book restoration picture, volume 2
page 109
hand-written decorated page picture,
volume 7 page 78
student in Ibadan, Nigeria picture,
volume 9 page 68
woman reading the Koran picture,
volume 7 page 78
Islam volume 6 page 163
Muhammad volume 8 page 202
Ramadan volume 11 page 25
Kordestan (region in Asia): see in index
Kurdistan
Korea, North (country in Asia)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 79
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geography
Asia volume 1 page 200
Mount Paektu picture, volume 7
page 81
history
KoreanWar volume 7 page 85
South Korea volume 7 page 84
timeline volume 7 page 79
people and culture
festival in Pyongyang picture, volume 7
page 80
Red Cross picture, volume 11 page 36
statue of Kim Il-sung picture, volume
10 page 170
Korea, South (country in Asia)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 82
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geography
Asia volume 1 page 200
Seoul picture, volume 7 page 82
history
first Asian astronomical observatory
picture, volume 7 page 83
KoreanWar volume 7 page 85
North Korea volume 7 page 81
traditional Korean clothes picture,
volume 7 page 83
Red Cross workers picture, volume 11
page 36
Korean (people)
North Korea volume 7 page 79
South Korea volume 7 page 82
KoreanWar (1950-53)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 85
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ColdWar volume 3 page 151
North Korea volume 7 page 81
refugee volume 11 page 41
South Korea volume 7 page 84
Truman volume 13 page 101
United States volume 14 page 31
Koror Island (island in Palau)
Palau volume 10 page 16
Koryo dynasty (Korean history)
North Korea volume 7 page 81
South Korea volume 7 page 84
Kosciusko, Mount (mountain in New
SouthWales, Australia)
Australia volume 1 page 229
New SouthWales volume 9 page 53
Kosovo (self-declared independent country
in Europe)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 86
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Albania volume 1 page 66
Serbia volume 12 page 72
Kosovo Liberation Army (political organization
in Serbia)
Kosovo volume 7 page 86
Kotte (historical capital city of Sri
Lanka): see in index Sri Jayewardenepura
Kotte
Kourou (town in French Guiana)
French Guiana volume 5 page 67
Kozhikode (city in India)
Gama volume 5 page 83
Krak des Chevaliers (fortress in Syria)
picture, volume 12 page 224
kraken (legendary sea monster)
legendary animals volume 1 page 128
Kravitz, Lenny (U.S. musician) picture,
volume 11 page 78
Kremer, Gerard de (Flemish cartographer):
see in index Mercator, Gerardus
kremlin (Russian fortress)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 87
Kremlin, The (building complex in Moscow,
Russia) picture, volume 7, page 87
history of kremlins volume 7 page 87
Moscow volume 8 page 186
Red Square picture, volume 8 page 186
krill (marine animal)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 87, picture,
volume 7 page 87
Kristallnacht (German history)
Holocaust volume 6 page 71
Kristianstad (city in Sweden)
castle picture, volume 12 page 212
Kronos (Greek mythology): see in index
Cronus
Kruje (city in Albania)
citadel picture, volume 1 page 65
Krung Thep (capital city of Thailand):
see in index Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur (capital city of Malaysia)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 88
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Malaysia volume 8 page 27
Petronas Twin Towers picture, volume 7
page 88
Kubango River (river in Africa): see in
index Okavango River
Kublai Khan (emperor of Yuan dynasty)
Beijing volume 2 page 50
Mongol Empire volume 8 page 162
Polo volume 10 page 119
kudu (mammal)
antelope volume 1 page 138
Kuiper Belt (astronomy)
solar system volume 12 page 128, picture,
volume 12 page 127
Ku Klux Klan (terrorist organization in
the U.S.)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 88
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African Americans volume 1 page 43
Reconstruction volume 11 page 35
terrorism volume 13 page 48
Kumasi (city in Ghana)
Ashanti volume 1 page 198
Kumbi (capital city of Ghana Empire)
Ghana Empire volume 5 page 112
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kung fu (martial art)
martial arts volume 8 page 65
Kuomintang (political party in China,
1912-49, and Taiwan, 1949-present):
see in index Nationalist Party
Kurd (people)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 89, picture,
volume 7 page 89
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Iraq volume 6 page 152
Syria volume 12 page 223
Turkey volume 13 page 112
Kurdistan (region in Southwest Asia)
Kurds volume 7 page 89
Kush (ancient African kingdom)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 90
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Nubia volume 9 page 103
Sudan volume 12 page 200
Kushite (people)
Kush volume 7 page 90
Nubia volume 9 page 103
kusti (religious dress)
Zoroastrianism volume 15 page 109
Kutenai (Native American people): see in
index Kootenai
Kuwait (country in the Middle East)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 91
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history
Bush, George volume 2 page 155
Persian GulfWar volume 10 page 62
Kuwait city picture, volume 7 page 91,
picture, volume 7 page 92
Kuwait city (capital city of Kuwait)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 92, picture,
volume 7 page 92
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Kuwait volume 7 page 91, picture, volume
7 page 91
Kwajalein Atoll (island in the Marshall
Islands)
Marshall Islands volume 8 page 62
Kwakiutl (Native American people)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 92
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British Columbia volume 2 page 132
Hamasaka, Kwakiutl chief picture, volume
7 page 93
Native Americans volume 9 page 18
Kwanzaa (African American holiday)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 93, picture,