Georgian Architecture. 1714-1830. Palladian, 1720-60. Adam, 1760-1800. Regency, 1810-37. Often red brick with white trim.

Gotham. English villagers, to avoid expense of entertaining King John, pretended to be fools.

Graces. Three beautiful attendants of Aphrodite. Aglaia, brightness. Euphrosyne, joy. Thalia, bloom.

Gray, Thomas. 1716-71. English poet. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 1751.

Griquas. Bastards. 19C Tribe of Hottentot-Boer half-castes.

Gutenberg, Johannes. 1400-68. German printer, inventor of movable type.

Heemskerk, Maerten van. 1498-1574. Dutch Mannerist painter.

Heidegger, Martin. 1889-1976. German Existentialist philosopher. Being and Time 1927.

Helsinki Accords. 1975. Human rights, freedom, co-operation. Reduced East-West tensions.

Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.

Hillary, Sir Edmund. 1919-2008. New Zealand, first to climb Mt. Everest, 1953, with Tenzig Norgay.

Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.

Homer. 8C BC. Greek poet: reputed to have written the Iliad 748 and Odyssey 727BC.

Hottentots. South African native tribe.

Hui-neng. 638-713. Chinese Zen priest. Satori-sudden enlightenment.

Incunabula. Books printed before 1500. Caxton. Gutenberg.

Instrument of Government. 1653-7. First written constitution in Europe. Established Protectorate in England. Humble Petition.

Ireland, John. 1879-1962. English chamber music composer. Forgotten Rite 1913.

Irish Land Acts. 1870-1903. British legislation for tenant farmers vs landlords.

Jacobites. 1688-1753. Supporters of exiled James II and Stuart line after Glorious Revolution. 1715 “Old Pretender” James fails to claim British throne. 1745-6. Bonnie Prince Charlie unable to reclaim throne of England/Scotland. Stuart supporters aided rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Culloden Moor.

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.

Jaspers, Karl. 1883-1969. German Existential philosopher. Philosophie 1932.

Jimmu Tennõ. c660BC. Japan’s legendary first Emperor. Direct descendent of Sun goddess.

John I. 925-976. Byzantine Emperor 969-. Extended Empire to Balkans, Syria.

John III. 1629-96. King of Poland 1674-. “Champion of Christendom” saved Vienna from Turks 1683.

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