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92 matches to Aswan Dam
Aswan Dam. 1902. High Dam 1955-70.
Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.
Suez Crisis. 1956. Denied US finance for Aswan Dam, Egypt nationalizes canal. Israel invades Sinai. France, Britain try to retake canal. UN occupies Canal Zone.
Abel. Old Testament. Second son of Adam and Eve. Killed by Cain.
Abélard, Pierre. 1079-c1144. French Conceptualist theologian of Notre-Dame. Advocated discussion vs dogma. Famed love of Héloïse. Accused of heresy 1121. Letters to Heloise 1103. Sic et Non 1132. Theologia.
Adam. Biblical First man. Eve.
Adam, Robert. 1728-92. Scottish architect: Neoclassical English country houses.
Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.
Adams, John C. 1819-92. English discoverer of Neptune, 1845.
Adams, John Q. 1767-1848. US President 1825-9. Abolitionist.
Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.
Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.
Addams, Jane. 1860-1935. US social reformer. Founded NAACP, Hull House.
Alabama Claims. 1872. US claim damages caused by British built warships in Civil War. $15M=£3.25M awarded by arbitration.
Archidamian War. 431-421BC. Peloponnesian War.
Archidamus II. Spartan king 469-427BC. Conflict w Athens.
Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.
Berlioz, Hector. 1803-1869. French Romantic composer. Grandiose themes directly from feelings.Symph. Fantastique 1830. Romeo and Juliette 1839. Treatise on Orchestration 1844. Damnation of Faust 1846.
Birth Control Clinic. 1881 Amsterdam. 1921 London. 1916-23 US.
Cain. Elder son of Adam and Eve. Killed Abel.
Capitalism. System of private ownership of property and industry for profit. Free enterprise. Smith.
Cold War. 1946-90. Alternating crisis and detente between west and east, begun with Russia breaking Potsdam Agreement and creating communist regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Cotte, Robert de. 1656-1735. Architect. Chancel of Notre-Dame, Esplanade, Versailles.
Damascus. c2500BC. World’s oldest continuously inhabited city. Syria.
Damiens, Robert-François. 1715-1757. Stabbed Louis XV. Quartered.