi, defined as 130 kus, was equal to 17.5 mm (0.69 inch). The Babylonian foot was 23 kus.

ancient Iran: The Old Elamite period: …rulers were succeeded by the Awan (Shūstar) dynasty. The 11th king of this line entered into treaty relations with the great Naram-Sin of Akkad (reigned c. 254–c. 2218 bc). Yet a new ruling house soon appeared, the Simash dynasty (Simash may have been in the mountains of southern Lorestān). The…

comic strip: The United States: …Siegel (scenario or text) and Joe Shuster (art); it was soon syndicated and transposed to other media. The Superman formula of the hero who transcends all physical and social laws to punish the wicked was widely imitated. The animated cartoon animals of Walt Disney also took root in the comic…

comic strip: The United States: …Siegel (scenario or text) and Joe Shuster (art); it was soon syndicated and transposed to other media. The Superman formula of the hero who transcends all physical and social laws to punish the wicked was widely imitated. The animated cartoon animals of Walt Disney also took root in the comic…

William Morgan Shuster was a U.S. lawyer, civil servant, financial expert, and publisher, who served as treasurer general to the Iranian government (1911). Shuster entered the Cuban customs service in 1899 but resigned in 1901 to become collector of customs at Manila, the Philippines. In 1906 he

Neal Shusterman is an American author best known for writing fantasy and dystopian novels for young adults. Shusterman has also written short stories, essays, poetry, and television scripts. He won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for the novel Challenger Deep (2015), and his

Plateau Indian: Language: …Northern Plateau Salish include the Shuswap, Lillooet, and Ntlakapamux (Thompson) tribes. The Interior Salish live mostly in the Upper Columbia area and include the Okanagan, Sinkaietk, Lake, Wenatchee, Sanpoil, Nespelim,

Naomi Watts: Later credits: …played a rebel leader, and Shut In, a supernatural thriller about a child psychologist who thinks she is being haunted by the ghost of a former patient. In 2017 she appeared in the thriller The Book of Henry and in The Glass Castle, a drama about a dysfunctional family. In…

Barbara Kopple: Other films: In 2006 Kopple released Shut Up & Sing, a behind-the-scenes look at the country music band the Dixie Chicks (now known as the Chicks) as they write and record their album Taking the Long Way (2006). The film’s portrait came at a key point in the band’s career, three…

Nevil Shute was an English-born novelist who showed a special talent for weaving his technical knowledge of engineering into the texture of his fictional narrative. His most famous work, On the Beach (1957), which he wrote while living in Australia, reflected his pessimism for humanity in the

Yorimitsu: …his vanquishing the boy-faced giant Shuten-dōji (“Drunkard Boy”), who lived on human blood and who together with his repulsive retainers terrorized the countryside around his stronghold on Ōye-yama. To gain admittance to the stronghold, Yorimitsu and his companions disguised themselves as mountain priests. They first befuddled the creatures with a…

ancient Iran: The Middle Elamite period: …opened with the reign of Shutruk-Nahhunte I (c. 1160 bc). Two equally powerful and two rather less impressive kings followed this founder of a new dynasty, whose home was probably Susa, and in this period Elam became one of the great military powers of the Middle East. Tukulti-Ninurta died about…

history of Mesopotamia: The Hurrian and Mitanni kingdoms: …Saustatar’s successors Artatama I and Shuttarna II, who married their daughters to the pharaohs Thutmose IV (1400–1390) and Amenhotep III (1390–1353). Tushratta (c. 1365–c. 1330), the son of Shuttarna, was able to maintain the kingdom he had inherited for many years. In his sometimes very long letters—one of them written…

theatre: Developments in staging: …painted on two flats, called shutters, which met at the centre of the stage; and cloths that could be rolled up were occasionally used.

shutter, in photography, device through which the lens aperture of a camera is opened to admit light and thus expose the film (or the electronic image sensor of a digital camera). Adjustable shutters control exposure time, or the length of time during which light is admitted. Optimum exposure time

Leonardo DiCaprio: Films with Scorsese: For his next film, Scorsese’s Shutter Island (2010), DiCaprio portrayed a tormented U.S. marshal sent to a hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of an inmate.

speed: The shutter speed regulates the length of time that the shutter is open during an exposure. Varying the shutter speed controls the film’s exposure to light and determines the speed of action that the photograph can “freeze,” or reproduce without blurring the image. Shutter speeds generally…

shuttle, In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. Shuttle looms fall into two groups according to whether the

coal mining: Haulage: …systems, electric-powered, rubber-tired vehicles called shuttle cars haul coal from the face to the intermediate haulage system. In some semimechanized or manual longwall operations, chain haulage is used, while the face haulage equipment of choice in modern mechanized longwall systems is an armoured face conveyor (AFC). In addition to carrying…

diplomacy: Conference diplomacy: …1970s, for example, the “shuttle diplomacy” of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Middle East served to reduce the incentive of leaders in the region to do important business with regular U.S. diplomatic representatives. Normally, the professionals resume their roles when the summit ends. Indeed, a visit…

musette: The musette employed a “shuttle” drone: a short cylinder with about 12 narrow channels variously connected in series to supply four drones, each sounded with a double reed and tuned or silenced by slider keys moving in the slots through which the bores vented to the exterior. The bag…

Wole Soyinka: …from Prison (1969; republished as A Shuttle in the Crypt, 1972), published together as Early Poems (1998); Mandela’s Earth and Other Poems (1988); and Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known (2002). His verse is characterized by a precise command of language and a mastery of lyric, dramatic, and meditative…

textile: Modern looms: ) Shuttle looms fall into two groups according to whether the shuttle is replenished by hand or automatically. The second kind is often described as an automatic loom, but, except for shuttle replenishment, it is no more automatic in its operation than the hand-replenished or so-called…

Graham Swift: Shuttlecock (1981) concerns a police archivist whose work uncovers conflicting information about his father’s mental illness and involvement in World War II.

badminton: …with lightweight rackets and a shuttlecock. The roots of the sport can be traced to the old game battledore and shuttlecock, which was played in ancient Greece, China, and India. The game was taken from India to England, where it was first played in Gloucestershire, at the country estate of…

textile: Modern looms: …a stationary supply, usually called shuttleless looms. (This term is not entirely satisfactory, as some primitive looms make no use of a shuttle, merely passing through the shed a stick with weft wound on it.) Shuttle looms fall into two groups according to whether the shuttle is replenished by hand…

Fred Shuttlesworth was an American minister and civil rights activist who established, with Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Ella Baker, and others, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and who worked to end segregation in the South. Shuttlesworth was the primary instigator

Mark Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur, philanthropist, and space tourist who became the first South African in space. Shuttleworth was a student at the University of Cape Town in 1995 when he founded Thawte, a consulting firm that became a world leader in Internet security for

Sutlej River, longest of the five tributaries of the Indus River that give the Punjab (meaning “Five Rivers”) region its name. It rises on the north slope of the Himalayas in Lake La’nga in southwestern Tibet, at an elevation above 15,000 feet (4,600 metres). Flowing northwestward and then

Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Shuvalov was a diplomat and political-police director who became one of Alexander II’s advisers and used his extensive power to oppose the enactment of liberal reforms in Russia. Having entered the Russian army in 1845, Shuvalov served in the Crimean War (1853–56) and began

Al-Shuwaykh, port area in eastern Kuwait. Located just west of central Kuwait city on Kuwait Bay of the Persian Gulf, it is the country’s major port. The port’s modern deepwater berths and container facilities accommodate oceangoing ships. Al-Shuwaykh also has one of Kuwait’s largest electric power

Al-Shuwaykh, port area in eastern Kuwait. Located just west of central Kuwait city on Kuwait Bay of the Persian Gulf, it is the country’s major port. The port’s modern deepwater berths and container facilities accommodate oceangoing ships. Al-Shuwaykh also has one of Kuwait’s largest electric power

Shuya, city and centre of a rayon (sector), Ivanovo oblast (region), western Russia, lying along the Teza River. Originally a trading centre dating from the 16th century, the city now has numerous industries, including cotton and synthetic fabric processing, machine building, and various light

Ji Kang was a Chinese Daoist philosopher, alchemist, and poet who was one of the most important members of the free-spirited, heavy-drinking Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, a coterie of poets and philosophers who scandalized Chinese society by their iconoclastic thoughts and actions. Of

Vasily (IV) Shuysky was a boyar who became tsar (1606–10) during Russia’s Time of Troubles. A member of an aristocratic family descended from Rurik, the legendary founder of the dynasty that ruled Russia until 1598, Vasily Shuysky achieved prominence in 1591 when he conducted the investigation of