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50 matches to Capital Punishment
Ionic Order. 6C BC. Greek architectural style. Fluted columns with scroll-shaped capital.
Kammu. 737-806. Japanese Emperor. Established Kyoto as capital -1868. Heian Period 794-1185.
Knights of Labor. 1869-1917. Secret (-1879) US anti-capitalist labour organization. Haymarket. AFL.
Knossos. 6500-1450BC. Capital of Minoan Empire.
Kyoto. Capital of Japan 794-1868.
Lagash. 6000BC-. Sumerian capital conquered by Sargon c2300BC.
Memphis. 2686-2160BC. Capital of Egyptian Old Kingdom.
New York City. 1609 Hudson discovers. 1624 Dutch New Amsterdam. 1626 Manhattan Purchase. 1664 English. 1785-90 US capital.
Nineveh. c6500BC. Capital of Assyrian Empire 700-612BC.
Omri. -c872BC. King of Israel c884-. Established capital at Samaria.
Pergamum. 5C BC-. Attalid capital 3-2C BC of Mysia in Asia Minor.
Ravenna. 402 Western Roman Empire capital. 476 Ostrogothic capital of Italy. 553 Byzantine. 751 Lombard. 754 Franks. 1278 Papal States. 1441 Venice. 1509 Papal States. 1859 Sardinia. 1861 Italy.
Richmond, Virginia. US Confederate capital 1861-5.
Sardis. Capital of ancient Lydia.
Socialism. 19C-. Movement opposing Liberalism, Capitalism. Advocates equal rights, just distribution of property, well-being of proletariat through reform or revolution. Utopia.
Syndicalism. 1900-39. Union movement vs capitalistic order by direct action, general strikes. Sorel. IWW.
Tenochtitlan. 1325-1521 Aztec capital, on site of Mexico City.
Ur. 4000BC Sumerian city on Euphrates River. Mesopotamian capital 26~21C BC.
Warsaw. 1596 Polish capital. 1655 Sweden destroys. 1795 Prussia. 1807 Napoleon creates Duchy. 1813 Russia. 1815 Kingdom of Poland. 1939-45 Germany occupies.
Weber, Max. 1864-1920. German sociologist. Prostestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 1930.
Witte, Sergei. 1849-1915. Russian finance minister 1892-1903. Trans-Siberian Railway. Capitalistic policies. First Prime Minister 1905-6.
Xanadu. (To-lun). 1256. Mongol Kublai Khan’s summer capital.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. 1821-81. Russian psychological writer. Crime and Punishment 1866. Idiot 1868. Brothers Karamazov 1880. Exiled to Siberia 1849-59.
Rights, Bill of. 1791. First 10 amendments to US constitution. Freedom of religion, right to due process, counsel, bear arms, no self incrimination, cruel or unusual punishment, etc.
Uzziah. -c735BC. King of Judah 791-739BC. Defeated Philistines. Died of leprosy, punishment for pride.