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Jehizkiah

(Encyclopedia) JehizkiahJehizkiahjēhĭzkīˈə [key], in the Bible, one of the leaders under Pekah, in the northern kingdom, who insisted on restoring the captives from Judah.

Buganda

(Encyclopedia) Buganda, kingdom, E Africa: see Baganda; Uganda.

200 Cigarettes

Director: Risa Bramon Garcia Writer: Shana Larsen Paramount Pictures/MTV Productions; R Release: 2/99 Cast: Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Ben Affleck, Janeane Garofalo,…

Pilibhit

(Encyclopedia) PilibhitPilibhitpēlēbētˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 106,605), Uttar Pradesh state, N India. This trade center was the center of the Muslim Rohilla kingdom in the late 18th cent.

Tirzah

(Encyclopedia) TirzahTirzahtûrˈzə [key], in the Bible. 1 Daughter and coheiress of Zelophehad. 2 City, ancient Palestine, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel from the reign of Jeroboam I to…

Louis I, king of Naples

(Encyclopedia) Louis I, 1339–84, king of Naples (1382–84; rival claimant to Charles III), duke of Anjou, count of Provence, second son of John II of France. He founded the second Angevin line in…

Ottonian art

(Encyclopedia) Ottonian artOttonian artŏtōˈnēən [key], art produced (c.900–1050) in the East Frankish kingdom of Germany known, after the emperors Otto (936–1002), as the Ottonian kingdom. Influenced…

Book of the Dead

(Encyclopedia) Book of the Dead, term used to describe Egyptian funerary literature. The texts consist of charms, spells, and formulas for use by the deceased in the afterworld and contain many of…

Jabal Shammar

(Encyclopedia) Jabal ShammarJabal Shammarjäˈbäl shăˈmər [key], former emirate, N Saudi Arabia. Its capital was at Hail. In 1921, Ibn Saud conquered the forces of the emir, Ibn Rashid, and annexed the…

Granada, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia) Granada, city, capital of Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, at the confluence of the Darro and Genil rivers. Formerly (17th cent.) a…