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Duvalier, Jean-Claude. “Baby Doc”. Haitian dictator 1971-1986, son of Papa Doc. Overthrown, exiled.
Edward V. 1470-83. King of England 1483. Imprisoned and probably killed by Richard III. Wars of Roses.
Gilgamesh. Legendary Babylonian king. Epic 2000BC includes Great Flood.
Gypsies. 16C-. Nomadic peoples with Romany language. Probable Indian origin.
Hammurabi. -1750BC. Babylonian king 1792- who codified the law.
Harris, Joel. 1848-1908. US author: Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus stories. Tar-Baby 1904.
Hauptman, Bruno. 1899-1936. Kidnaped and killed Lindbergh baby 1932. Executed.
Herbert, Victor. 1859-1924. Irish/US operetta composer. Babes in Toyland 1903.
Ishtar. Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love, sex, and war. Earth Mother.
Jews. Individuals of Jewish parentage or Judaic religion. Descendents of Israelites who survived Babylonian Captivity. Hebrew.
Kassites. 2nd Babylonian Empire 18-12C BC.
Kingsley, Charles. 1819-75. English didactic social novelist/clergyman. Alton Locke 1850. Water Babies 1863. Founded Christian Socialism.
Kokhba, Bar. -135. Led Hebrew revolt vs Hadrian.
Lewis, Sinclair. 1885-1951. US writer of small town life: Babbit 1922. Elmer Gantry 1927.
Marduk. Babylonian Lord of gods.
Mary Stuart. 1542-87. Queen of Scots 1542-67. Abdicated. Married Francis II. Queen of France 1559-60. Married Darnley 1565. Married Bothwell 1567, causing Scottish Revolt. Beheaded with Babington by Elizabeth I. Mother of James I.
Matabele War. 1894-6. Rhodesia natives vs British. Mediated by Rhodes. Ndebele.
Materialism. All nature is describable as moving particles. Mind is the result of physical activity in the brain. Büchner. Diderot. Hobbes. Marx. Epicureans.
Mesopotamia. 5000BC. Tigris-Euphrates river plain where civilization began. 550BC Persia. 331BC Alexander. 115 Rome. 637 Moslem. 13C Mongol. 1534 Ottoman. Babylon. Akkad. Ur. Iraq.
Mesopotamia, Battle. 1914-16. WWI. British advance from Basra to Babylon.
Moabites. Palestinian Semites. Conquered by Babylon 582BC.
Mugabe, Robert. 1924-. Rebel leader with Nkomo. First Prime Minister of Zimbabwe 1980-.
Nabonidus. Last king of Babylon 556-539BC.
Nabopolassar. Babylonian king 625-605BC. Founded Chaldean Empire.
Nabu. Assyrian/Babylonian god of learning and writing.