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and was prevented only by the ruse of his 

 deliverer in pretending to believe that he could 

 not again squeeze his gigantic frame into the 

 small jar. Incensed, the genie crept into it, 

 and was promptly sealed in. These genii, or 

 as they are also called, jinns, play a very prom- 

 inent part in the Mohammedan religion. 



Really, the word jinns is the proper name for 

 the Arabian Nights spirits, and the term genii 

 was applied to them by the translators who' 

 confused them in their minds with the genii 

 (plural of genius) of the ancient Romans. To 

 the Romans the genii were protecting deities 

 which presided over the destinies of men. Each 

 person had his own special genius, which led 

 him into life, accompanied him during its 

 course, interfered powerfully in his affairs and 

 finally conducted him out of the world. 



GENNESARET, jenes'aret, LAKE OF, the 

 former official name for the Sea of Galilee, 

 which is described in the article GALILEE. 



GENOA, jen'oa, popularly termed THE 

 PROUD, is the northern gateway to the heart of 

 Italy and one of the greatest seaports on the 

 Mediterranean Sea. This city, with its cen- 

 turies-old record of maritime glory, and of 



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deathless fame as the birthplace of Columbus, 

 is delightfully situated at the foot of the wide- 

 circling Apennines. The slopes of the hills 

 behind the city are covered with buildings, 

 terraced gardens, and groves of oranges and 

 pomegranate trees; while the summits of the 

 loftier ranges are capped with a line of strong 

 forts and batteries. Its fine harbors, which are 

 equipped with modern quays r,nd docks, wel- 

 come ships from all parts of the world. The 



exports, having an annual value of nearly 

 $100,000,000, consist of cotton goods, fruits, 

 wine, olive oil, silk goods, coral, paper, soap, 

 macaroni and marble. 



Genoa is a city of palaces, splendid in archi- 

 tectural beauty. Whole streets of wonderful 

 buildings invite the visitor to their great halls, 

 where the medieval nobility once dreamed of 

 greatness and of war, and of the wealth that 

 picturesque caravels brought to them from the 

 lands beyond the seas. To Columbus, Genoa's 

 most famous son, there is a fine monument 

 sculptured by Canzio. Victor Emmanuel, first 

 king of United Italy, and Mazzini, the Italian 

 patriot, who was born in this city, are likewise 

 honored by imposing monuments. The city is 

 noted for many fine churches, and is well sup- 

 plied with technical schools and institutions for 

 higher education. There are also numerous 

 philanthropic foundations, a fine library and an 

 Academy of Fine Arts. Its Carlo Felice Thea- 

 ter is one of the largest in Italy. 



History. Genoa was famous as a seaport 

 under the Romans. After the breaking up of 

 the empire of Charlemagne, it constituted it- 

 self a republic presided over by doges (see 

 CITY STATES). From 1119 to 1284 it was almost 

 constantly at war with Pisa, in which Genoa 

 was finally victorious. The twelfth century 

 marks the beginning of a long series of wars 

 with Venice for commercial supremacy in the 

 East. In the jaaeantime, civil dissensions ex- 

 hausted and demoralized the state, and occa- 

 sioned many changes in the primitive form of 

 government. In 1528 the disordered state re- 

 gained tranquillity, which continued to the end 

 of the eighteenth century. The form of gov- 

 ernment established was a strict aristocracy. 

 Little by little Genoa lost all its foreign pos- 

 sessions. Corsica, the last of all, was ceded 

 to France in 1768. In 1800, after the Battle 

 of Marengo, the city was taken possession of 

 J~y the French. Five years later it was formally 

 annexed to the empire of France, and in 1815 

 to the kingdom of Sardinia, with which it be- 

 came a portion of United Italy (see ITALY, 

 subtitle History). Genoa is sixth in size 

 among Italian cities. Population of city and 

 suburbs, 1914, 292,130. R.D.M. 



GENSERIC, jen'serik (440-477), a powerful 

 king of the Vandals who conquered all Africa 

 west of Carthage in A.D. 429, and finally seized 

 the city, which he made capital of his new 

 possessions. He then captured parts of Sicily, 

 Sardinia and Corsica; in 455 he marched 

 against Rome at the invitation of Eudoxia, the 



