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Munich
City (pop., 1996 est.: 1,236,000), capital of Bavaria, Germany. Located along the Isar River, it is was founded c.1158 at the site of an ancient monastery. It became the capital of Bavaria under the ruling Wittelsbach family. The city developed as a center of music and theater through the 19th cent. After World War I, it became a center of right-wing political ferment; it was the site of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, A. Hitler's attempted rising against the Bavarian government, and subsequent Nazi Party activities. It was the site for the signing of the 1938 Munich Agreement. In World War II it suffered heavily from Allied bombing. Some medieval structures survived, incl. the cathedral and town hall. It is a trade, cultural, educational, and industrial center known for its many museums and for manufacturing and beer and ale brewing.


quail
Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or curled forward. Species range from 5 to 13 in. (13-33 cm) long. Some of the 95 Old World species have leg spurs, but the 36 New World species never do. Quails prefer open country and brushy borders. The male may help incubate the 12 eggs. Quails mainly eat seeds and berries but also leaves, roots, and insects. The common quail (Coturnix coturnix) of Eurasia and Africa is the only migratory bird in the order Galliformes. Quails are generally smaller than partridges. See also bobwhite.


Quiche
Indian population of the Guatemalan highlands, largest of all ethnic groups speaking a Mayan language. The Quiche Mayas had an advanced civilization in pre-Columbian times. Records of their history and mythology are preserved in the Popol Vuh. Traditional Quiche are agricultural. Their homes are thatched huts, and they practice weaving and pottery. Nominally Roman Catholic, they conduct pagan rituals as well. Many were killed or displaced during the Guatemalan military's counterinsurgency campaign of the early 1980s. At present they number between 700,000 and 800,000.


Zurich
City (pop., 1996 est.: 344,000), Switzerland. Located at the NW end of Lake Zurich, the site was occupied first by prehistoric lake dwellers and later by the Celtic Helvetii before the Romans conquered the area c.58 BC. It subsequently was held by the Alamanni, then the Franks. It grew as a trade center, and in 1218 it became a free imperial city; in 1351 it joined the Swiss Confederation. Under the leadership of H. Zwingli it became the center of the Swiss reformation in the 16th cent. Attracting refugees from the Counter-Reformation, it established a liberal democratic order during the 1830s. Long an industrial center, and Switzerland's largest city, it is also an important financial center and a major tourist destination.

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