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Bhascara. 1114-85. Hindu mathematician/astrologer. First user of decimal system.
Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.
Büsching, Anton. 1724-93. German scientific geographer. New System of Geography 1762.
Canton System. 1759-1842. All China foreign trade through Canton.
Capitalism. System of private ownership of property and industry for profit. Free enterprise. Smith.
Caste System. Hereditary social division, esp. in Hindu India. Brahman. Kshatriyas. Vaisyas. Sudras. Untouchables.
Chase, Salmon. 1808-73. US. Founded Republican Party. National banking system.
Chinese Examination System. 124BC-1905. Civil service exams testing knowledge of Confucius.
Congress System. 1815-25. Diplomacy by regular meetings of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
Corporate State. Mussolini economic system. Capitalist elements in state controlled economy.
Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.
Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.
Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.
Dewey, Melvil. 1851-1931. US. Devised library catalogue system.
Dyarchy. 1919. System of shared local/British power in India. Led to Indian autonomy.
Encomienda. 16-18C Spanish system of Indian forced labour.
Epiphenomenalism. Mind exists only as a process within the physical system of matter. Cannot exist without it. Hobbes.
Feudalism. 8-14C. Social system. Lord grants land rights (fiefs) to vassals in return for military or other service. Manorialism. Seignorialism.
Final Solution. 1941-45. Systematic slaughter of Jews and minorities by Nazis. Holocaust.
Fingerprints. 8C Chinese used as signatures. 1870 Indian classification system. 1901 Galton-Henry System, Scotland Yard.
Franco de Colonia. 13C. Systemized musical notation.
Frederick IV. 1671-1730. King of Norway and Denmark, 1699-. Abolished serfdom. Educational system.
Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.
Han Wu Ti. 156-87BC. Chinese Emperor 140-. Confucianism as state religion. Exam system for civil service used to 20C.
Henry II. 1133-1189. Plantagenet king of England 1154-. Common Law system. Married Eleanor of Aquitaine. Angevin Empire. Becket. Rosamund.