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Avars
People of undetermined origin who built an empire in E Europe between the Adriatic and Baltic seas and the Elbe and Dnieper rivers in the 6th-9th cent. Mounted nomads, possibly from Central Asia, they made the Hungarian plain the center of their empire, from which they intervened in Germanic tribal wars, helped the Lombards overthrow allies of Byzantium, and nearly succeeded in occupying Constantinople in 626. They also fought the Merovingians and helped push the Serbs and Croats southward. Weakened by revolts and internal dissent, they submitted to Charlemagne in 805.
Camargo
French ballerina noted for her technical innovations. She made her Paris Opera debut in 1726, going on to dance in 78 ballets and operas before her retirement in 1751. Admired for her speed and agility, she executed jumping steps previously performed only by male dancers, shortening her skirts and removing the heels from her slippers to do so. Her name was adopted in 1930 by a British ballet group, the Camargo Society.
Camargue
Marshy island in the delta of the Rhone River, S France. Occupying an area of 300 sq mi (780 sq km), it is sparsely populated (about 10,000). The region was once entirely wild, with free-roaming herds of cattle and wild horses; such herds still can be found in the regional park. Vineyards, forage crops, and grains began to be planted in the late 19th cent.; rice growing developed after 1945. A nature reserve at the Vaccarè s Lagoon protects waterbirds such as flamingos and egrets.
Dakar
City (pop. 1994: 785,000; metro. area pop.: 1,869,000), capital of Senegal. One of the chief seaports on the W African coast, it lies midway between the mouths of the Gambia and Senegal rivers. Founded by the French in 1857, its development was spurred by the opening in 1885 of W Africa's first railway, from St.-Louis to Dakar. In 1902 it became capital of French W. Africa and in 1960, of Senegal. Dakar is one of tropical Africa's leading industrial and service centers. There are museums of ethnography and archaeology there, of the sea and of history in nearby Goré e.
damages
In law, the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable. The theory of an award of damages in a personal-injury or other tort case is that injured parties should be placed in the position they would have been in if the injury had not occurred, so far as this can be accomplished with a monetary award. Where the legal wrong at issue is the breach of a contract, the goal of the damages remedy is to give the injured parties the benefit they would have received had the contract been performed. More than one type of damages (e.g., direct, incidental, and punitive) may be awarded for a single injury.
Damascus
Largest city (pop., 1994: 1,550,000) and capital of Syria. Located at an oasis near the desert at the base of the ...
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