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Medes (other)
The Medes were an ancient Iranian people. Medes also may refer to: * Grace Medes, American biochemist * Medeš, the Slovak name for the Hungarian town of Medgyesegyháza * Medes Islands, in the Mediterranean Sea * Medeș River, in Romania * MEDes, a Master of European Design See also * Mead (other) * Meade (other) * Meades (other) * Mede (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medes
The Medes (Old Persian: ; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia located in the region of Hamadan (Ecbatana). Their consolidation in Iran is believed to have occurred during the 8th century BC. In the 7th century BC, all of western Iran and some other territories were under Median rule, but their precise geographic extent remains unknown. Although they are generally recognized as having an important place in the history of the ancient Near East, the Medes have left no written source to reconstruct their history, which is known only from foreign sources such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Armenians and Greeks, as well as a few Iranian archaeological sites, which are believed to have been occupied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Medes
Grace Medes (November 9, 1886 – December 31, 1967) was an American biochemist, who discovered tyrosinosis—a metabolic disorder today known as tyrosinemia—and studied fatty acid metabolism. She was awarded the Garvan-Olin Medal in 1955 for her work. Early life and education Grace May Medes was born in Keokuk, Iowa, daughter of William Johnson Medes and Kate Francisco Hagny Medes. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Kansas, both in zoology, and a PhD at Bryn Mawr College in 1916. Career After earning her PhD, Medes went to teach at Vassar College in 1916 serving first as an instructor in zoology until 1919 and then as an assistant professor of physiology until 1922. She was the first female faculty member with a PhD in the physiology department at Vassar. Medes moved to Wellesley College in 1922, where she served as associate professor of physiology until 1924. In 1924 she went to University of Minnesota Medical School where she served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medgyesegyháza
Medgyesegyháza ( sk, Medeš) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Geography It covers an area of 64.32 km2 and has a population of 3558 people (2015). History The Jews in the city The Jewish community in the city was established in the second half of the 19th century and most of them were engaged in the grain trade. The synagogue was built in 1870 and the community had a Jewish school. In 1942, young Jews from the city were sent to forced labor and sent to the front of Ukraine, where the Hungarians fought alongside the Germans. Four townspeople were killed. In 1944, after the Germans entered Hungary, all the local Jews were rounded up and finally transferred to Békéscsaba. Most of them were taken to the Auschwitz extermination camp. After the war, 20 survivors returned to the town. The community was reorganized, but many dispersed within a short time. Politics The current mayor of Medgyesegyháza is Dr. Béla N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medes Islands
The Illes Medes ( es, Islas Medas) is a small and craggy group of seven islets in the Costa Brava area of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the Medes Archipelago belongs to the Baix Empordà comarca, Catalonia, Spain. The islands are protected as a nature reserve; scubadiving is popular but is thus regulated there and requires permission. The islands are located close to the shore, east of the coastal town of L'Estartit. Islands *Meda Gran, the largest island in the group, has an area of and is the only island of a considerable size. It has some Mediterranean vegetation and a 19th-century lighthouse on it. The lighthouse was built on La Meda Gran in 1866; it had a resident lighthouse keeper until 1932 when the installation of an automatic light made him redundant. Currently the island has a solar-powered automatic lighthouse. *Meda Xica, the second largest island, has a total surface of only . *Carall (or Cavall) Bernat, Tascons Grossos, Medellot, Tascons Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medeș River
The Medeș is a left tributary of the river Crișul Repede in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S .... It discharges into the Crișul Repede in Săbolciu. Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Bihor County {{Bihor-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of European Design
Master of European Design (MEDes) is a unique degree programme within a network of seven leading design schools in Europe. The structure of the programme During the five-year programme, students experience three design education systems and join a strong international community. The location diversity provides insight into design approaches, multi-national perspectives and creates sensitivity towards cultural differences. * In the first and second year, the students study at their home universities * The third year is spent at one of the international partner universities * At the end of third year, the students submit their BA theses to their home university. * The fourth year is spent at a second partner university * For the fifth - final year - the students return to their home universities to complete their Master theses. During the two years abroad the students follow the curricular content offered by the programme of the respective partner university. This results in each s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mead (other)
Mead is an alcoholic drink made from honey. Mead may also refer to: Places Canada *Mead, Ontario United States *Mead, Colorado, town *Mead, Nebraska, village *Mead, Oklahoma, town *Mead, Washington, town * Mead, Wisconsin, town *Lake Mead, artificial lake on the Colorado River created by the Hoover Dam * Mead Township, Merrick County, Nebraska *Mead Township, Belmont County, Ohio *Mead Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania *Mead Wildlife Area, wildlife refuge Other places * Mead (crater), a crater on Venus Companies * Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, a UK-based advertising agency *Dodd, Mead and Company, U.S. publishing company in New York *McKim, Mead, and White, U.S. architecture firm *Mead Johnson, a nutritional company *MeadWestvaco, a paper and packaging manufacturing company formed in 2002 by the merger of Mead and Westvaco Media * ''MEAD'' (film), a 2022 science fiction film Other uses * Mead (surname) * Mead, a meadow *Mi'ad, also transliterated "mead", an Arabic term for r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meade (other)
Meade may refer to: Geographic placenames * Meade Glacier, Washington, US * Meade Island, Western Australia * Meade River, Alaska, US Populated places or administrative divisions * Meade, Kansas * Meade, Ohio * Meade County, Kansas * Meade County, Kentucky * Meade County, South Dakota * Meade Township, Huron County, Michigan * Meade Township, Mason County, Michigan Other uses * Meade (surname), people with the surname Meade * Meade Instruments, a company that manufactures telescopes and other astronomy accessories * Meade Senior High School, a high school in Fort Meade, Maryland * Meade Stadium, of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island See also * Mead (other) * Meades (other) * Meads (other) * Mede (other) Mede may refer to: * A member of the Medes, an ancient Iranian people who lived in an area known as Media * Mede, Lombardy, a comune (municipality) in Italy * Petra Mede (born 1970), Swedish comedian and television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meades (other)
Meades is a surname. People with that name include: * Christopher Meades, Vancouver novelist * Jonathan Meades, English writer and broadcaster * Jonathan Meades (footballer), Welsh footballer See also * Mead (other) * Meade (other) * Meades Ranch Triangulation Station, a geodetic base point at or near the geographic center of the forty-eight contiguous U.S. states * Meads (other) Meads is a district of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England Meads may also refer to: * MEADS (Medium Extended Air Defense System) * Meads (surname) * Meads, Kentucky, United States * Meads Bay Pond, Anguilla * Meads Cup, New Zealand * Meads Peak, ... * Mede (other) * Medes (other) {{surname, Meades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
