The Circle of Knowledge: A Classified, Simplified, Visualized Book of Answers
Part 255
Rabbit 199, 254 Raccoon 197 Races and Peoples: Comparative Classification 293 Estimated Population of 293 Geographical Distribution of 275, 276 How Classified 274 Man and the Human Family 267 Physical and Mental Characteristics of 275 Population of the Earth by 442 Represented in United States 293 Types of Womankind 266 Radcliffe College 594 Radioactivity 848 Radish 131 Radium, Atoms of 848 Rainbows 101, 102 Rainfall 99 Rameses, Epoch of 347 Ramie 168 Rape 126 Raphia 168 Rapids 80 Rare Metals 115 Raspberry 147 Rat 199 Rattan 168 Ray 228 Red Sea 85 Redtop 126 Redwood 165 Reichenbach, Falls of 83 Reindeer 254 Religion: (See also under Countries of the World) Assyrian 357 Babylonian 357 Chief Religions of the World 442 Egyptian Doctrine of Future Life 349 Egyptian Gods 348 Historical Events of Church 411 _et seq._ Mohammedanism 405 Of Egypt 348 Persian 371 Phœnician 368 Religions of India 686 Religious Population of the World 442 The Koran 405 Religious Wars in France 696 Reptiles 220 Alligators 221 Chameleons 222 Crocodiles 221 Flying Dragon 222 Gecko 222 Iguana 222 Lizards 221 Snakes 222 Tortoises 220 Turtles 220 Restoration 491 English Literature under 766-771 Revolution, American 635 Revolution of the Earth 91 Rhea 219 Rhetoric 733 Rhine, The 447 Castles of 447 Description of 447 _et seq._ Falls at Schaffhausen 81 Panoramic View of 448 _et seq._ Rhinoceros 203 Rice 126 Richmond, Va. 616 Capitol 616 Description of 616 Historic Buildings 616 Historic Cemeteries 616 History of 616 Public Statues 616 Rivers and Lakes: (See also under Countries, Continents, and individual names.) Deltas of 71 Estuaries of 71 Euphrates 353 Great, of World 71 Heads of 72, 73 Jordan 77 Nile 343 Of Argentina 672 Of Brazil 674 Of China 678 Of Europe 447 Of Germany 495-496 Of Great Britain 456 Of India 684 Of Italy 511 Of Mexico 669 Of North America 378 Of United States 581 Picture Diagram of 72, 73 Rhine 447 The Danube 453 Tigris 353 Riverside Drive, New York 612 Riviera 512-513 Roads: Appian Way 389 Great Roman 389 Robin 215 Rocks: How Found 44, 45 Why They Contain Animal and Plant Fossils 46 Rodents 198 Roman: (See also Romans and Rome.) Chronology and Facts about Emperors 401, 402 Civil War 693, 694 Forum 400 Government 389 Law 387 Mythology 820-847 Mythology Chart 846, 847 War with Tarentum 693 Romans 287, 299 History of 386 Romanoff, House of 348 Romanticism: Early Nineteenth Century 768 Period in English Literature 767, 771, 772 Rome 513 (See also Roman, Romans.) Ancient Roman Forum 400 Appian Way 518 Aqueducts of 400 Arch of Constantine 515 Arch of Septimius Severus 515 Architecture, Ancient and Modern 515 As a Literary Center under Augustus 400 As a Republic 389 Assassination of Cæsar 397 Battle of Pharsalia 397 Battle of Philippi 398 Cæsar Dictator 396 Capital City of the Empire 399 Capitoline Museum 517 City in the Time of Augustus 399 Coliseum 516 Compared with Athens 400 Conquest of Egypt 347 398 Conquest of the East by Cæsar 397 Conquest of the Greek States 391 Conquest of Italy 388 Conquest of Palestine 361 Conquest of Sardinia, Corsica and Gaul 390 Conspiracy of Catiline 395 Construction of the Great Roman Roads 389 Contributions to the World 403 Crossing of the Rubicon 396 Destruction of Carthage 391 Division of the Roman World 398 Early Inhabitants of Sicily 385 Epoch of the Civil Wars 394 Epoch of the Punic Wars 389 Establishment of Democracy 388 Fall of Western Empire 403 Famous Churches 517-518 Famous Struggles of the Factions 395 First Defeat by the Germans 400 First Great Code of Law 387 First Triumvirate 395 Gracchi 394 Grandeur After Her Foreign Conquests 391 Great Public Works of 393 Growth of Political and Social Corruption 393 History of Romans 386 How Governed under the Empire 399 Influence of Greek Culture 393 King Numa and Other Legendary Kings 386 Marius and Sulla 394 Mediæval 514 Military Expeditions in Asia 391 Modern Features and Districts 514 Mountains and Rivers of Italy 385 Mythical Period 386 New Rome Contrasted with the Old 393 Origin of Provincial Government 391 Palaces and Art Collections 516 Palaces of Emperors 516 Panoramic View from St. Peter’s Cathedral 510 Pantheon 517 Period of Constantine 403 Pompey, Cicero, Crassus, Cæsar and Catiline 395 Punic Wars 391 Quirinal Palace 516 Reduces Greece to a Roman Province 383 Rise of Native Literature 393 Rise of Pompey 395 Rivalry of Cæsar and Pompey 396 Roads, Famous 518 Roman Forum 515 Roman World Succeeded by the Germanic 403 Seven Hills 513 Situation of Italian Peninsula 385 Splendors of a Festal Day 392 Struggle Between Patricians and Plebeians 387 Subjugation of Macedon 391 Summary of Roman Government 389 Table of Emperors 401 Temple of Janus 400 Under Augustus 399 Vatican 516 View of Monument to Victor Emmanuel II. 526 Villa Medici 516 Villa Umberto Primo 516 War with Pyrrhus 388 Rorqual 207 Rose Culture 149 Roses 149 Desirable Varieties of 149 Rosetta Stone 346 Roumania 562 Bucharest 562 Cities 562 Government 562 History 562 People 562 Production and Industry 562 Rivers 562 Surface 562 Rubicon, Crossing of, by Cæsar 396 Ruby 112 Rumania 562 (See Roumania.) Rurik, House of 547 Russia: Agriculture and Forests 540 Alexander II. 546 Burning of Moscow in 1812 294 Cities and Towns 541 Climate of 540 Divisions of 537-539 Duma 547 Early Traditions 545 Education 541 Eighteenth Century 546 Historical Outlines 415 _et seq._ History of 545-546 House of Romanoff Established 546 House of Rurik 547 Ivan III. Expels the Tartars 546 Kieff, the First Historic Center 545 Lake District of 540 Live Stock and Fisheries 541 Moscow 544-545 Napoleonic Period 546 Petrograd 541-542 Products and Industries 540 Reactionary Reign of Alexander III. 547 Religion of 541 Rise of Nihilism 547 Rivers of 540 Russo-Turkish War 547 Seaboard and Islands 540 Settlements in and about Moscow 545 Sovereigns of 547, 548 Surface Features 539 Tartar Invasion 545 Turkish Wars 546 Under Peter the Great 546 Vladivostok 545 Russian Empire 537 (See also Russia.) Russo-Japanese War 698 Russo-Turkish War 698 Rye 127
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