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jugatio-capitatio ... junction box
jugatio-capitatio
(from the article "ancient Rome") ...number of officials were costly, and inflation reduced the resources of the state. The annona, ...
juge d'instruction
in France, magistrate responsible for conducting the investigative hearing that precedes a criminal trial. In ...
juge-mage
(from the article "France") Local administration was marked by the proliferation of officers subordinate to the bailiffs and seneschals. ...
Jugendstil
artistic style that arose in Germany about the mid-1890s and continued through the first decade ...
juggernaut
(from the article "Jagannatha") ...Reports of these processions in the past have been much exaggerated, although accidents are common ...
juggler
(Latin joculare: "to jest"), entertainer who specializes in balancing and in feats of dexterity in ... [1 Related Articles]
Juglandaceae
(from the article "Fagales") The large and economically important Juglandaceae, or the walnut and hickory family, contains 7-10 genera ...
Juglar cycle
(from the article "business cycle") The first authority to explore economic cycles as periodically recurring phenomena was the French physician ...
Juglar, Clement
French physician and economist who made detailed studies of cycles in business and trade. [1 Related Articles]
Jugnauth, Sir Anerood
(from the article "Mauritius") Area: 2,040 sq km (788 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 1,263,000 | Capital: Port ...
jugular foramen
(from the article "skeletal system, human") ...cranial fossa are two transverse grooves, each of which, in part of its course, is ...
jugular vein
(from the article "circulation") ...cardinal vein on each side, often called the duct of Cuvier, which carries blood ventrally ...
jugum
(from the article "lepidopteran") The forewings and hind wings on each side are coupled together in various ways. In ...
jugum
(from the article "Diocletian") ...as were wars and the legacy of an unstable financial situation. Diocletian's fiscal solutions are ...
Jugurtha
king of Numidia from 118 to 105, who struggled to free his North African kingdom ... [5 Related Articles]
Juhayman al-'Utaybi
(from the article "Saudi Arabia") ...World War II took place in November 1979 when the Haram mosque (Great Mosque) in ...
Juhaynah
(from the article "Sudan, The") ...the nomads of the plains who raise cattle, sheep, and camels. Each Arab tribe or ...
juhhal
(from the article "'uqqal") ...participate fully in the Druze religious services, and have access to Druze scripture. The religious ...
Juhoslovensky Karst
(from the article "Vychodni Slovensko") ...attractions for tourists. The Pieniny National Park is centred on the Dunajec Gorge; other canyons, ...
juice
(from the article "sugar") Raw juice (containing 10 to 14 percent sucrose) is purified in a series of liming ...
juice extraction
(from the article "fruit processing") Juice extractionsugarcanesugarJuice extractionAfter weighing, sugarcane ...
Juigalpa
city, central Nicaragua. It is situated on the flanks of the Sierras de Amerrique, in ...
Juilliard School
internationally renowned school of the performing arts in New York, New York, U.S. It is ... [1 Related Articles]
Juilliard v. Greenman
(from the article "Gray, Horace") ...his 21 years on the bench, Gray was distinguished for his broad knowledge of the ...
Juilliard, Augustus D.
banker and industrialist who bequeathed the bulk of his multimillion dollar fortune for the advancement ...
Juin, Alphonse
officer of the French army who became a leading Free French commander in World War ... [1 Related Articles]
Juiz de Fora
city, southeastern Minas Gerais estado (state), Brazil. It is situated in the ...
Jujhar Singh
(from the article "India") The next rebellion was led by Jujhar Singh, a Hindu chief of Orchha, in Bundelkhand, ...
jujitsu
("gentle art"), method of fighting that makes use of few or no weapons and employs ... [1 Related Articles]
jujube
either of two species of small, spiny trees of the genus Ziziphus (family Rhamnaceae) and ...
Jujuy
provincia (province), extreme northwestern Argentina, bordering Chile (west) and Bolivia (north). It ...
jukebox
(from the article "music recording") During the 1930s, as the American companies relied mainly on dance records in jukeboxes to ...
Juksakka
(from the article "Madderakka") Sami goddess of childbirth. She is assisted by three of her daughters-Sarakka, the cleaving woman; ...
juku
Japanese privately run, after-hours tutoring school geared to help elementary and secondary students perform better ... [1 Related Articles]
Jukun
a people living on the upper Benue River in Nigeria, commonly believed to be descendants ... [3 Related Articles]
Julanda ibn Mas'ud, al-
(from the article "Arabia, history of") ...imam in Hadhramaut, occupied Sanaa, and took Mecca and Medina, before the Umayyads drove them ...
Jules Rimet Trophy
(from the article "World Cup") The trophy cup awarded from 1930 to 1970 was the Jules Rimet Trophy, named for ...
Juli, El
Spanish matador, who created a sensation in the bullfighting world at the end of the ... [2 Related Articles]
Julia
the Roman emperor Augustus' only child, whose scandalous behaviour eventually caused him to exile her. [2 Related Articles]
Julia
(from the article "Pompey the Great") ...their continued solidarity was essential if they were to secure what Caesar gained for them ...
Julia Domna
second wife of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (reigned 193-211) and a powerful figure in ... [4 Related Articles]
Julia Maesa
sister-in-law of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and an influential power in the government of ... [3 Related Articles]
Julia Mamaea
mother of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander and the dominant power in his regime. Mamaea ... [1 Related Articles]
Julia set
(from the article "Julia, Gaston Maurice") ...between points that tend to a limiting position as the iteration proceeds and those that ...
Julia, Gaston Maurice
one of the two main inventors of iteration theory and the modern theory of fractals.
Julia, Raul
(RAUL RAFAEL CARLOS JULIA Y ARCELAY), Puerto Rican-born U.S. actor (b. March 9, 1940, San ...
Julian
(from the article "Aphthartodocetism") ..."incorruptible"), a Christian heresy of the 6th century that carried Monophysitism ("Christ had but one ...
Julian
(from the article "Sudan, history of the") ...and the kingdom of 'Alwah in the south, with its capital at Subah (Soba) near ...
Julian
Roman emperor from AD 361 to 363, nephew of Constantine the Great, and noted scholar ... [21 Related Articles]
Julian Alps
range of the Eastern Alps, extending southeastward from the Carnic Alps and the town of ... [2 Related Articles]
Julian Bream Consort
(from the article "Bream, Julian") ...had taken up the lute in 1950, which led to a collaboration with the British ...
Julian calendar
dating system established by Julius Caesar as a reform of the Roman republican calendar. By ... [10 Related Articles]
Julian Of Eclanum
bishop of Eclanum who is considered to be the most intellectual leader of the Pelagians ... [2 Related Articles]
Julian of Norwich
celebrated mystic whose Revelations of Divine Love (or Showings) is generally considered one of the ... [2 Related Articles]
Julian period
chronological system now used chiefly by astronomers and based on the consecutive numbering of days ... [2 Related Articles]
Julian, Academie
(from the article "Matisse, Henri") ...become a member of the avant-garde right away. In 1891, in order to prepare himself ...
Julian, George W.
American reform politician who began as an abolitionist, served in Congress as a Radical Republican ...
Julian, Percy L.
American chemist, synthesist of cortisone, hormones, and other products from soybeans.
Juliana
queen of The Netherlands from 1948 to 1980. [5 Related Articles]
Juliana Canal
(from the article "canals and inland waterways") ...on large natural rivers and serving the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam has required comparatively ...
Juliana Top
(from the article "Suriname") ...is almost entirely covered with tropical rain forest. In the southwest near the Brazilian border ...
Juliana, Blessed
(from the article "Corpus Christi, Feast of") ...the Sunday) after Trinity Sunday. It originated in 1246 when Robert de Torote, bishop of ...
Juliana, Saint
(from the article "Cynewulf") Juliana, a poem of 731 lines, is a retelling of a Latin prose life of ...
Julianus the Theurgist
(from the article "mystery religion") Only fragments are preserved of the Chaldean Oracles, a theosophical text in verse that was ...
Julich
former duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, centred on the town of Julich, located now ... [2 Related Articles]
Julich Succession, War of the
(from the article "Germany") General war nearly broke out in 1609-10 over the Julich-Cleves succession crisis. When the Roman ...
Julien, Pauline
Canadian singer, actress, songwriter, and feminist activist who specialized in songs that championed the cause ...
Julien, Pierre
(from the article "Western sculpture") ...the movement did find a number of notable exponents in sculpture. These included Claude Michel, ...
julienne salad
(from the article "salad") ...other starches. Mixed salads are hearty versions of green, vegetable, and starchy salads. The addition ...
Juliet
daughter of the Capulets who is one of the two "star-crossed" lovers in Shakespeare's tragedy ... [1 Related Articles]
Julii, monument of the
(from the article "Western sculpture") Funerary narrative sculpture of the late republic is exemplified in a monument of the Julii, ...
Julio-Claudian dynasty
(AD 14-68), the four successors of Augustus, the first Roman emperor: Tiberius (reigned 14-37), Caligula ... [3 Related Articles]
Julius Alexander
(from the article "ancient Rome") ...and the Parthians recognizing him as Rome's client king. In 66, however, revolt flared in ...
Julius Caesar
tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, produced in 1599-1600 and published in the First ... [9 Related Articles]
Julius I, Saint
pope from 337 to 352. The papacy had been vacant four months when he was ...
Julius II
greatest art patron of the papal line (reigned 1503-13) and one of the most powerful ... [23 Related Articles]
Julius III
original name Giovanni Maria Ciocchi Del Monte pope from 1550 to 1555. [1 Related Articles]
Julius Rosenwald Fund
(from the article "Rosenwald, Julius") Generous to Jewish charities, Rosenwald nonetheless opposed Zionism. From the early 1900s he was concerned ...
Jullien, Marc-Antoine
(from the article "Italy") ...became the most democratic of all revolutionary governments of the triennium. This owed largely to ...
Jullundur
city, administrative headquarters of Jullundur district, Punjab state, northwestern India. Jullundur is an ancient city; ...
Julue, Charles
(from the article "Liberia") ...occur during the trial. It was expected that testimony would incriminate important members of the ...
July
seventh month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. ... [1 Related Articles]
July 20 Museum
(from the article "Colombia") ...sculpture and painting. The National Museum displays treasures and relics dating from prehistoric times to ...
July Days
(July 16-20 [July 3-7, old style], 1917), a period in the Russian Revolution during which ... [1 Related Articles]
July Manifesto
(from the article "Lubelskie") ...the same time, however, Lublin was one of the centres of the resistance movement in ...
July Monarchy
(from the article "France") The renovated regime (often called the July Monarchy or the bourgeois monarchy) rested on an ...
July Ordinances
(from the article "France") ...King and ministers prepared a set of decrees that dissolved the newly elected Chamber, further ...
July Plot
abortive attempt on July 20, 1944, by German military leaders to assassinate Adolf Hitler, seize ... [8 Related Articles]
July Revolution
(1830), insurrection that brought Louis-Philippe to the throne of France. The revolution was precipitated by ... [12 Related Articles]
jum'ah
Friday of the Muslim week and the special noon service on Friday that all adult, ... [1 Related Articles]
Jumabay-uli, Maghjan
(from the article "Kazakhstan") ...led the advance of modern Kazakh writing in the early 20th century. Baytursyn-uli, along with ...
Jumahi, Ibn Sallam al-
(from the article "Arabic literature") ...establishing tabaqat ("classes," or "levels"). Two such early works belong to al-Asma'i ...
Jumbe, Aboud
(from the article "Tanzania") ...involved. The failure to hold elections in Zanzibar also contrasted unfavourably with developments on the ...
Jumblatt, Kamal
(from the article "Chamoun, Camille") ...Bishara al-Khuri as president of Lebanon were denied in 1948 by a renewal of Khuri's ...
Jumblatt, Walid
(from the article "Lebanon") On October 1 an attempt to assassinate Marwan Hamade, the former minister of the economy, ...
Jumbo
(from the article "circus") ...operated on such a large scale that the show required the use of two (1873) ...
Jumet
(from the article "Charleroi") ...in the 19th century brought great expansion, and Charleroi became the hub of a heavily ...
Jumieges
town, northwestern France, Seine-Maritime departement, Haute-Normandie region, west of Rouen. It is ...
Jumieges
(from the article "Jumieges") ...Haute-Normandie region, west of Rouen. It is famous for the imposing ruins ...
Jumilla
city, Murcia provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), ...
Jumis
(from the article "Baltic religion") ...were offered to Zemes mate. Such rituals were also performed in connection with the other ...
Jumo
(from the article "Finno-Ugric religion") ...and the influence of monotheism, especially of Christianity and Islam, is widely exhibited. This influence ...
Jumo 004
(from the article "military aircraft") ...two years before its British equivalent, the Gloster E.28/39, on May 15, 1941. Through an ...
jump
(from the article "figure skating") Jumps are probably the most recognized element of figure skating. All jumps share the same ...
jump ball
(from the article "basketball") A method of putting the ball into play. The referee tosses the ball up between ...
jump blues
(from the article "rhythm and blues") ...when Louis Jordan's small combo started making blues-based records with humorous lyrics and upbeat rhythms ...
jump rope
children's game played by individuals or teams with a piece of rope, which may have ...
Jump-Yip
(from the article "animal communication") ...vocal display in which the communicator throws its foreparts vigorously into the air, directs its ...
jumping
(from the article "horsemanship") The most sensitive parts of the horse when ridden are the mouth and the loins, ...
jumping event
(from the article "athletics") Men and women compete in four jumping events: the high jump, long jump, triple jump, ...
jumping mouse
any of five species of small leaping rodents found in North America and China. Jumping ... [2 Related Articles]
jumping pit viper
(from the article "fer-de-lance") ...with darker brown blotches. The wutu, also South American, is a dangerous snake about 1.2 ...
jumping plant louse
any member of the approximately 2,000 species of the insect family Psyllidae (order Homoptera). The ...
jumping spider
any of about 3,000 species of spiders (order Araneida) known for their ability to jump ... [3 Related Articles]
Jun kiln
Chinese kiln known for the stoneware it created during the Northern Song period (960-1126) in ... [2 Related Articles]
Junagadh
(from the article "Junagadh") The area in which Junagadh is situated occupies the southwestern Kathiawar Peninsula and is bounded ...
Junagadh
city, southwestern Gujarat state, west-central India. It lies near the Girnar Hills of the Kathiawar ...
Junaluska
(from the article "Cherokee") After 1800 the Cherokee were remarkable for their assimilation of American settler culture. The tribe ...
Junayd
painter of miniatures and leading illustrator of the Jalayirid school. His style, using richly dressed ... [1 Related Articles]
Junayd, Abu al-Qasim al-
(from the article "Hallaj, al-") ...of individuals who were able to instruct him in the Sufi way. His teachers, Sahl ...
Junayd, Shaykh
fourth head of the Safavid order of Sufi (Islamic) mystics, who sought to transform the ...
Junaynah, al-
town in the Darfur region of western Sudan. It lies about 15 miles (24 km) ...
Juncaceae
(from the article "Cyperaceae") ...are similar in appearance to grasses (family Poaceae) and placed in the same order, there ...
Juncker, Jean-Claude
(from the article "Luxembourg") Area: 2,586 sq km (999 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 467,000 | Capital: Luxembourg ...
junco
any of several birds of the genus Junco, small sparrows of the family Fringillidae (sometimes ...
junction box
(from the article "building construction") ...the possibility of fire in the case of accidental overloading of the wires. Conduits are ...
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