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Balearic Isles — • A group in the western part of the Mediterranean belonging to Spain and consisting of four larger islands, Majorca, Minorca, Iviza, and Formentera, and eleven smaller islands of rocky formation Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Balearic Islands — Illes Balears (Catalan) Islas Baleares (Spanish) Autonomous Community … Wikipedia
Balearic — Bal e*ar ic (b[a^]l [ e]*[a^]r [i^]k), a. [L. Balearicus, fr. Gr. baliarei^s the Balearic Islands.] Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. [1913 Webster] {Balearic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Balearic crane — Balearic Bal e*ar ic (b[a^]l [ e]*[a^]r [i^]k), a. [L. Balearicus, fr. Gr. baliarei^s the Balearic Islands.] Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
History of the Jews in the Balearic Islands — Jews have lived in the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, belonging to Spain. These are situated to the east of Valencia, the three principal of which are named Majorca (Spanish, Mallorca), Minorca (Menorca), and Iviça or Ibiza. The group… … Wikipedia
Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands (1558) — Raid of the Balearic islands Part of the Ottoman Habsburg wars Historic map of Minorca by Piri Reis … Wikipedia
Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions … Catholic encyclopedia
Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… … Universalium
MAJORCA — (Sp. Mallorca), largest and most important of the Balearic Isles. It is difficult to determine when Jews first arrived in Majorca, but it may be assumed that the settlement was ancient because of the island s location at the crossroads of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Beaker culture — The Bell Beaker culture (sometimes shortened to Beaker culture, Beaker people, or Beaker folk; de. Glockenbecherkultur), ca. 2800 ndash; 1900 BC, is the term for a widely scattered cultural phenomenon of prehistoric western Europe starting in the … Wikipedia
