Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

family works on a farm picture, volume

10 page 56

geography

Gettysburg National Military Park

picture, volume 10 page 57

Independence Hall picture, volume 10

page 70

Lake Erie picture, volume 4 page 149

Pittsburgh picture, volume 10 page 57

history

Delaware volume 4 page 31

Liberty Bell picture, volume 7

page 141

Penn volume 10 page 54

Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly

(building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

U.S.): see in index Independence Hall

penny-farthing (bicycle): see in index

ordinary

Penobscot (Native American people)

Abnaki volume 1 page 10

Pentagon (building in Arlington, Virginia,

U.S.)

bin Laden volume 2 page 71

damage from September 11 picture,

volume 13 page 49

pentathlon (athletic competition)

Thorpe volume 13 page 61

peony (plant and flower)

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people: see in index aboriginal peoples;

Asian peoples; European peoples;

human being; Middle Eastern and

North African peoples; Native American

people’s commune (Chinese agricultural

system): see in index commune

People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen

(historical country in the Middle East)

Yemen volume 15 page 91

peoples of the United States: see in index

African American; Asian American;

Hispanic American; North American

Indian

People’s Palace (building in Tripoli,

Libya) picture, volume 13 page 98

People’s Republic of China (country in

Asia): see in index China

People United to Save Humanity (U.S.

organization): see in index PUSH,

Operation

People United to Serve Humanity (U.S.

organization): see in index PUSH,

Operation

Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma (Native

American people): see in index Illinois

pepper (plant and fruit)

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cooking on a grill picture, volume 6

page 32

Pequot (Native American people)

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decorated Pequot canoe picture, volume

10 page 59

Mohegan volume 8 page 152

perch (fish)

four animal skeletal systems picture,

volume 12 page 95

perching duck (waterfowl)

duck volume 4 page 81

percussion instrument (musical instrument)

music volume 8 page 213

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musical instruments volume 8 page 215,

picture, volume 8 page 215

orchestra volume 9 page 145, picture,

volume 9 page 145

peregrine falcon (bird)

falcon volume 5 page 4

Perekop Isthmus (isthmus in the

Ukraine)

Crimea volume 3 page 217

Peri, Jacopo (Italian composer)

opera volume 9 page 142

Pericles (Athenian statesman)

Athens volume 1 page 219

pericycle (botany)

root picture, volume 11 page 96

period (physiology): see in index menstruation

periodical (publication): see in index

magazine

periodic table (chemistry) table, volume 3

page 86

chemical element volume 3

page 86

peristalsis (involuntary muscular action)

digestive system volume 4 page 47

Perkin,William Henry (British chemist)

technology and invention volume 13

page 27

permafrost (geology)

tundra volume 13 page 107

permanent memory (mental function):

see in index long-term memory

permanent tooth (anatomy)

teeth volume 13 page 30, picture, volume

13 page 31

Peron, Juan (president of Argentina)

Argentina volume 1 page 176

Perry, Oliver Hazard (U.S. naval officer)

War of 1812 volume 15 page 13

Persephone (Greek goddess)

ancient coin picture, volume 3 page 47

Demeter volume 4 page 34

Hades volume 6 page 5

Persepolis (ancient Persian city)

Apadana picture, volume 10 page 61

Perseus (Greek mythology)

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Pegasus volume 10 page 49

Persia (historic region and kingdom in

Asia)

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Alexander the Great volume 1 page 73

Iran volume 6 page 148

Muscat volume 8 page 207

painting picture, volume 10 page 8

PersianWars volume 10 page 63

Peter the Great volume 10 page 67

ruins in Persepolis picture, volume 10

page 61

Zoroastrianism volume 15 page 110

Persian (people)

Iran volume 6 page 148

Persian Empire (historic empire from

about 550 BC-640 AD): see in index

Persia

Persian GulfWar (1991)

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Arab nations

Iraq volume 6 page 153

Baghdad volume 2 page 7

Saddam Hussein volume 12 page 7

Kuwait volume 7 page 91, volume 7

page 92

Saudi Arabia volume 12 page 45

United States

Bush volume 2 page 155

Powell volume 10 page 141

Schwarzkopf with troops picture, volume

10 page 62

Persian language: see in index Farsi language

Persian lynx (mammal): see in index caracal

PersianWars (ancient Greek and Persian

history)

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ancient Greece volume 5 page 155

Sparta volume 12 page 161

personal computer

computer volume 3 page 172

electronic games volume 4 page 121

personal digital assistant (handheld

computer)

computer volume 3 page 172

Perth (state capital ofWestern Australia,

Australia)

Western Australia volume 15 page 30

Peru (country in South America)

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geography

Andes valley farmland picture, volume

10 page 65

macaws picture, volume 10 page 64

Machu Picchu volume 8 page 8

town plaza in Arequipa picture, volume

10 page 65

history

Bolivar volume 2 page 101