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Baal
God worshiped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among Canaanites, for whom he was a fertility deity. In the mythology of Canaan, he was locked in combat with Mot, the god of death and sterility; depending on the outcome of their struggles, seven-year cycles of fertility or famine would ensue. Baal was also king of gods, having seized the kingship from the sea god, Yamm. Baal worship was popular in Egypt from the later New Kingdom to its end (1400-1075 BC). The Aramaeans used the Babylonian pronunciation Bel; Bel became the Greek Belos, identified with Zeus. The Old Testament often refers to a specific local Baal or multiple Baalim.
Baalbeck
Village, E Lebanon. In ancient times it was a great city built on the lower W slope of the Anti-Lebanon Mtns. Its identification with the worship of Baal as a Semitic sun-god gave rise to its Greek name, Heliopolis. It was made a Roman colony by Julius Caesar. In AD 637 it came under Arab control, and was administered by Muslim rulers from Syria until the 20th cent. After World War I it was made part of Lebanon. It has extensive ruins, incl. temples of Jupiter, Bacchus, and Venus, town walls, Roman mosaics, a mosque, and Arab fortifications.
bailiff
Officer of some U.S. courts whose duties include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation. In medieval Europe, it was a title of some dignity and power, denoting a manorial superintendent or royal agent who collected fines and rent, served writs, assembled juries, made arrests, and executed the monarch's orders. The bailiff's authority was gradually eroded by the increasing need to use administrators with legal or other specialized training.
Bali
Island (pop., 1995 est.: 2,900,000), Indonesia. Located in the Lesser Sunda Islands, off the E coast of Java, it constitutes, with minor adjacent islands, a province of Indonesia. The main towns are Singaraja, and Denpasar, the provincial capital. The island is mountainous; its highest peak is Mt. Agung (10,308 ft, or 3,142 m). Colonized by India in early times and supplemented by emigré s from Java in the 16th cent., Bali is the remaining stronghold of Hinduism in the Indonesian archipelago. Visited by the Dutch in the late 16th cent., it only came under Dutch rule in the late 19th cent. It was occupied by the Japanese in World War II. It became part of Indonesia in 1950. Tourism is increasingly important to its modern economy.
ballista
Ancient missile launcher designed to hurl long arrows or heavy balls. The Greek version was basically a huge crossbow fastened to a mount. The Roman ballista was powered by torsion derived from two thick skeins of twisted cords through which were thrust two separate arms joined at their ends by the cord that propelled the missile. The largest could accurately hurl 60-lb (27-kg) weights up to about 500 yards (450 ...
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