subordinate crop
121Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present… …
122Trinidad and Tobago — Trinidadian and Tobagonian. an independent republic in the West Indies, comprising the islands of Trinidad and Tobago: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 1,273,141; 1980 sq. mi. (5128 sq. km). Cap.: Port of Spain. * * * Trinidad and Tobago… …
123Yoruba — Yoruban, adj. /yawr euh beuh, yohr /, n., pl. Yorubas, (esp. collectively) Yoruba for 1. 1. a member of a numerous West African coastal people. 2. the language of the Yoruba, a Kwa language. * * * One of Nigeria s three largest ethnic groups,… …
124colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …
125Haya — ▪ people also called Wahaya, Ziba, or Waziba East African people who speak a Bantu language (also called Hays) and inhabit the northwestern corner of Tanzania between the Kagera River and Lake Victoria. Two main ethnic elements… …
126technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
127Chaga people — For the mushroom, see Chaga mushroom. Chagga Total population 2,000,000 Regions with significant populations Tanzania …
128Reconstruction Era of the United States — In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern… …
