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Aasen, Ivar. 1813-96. Developed New Norwegian language, officially adopted, 1907.
Aberhart, William. 1878-1943. Canadian Social Credit advocate.
Addams, Jane. 1860-1935. US social reformer. Founded NAACP, Hull House.
Adelard of Bath. 1090-c1150. English mathematician/translator introduced Arabic numerals.
Adonis. Beautiful youth, beloved of Aphrodite and Persephone, worshipped by the Phoenicians.
Afghanistan. c200BC Aryan. 6C BC Achaemenid. 330 Alexander...Seleucid/ Maurya. 2C BC Persia/ India/ Parthia/ Kushan. 7C Arab (NW). 750 Persia (W)/ Hindu (E). 1219 Mongol...Timurid. 1525 Mogul. 1737 Persia. 1747 Monarchy. 19 C Britain/Russia dispute 1880 British suzerainty. 1919 Independent. 1973 Marxist coup, Republic. 1978 Communist coup. 1979 Russian occupation. 1989 Mujahideen expel Russians aided by CIA. 1990s Warlords. 2001 US attack Taliban.
Alberti, Leon. 1404-72. Italian Renaissance Man. Artist, poet, geographer, mathematician.
Alembert, Jean Le Rand d’. 1717-83. French philosopher and mathematician, Encyclopaedist.
Algeria. c2000BC Berber. 12C BC Phoenicia...9C BC Carthage. 146 BC Rome. 429 Vandal. 6C Byzantine. 7C Moslem. c1500 Spain. 1518 Ottoman. 1671 Independent. 1830 France. 1962 Independent.
Alpini, Prospero. 1553-1616. Italian physician. Introduced coffee and bananas to Europe.
America. Term coined 1507 by Waldseemüller after Amerigo Vespucci.
Andalusia. Region of S Spain. 9C BC Phoenecia. 210BC Rome. 5C Vandal, Visigoth. 8C Moslem. 14C Christian. 1492 Castile.
Angelico, Fra. c1400-55. Florentine classical colorist painter: Convent of St. Mark. Madonna and Angel Musicians 1433.
Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.
Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Anti-Semitism. Racial prejudice against Jews. Pogrom. Final Solution.
Anti-Socialist Law. 1878-90. Germans ban unions.
Antinomianism. 16C Belief that some Christians by special faith need not obey Old Testament moral laws.
Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.
Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.
Appeasement Policy. 1937-9. British yield to Nazi demands in hope of maintaining peace. Munich Agreement. Gentleman’s Agreement.
Aragon. 2C BC Rome. 711 Moors. 1035 Independent kingdom. 1076 +Navarre. 1134 -Navarre. 1137 +Catalonia. 1238 +Valencia. 13C +Balearics, Murcia. 1479 +Castile =Spain. Ferdinand.
Arai Hakuseki. 1657-1725. Japanese Confucian philosopher, statesman, historian.
Archimedes. 287-212BC. Greek mathematician: lever, screw. Principle of displacement of liquid. Screw pump 260BC. Catapult 215BC.