Ictinus. 5C BC. Greek artist/architect. Parthenon.

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

Imhotep. 27C BC. Egyptian vizier, architect of First (stepped) pyramid.

International. 1920-. Style of architecture. Glass and steel. Gropius. Le Corbusier.

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

Ionic Order. 6C BC. Greek architectural style. Fluted columns with scroll-shaped capital.

Isaac. Old Testament Patriarch. Abraham’s son from whom all Jews descend. Spared from sacrifice.

Jacob. Old Testament. 3rd patriarch of 12 tribes of Israel. Grandson of Abraham. Son of Isaac. God changed name to Israel.

Jacobean Architecture. 1600-1625. English Tudor style refined, restrained and harmonized. U and H plans. Jones.

Jacquerie Revolt. 1358. French peasants revolt vs tax increases to support Hundred Years War. Marcel.

Japan. 660BC Empire founded by legendary Jimmu. 5C AD First unified state. c552 Buddhism. 1192 First Shogun ruler. 1543 European contact (Portugal). 1639 Isolation. 1868 Meiji restoration. 1945-52 Allies occupy. 1947 Constitutional monarchy.

Jibril. Islamic archangel. God’s messenger to Muhammad. = Gabriel.

Jones, Inigo. 1573-1652. English architect who introduced Palladian style. Greenwich House 1616. Whitehall Banquet Hall 1619.

July Monarchy. Rule of Louis-Philippe.

Kassem, Abdul Karim. 1914-63. Iraqi Prime Minister 1958-. Overthrew monarchy. Overthrown by Ba’ath.

Kent, William. c1686-1748. British illustrator, Palladian architect, gardener.

Kiangsi Soviet. 1931-4. Chinese Communist Provincial government vs Nationalists under Mao. Long March.

King’s Law. 1665. Justified Christian V’s Absolute Monarchy in Denmark + Norway.

Kropotkin, Pyotr. 1842-1921. Russian revolutionary, anarchist.

Kulturkampf. c1871-87. Bismarck tries to control Roman Catholic Church. Accomodation reached.

Kuwait. 1710 Arabs settle. 1899 British protectorate. 1961 Independent. 1963 Constitutional monarchy. 1990-91 Iraq occupation, Gulf War.

Labrouste, Henri. 1801-75. French architect. Early use of iron. Bibliothèque Nationale 1862.

Lamarck, Jean de. 1744-1829. French evolutionary biologist. Classified vertebrates 1809. Transformism 1809. Lysenko.

Langhans, Carl. 1732-1808. German architect. Brandenburg Gate 1789.

Langton, Stephen. 1151-1228. Archbishop of Canterbury. Encouraged Magna Carta.

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