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(Encyclopedia) Middle Ages, period in Western European history that followed the disintegration of the West Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th cent. and lasted into the 15th cent., i.e., into the period of the Renaissa...

(Encyclopedia) Dark Ages: see Middle Ages.

(Encyclopedia) Middle Kingdom or Middle Country, Mandarin Zhongguo, Chinese name for China. It dates from c.1000 b.c., when it designated the Chou empire situated on the North China Plain. The Chou people, unaware o...

(Encyclopedia) Middle Country: see Middle Kingdom. ...

(Encyclopedia) Middle River, uninc. town (1990 pop. 24,616), Baltimore co., N Md. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Baltimore.

(Encyclopedia) middle class: see bourgeoisie.

(Encyclopedia) Middle West: see Midwest.

(Encyclopedia) middle voice, in grammar: see voice. ...

(Encyclopedia) Middle Congo: see Congo, Republic of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) Middle Temple: see Inns of Court; Temple, the. ...