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Nicaea
First ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held at Nicaea (now Iznik, Turkey). Called by Emperor Constantine I, the council condemned Arianism and drew up the Nicene Creed. It failed to set a uniform date for Easter.

Independent principality (1204-61) of the fragmented Byzantine empire. It was founded in 1204 by Theodore I Lascaris. It was the political and cultural center from which a restored Byzantium arose in the mid-13th cent. under Michael VIII Palaeologus. It extended from the Black Sea coast east of the Sangarius River southwest across W Asia Minor to Miletus and the Maeander. It became a center of Greek education, especially under Theodore II Lascaris who founded an imperial school. It declined after 1261, when Michael VIII regained Constantinople.


academy
Society of learned individuals organized to advance art, science, literature, music, or some other cultural or intellectual area of endeavor. The word comes from the name of an olive grove outside ancient Athens, the site of Plato's famous school of philosophy in the 4th cent. BC. Academies appeared in Italy in the 15th cent. and reached their greatest influence in the 17th-18th cent. Most European countries now have at least one academy sponsored or otherwise connected with the state. See also Acad\u00e9 mie Fran\u00e7 aise.


acne
Any of some 50 inflammatory diseases of the oil glands of the skin. Acne vulgaris, probably the most frequent chronic skin disorder, results from an interplay of hereditary factors, hormones, and bacteria, beginning in the teen years when overactive sebaceous glands are stimulated by high levels of androgens. Its primary lesion, the blackhead, may be open or closed; it consists of a plug of skin oil (sebum), cell debris, and microorganisms in a hair follicle. Acne has four grades of severity, with increasing degrees of spread, inflammation, pustule formation, and scarring. Lower grades generally respond to treatment, which may include skin medication, sunlight, antibiotics, and hormones; many cases eventually resolve spontaneously.


Acre
Seaport city (pop., 1993 est.: 44,000), NW Israel on the Mediterranean coast. First mentioned in an Egyptian text from the 19th cent. BC, it was ruled by Egyptians, Romans, Persians, and Arabs; under Phoenician rule it was called Ptolemais. It was a Syrian town under the Seljuq Turks when the crusaders captured it in 1104; the Crusaders renamed the city St. Jean d'Acre and made it their last capital (see Crusades). Except for brief intervals, it was under the rule of Ottoman Turks from 1516 until British forces took it in 1918. It was part of Palestine under the British mandate and became part of Israel in 1948. Notable structures include the Great Mosque and the Crypt of St. John.


Alcaeus
Greek lyric poet. Only fragments and quotations survive from his work, consisting of hymns in honor of gods and heroes, love ...

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