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Shepard tone
Shepard tone: auditory illusion by Roger Shepard (1964) of octave-spaced components under a fixed bell-shaped envelope, heard as endlessly rising or falling pitch; basis of the Risset glissando, tritone paradox, and film and game sound design.
Shepenwepet I
Shepenwepet I, also written Shepenupet I, was God's Wife of Amun at Thebes in the mid-8th century BC, a daughter of King Osorkon III of the Theban Twenty-third Dynasty.
Shepenwepet II
Shepenwepet II, also written Shepenupet II, was God's Wife of Amun at Thebes, a daughter of the Kushite king Piye, from about 700 to 639 BC.
Shepetivka Raion
Shepetivka Raion (Шепетівський район), a district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Shepetivka; first formed 1922, re-created enlarged in 2020 with 5,352.6 km², 283,306 people, and 18 territorial communities.
Shephelah
The Shephelah, or Judean Foothills, is a belt of low hills in Israel rising to about 1,500 feet, bridging the coastal plain and the Judean Highlands.
Shepherd
Shepherd: a person who tends, guards, and moves sheep and goat flocks within pastoralism. Key facts: colonial Australian shepherds penned flocks nightly in hurdles; guardian dogs rated 71% very effective; fencing replaced shepherds by the 1880s.
Shepherd Neame Brewery
Shepherd Neame Brewery, also known as Shepherd Neame, is an independent family brewer and pub company in Faversham, Kent, founded in 1698 and recognized as Britain's oldest brewer.
Shepherd Rams football
Shepherd Rams football: NCAA Division II program of Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV; 22 conference titles (WVIAC, MEC, PSAC), 19 playoff appearances, 2015 national runner-up; head coach Ernie McCook.
Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush is a district in West London's London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 4.9 miles from Charing Cross, known for its street market, Westfield London, and the former BBC Television Centre.
Shepherd's Bush Empire
Shepherd's Bush Empire, also O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, is a Grade II listed 1903 Frank Matcham variety theatre on Shepherd's Bush Green, London, built for Oswald Stoll, BBC Television Theatre from 1953 to 1991, and a 2,000-capacity live music venue since 1994.
Shepherd's crook
Shepherd's crook: a long hooked staff for catching sheep by neck, leg, or horn. British neck crooks, leg crooks, Kiwi-style dual hooks; Hungarian cornel-wood tradition; Scottish horn crooks taking up to two years to make.
Shepherd's pie
Shepherd's pie, also known as cottage pie, is a baked dish of cooked minced meat, traditionally lamb or mutton, topped with mashed potato instead of pastry.
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm is an 845-megawatt onshore wind farm in Gilliam and Morrow counties, eastern Oregon, built by Caithness Energy and fully operational since November 2012.
Sheppard (band)
Sheppard is an Australian indie pop band from Brisbane. Their 2014 hit "Geronimo" became the first independently released Australian single to top the ARIA chart.
Sheppard (historical)
Sheppard (historical): surname spelling with variants Shepperd and Shepherd, attached to town founders (Rockford NC, Montgomery TX), Shepparton's namesake Sherbourne Sheppard, Missouri place names, and Jack Sheppard.
Shepperton
Shepperton is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in Spelthorne, Surrey, England, home to Shepperton Studios, one of the world's largest film studios.
Shepperton Studios
Shepperton Studios is a British film and high-end TV studio in Shepperton, Surrey, founded in 1931 and owned by the Pinewood Group since 2001. After a 2019-approved expansion it has 31 stages, 12 acres of backlot, and hosts Netflix productions.
Shepseskaf
Shepseskaf was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, the last king of the line that built the Giza pyramids, and the son and successor of Menkaure.
Shepseskaf-ankh
Shepseskaf-ankh was an official of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, chief of the physicians of Upper and Lower Egypt and a priest of Re, known from his mastaba tomb AS 39 at Abusir South.
Shepseskare
Shepseskare, also written Shepseskara, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, known almost entirely from seal impressions and later king lists.
Shepstone system
The Shepstone system was the mid-nineteenth-century Natal policy of governing Africans through land reserves, recognized chiefs, and customary native law, administered under Theophilus Shepstone and later adapted as indirect rule in other British African colonies.
Shepstone's annexation of the Transvaal
Shepstone's annexation of the Transvaal was the proclamation of 12 April 1877 by which Sir Theophilus Shepstone declared the South African Republic British territory at Pretoria.
Sher Bahadur Deuba (शेर बहादुर देउवा)
Sher Bahadur Deuba (शेर बहादुर देउवा), born 31 Jestha 2001 BS in Asigram, Dadeldhura, is a Nepali Congress leader and five-time prime minister (2052, 2058, 2061, 2074, 2078 BS), twice party president, whose Budhanilkantha home was burned in the 2025 Gen Z protests and who faced a money laundering probe before returning to Nepal in August 2026.
Sher Miandad
Sher Miandad (شیر میانداد) is a Pakistani qawwal from the Qawal Bacha Gharana, a cousin of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and a Pride of Performance recipient.
Sher Shah Suri (شېر شاه سوري)
Sher Shah Suri (شېر شاه سوري), Afghan founder of the Sur Empire who ruled north India 1540–1545 after defeating Humayun at Chausa (1539) and Kannauj (1540); introduced the rupiya, measurement-based land revenue, and the Grand Trunk Road with sarai postal relays.
Sher Shah's administration of parganas
Sher Shah's administration of parganas (پرگنہ نظام) was the local revenue and administrative system of Sher Shah Suri's Sur empire, dividing it into sarkars, each subdivided into parganas.
Sher Shah's conquest of Bengal
Sher Shah's conquest of Bengal was the Afghan chieftain Sher Khan Sur's overthrow of the Husain Shahi sultanate of Bengal, ruled by Sultan Mahmud Shah, between 1534 and 1538.
Sher Shah's revenue reforms
Sher Shah's revenue reforms (شیرشاہ کی مالی اصلاحات) were the land-revenue measures of Sher Shah Sur, who ruled 1540 to 1545, based on land measurement, scheduled crop rates, and written deeds with cultivators.
Sher Singh
Sher Singh (شیر سنگھ) was Maharaja of the Sikh Empire at Lahore from 1841 to 1843, a son of Ranjit Singh who seized the Lahore fort and was assassinated in 1843.
Sher Singh Attariwalla
Sher Singh Attariwalla (ਸ਼ੇਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਅਤਾਰੀਵਾਲਾ) was a general of the Sikh Empire who commanded the Khalsa army against the British East India Company in the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848 to 1849.