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Abu al-Abbas as Saffah. 722-54. First Abbasid caliph 749-.
Abu Moslem Revolt. 747-50. Umayyad downfall.
Alien and Sedition Acts. 1798-1800/02. US fear French Revolution. Forbade criticism of government. Abused by Federalists vs Republicans.
Balewa, Abubakar. 1912-66. First Nigerian Prime Minister 1957-. Assassinated by Ibos.
Cimabue, Giovanni. c1240-1302. Italian painter. Broke from Byzantine to natural style by characterizing individuals. St. John. Pisa Cathedral. Sta Trinita Madonna c1290.
Gang of Four. Chinese leaders, including Mao’s widow, convicted 1980 of Cultural Revolution abuses.
George I. 1660-1727. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-. First Hanover. Utrecht Peace. South Sea Bubble.
Hollerith, Herman. 1860-1929. US founder of IBM. Punched cards for tabulation 1890.
Incunabula. Books printed before 1500. Caxton. Gutenberg.
Indulgence. 800 Pardon for sin in place of penance. Granted by church, 12C as reward to Crusaders. Sold by church, 1313-. Abuse by Leo X led to Reformation.
Kitasato, Shibasaburo. 1852-1931. Japanese. Discovered tetanus antitoxin 1890, plague bacillus 1894.
Nabu. Assyrian/Babylonian god of learning and writing.
Nullification. US states’ rights to remedy federal abuse of power locally. Calhoun.
Opera Buffa. = Comic Opera. Pergolesi.
Opéra-Comique. 18C-. French light opera infl by Italian Opera Buffa. Grétry.
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista. 1710-36. Italian opera buffa composer. La serva padrona 1733. “War of the Buffoons” Paris 1752.
Pius IX. 1792-1878. Pope 1846-. Longest reign. Defined Immaculate Conception 1854 Papal Infallibility. Syllabus Errorum 1864 criticized Liberalism.
South Sea Bubble. 1711-20. England sold trade monopolies to reduce National Debt. Their resale at speculative prices led to financial ruin for thousands. George I implicated. Walpole.
Star Chamber. 1327-1641. English tribunal to try offences against the state. Abused by Charles I.
Yerba Buena. 1776-1846. Spanish mission...San Francisco.