Hengist and Horsa. 5C. Legendary Jute brothers, founded Kent. Fought Britons.

Hera. Wife of Zeus. Queen of gods. = Juno.

Herod. 73-4BC. King of Judaea 37BC-. Massacre of the Innocents.

Hiss, Alger. 1904-96. Alleged communist spy in US State Department. Jailed for perjury 1950-4.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 1841-1935. US Supreme Court Justice 1902-32. Law as social instrument.

Howe, Julia. 1819-1910. US suffragette author: Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Hundred Days. 1815. March 20 to July 8; Napoleon’s escape from Elba to his second abdication. 1933. Began Roosevelt’s administration. New Deal enacted.

Ides of March. (March 15th). Day on which Caesar was assassinated.

Independence Day. Annual US holiday since July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence.

International Court of Justice. 1945-. UN appointed body to settle International disputes. World Court.

Invalides. 1670-7. Louis XIV built to house 4,000 invalid soldiers. Architect: Bruant, dome by Mansart. Tomb of Napoleon.

Iran. (Persia). 3000BC Elamite. 9C BC Median. 549 Achaemenid emp. 330 Alexander...Seleucid. 2C BC Arsacid. 224 Sassanid. 7C Moslem. 10C Local dynasties. 11C Seljuk Turks. 13C Mongol. 1501 Safavid. 1736 Nader Shah. 1795 Kajar dynasty 19C Britain, Russia dispute. 1925 Pahlavi coup. 1935 = Iran. 1979 Islamic Revolution, Khomeini dictator. Islamic Republic.

Israelites. -930BC. Descendants of Jacob. 930BC- Inhabitants of N Palestine vs Judah. Jews who are not Cohens or Levites.

Jay, John. 1745-1829. US president of Continental Congress 1778. First Chief Justice. Jay’s Treaty.

Jeffreys of Wem, Baron. 1645-89. Bloody Assizes judge. Extortion, corruption. Lord Chancellor 1685-8.

Jehoshaphat.c873-849BC. King of Judah.

Jellicoe, John. 1859-1935. British WWI Admiral. Jutland.

Jews. Individuals of Jewish parentage or Judaic religion. Descendents of Israelites who survived Babylonian Captivity. Hebrew.

Johanan ben Zakkai. 1C Pharisee. Founder of Jabne Academy, 70. Foundations of Rabbinic and Talmudic Judaism.

Josiah. c640-609BC. King of Judah. Deuteronomy found in Temple. Religious reforms.

Juan Carlos I. 1938-. Spanish king 1975-. Son of Carlist pretender Don Juan. Withstood coup, 1981.

Juárez, Benito. 1806-72. Mexican hero. Leader 1855~. Overthrew Santa Anna. La Reforma.

Judah. Judaea. Southern part of Kingdom of Israel.

Judah. Son of Jacob. Led 1 of 12 Tribes of Israel to Judah.

Judah ha-Levi. c1075-1141. Jewish poet, philosopher in Spain. Ode to Zion.

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