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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, a condensed version of the Encyclopædia Britannica, offers short, concise, easy-to-read entries on everything from art and zoology to current events and history. Includes statistics, charts, maps and flags.
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alabaster (mineral, gem)
Alaca Hüyük (Middle East)
Aladdin (Arabian Nights)
Alamo (historical site, Texas)
Åland Islands (island group, Finland/Baltic)
alanine (in chemistry)
Alaric I (Visigoth king)
Alaska (state)
Alaska Highway (road, Alaska)
Alaska Peninsula (peninsula of south-central to southwest Alaska)
Alaska Range (mountains, Alaska)
Alaska, Gulf of (inlet of the Pacific Ocean)
Alaungpaya dynasty (Southern Asia)
Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo (y Pimentel), 3rd duke de (Spanish military leader & statesman/stateswoman)
Albania (country)
Albany (city, New York)
Albany Congress (historical event)
albatross (bird)
albedo (in astrophysics)
Albee, Edward (Franklin) (American dramatist)
Albemarle Sound (body of water, North Carolina)
Albers, Josef (American-German artist & educator)
Albert I (king of the Belgians)
Albert, Lake (lake, Zaire/Uganda)
Alberta (province)
Alberta, University of (university, Alberta)
Alberti, Leon Battista (Italian architect, musician & painter)
Albertus Magnus, Saint (French theologian & philosopher)
Albinoni, Tomaso (Giovanni) (Italian musician)
Albright, Ivan (Le Lorraine) (American painter)
albumin (in biochemistry)
Albuquerque (city, New Mexico)
Albuquerque, Afonso de (Portuguese military leader)
Alcaeus (Ancient Greek poet)
Alcalá Zamora, Niceto (Spanish president)
Alcamenes (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Alcatraz Island (island, California)