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Abraham. c2000BC. Old Testament father of Jewish, Arab peoples. Sarah. Hagar.Ishmael.
Alhambra. 1238-58. Moorish palace at Granada.
Ali. 4th Caliph, 656-661. Son-in-law of Muhammad. Succession led to Sunni/Shi’ite split. Moslem Civil War.
Ali Pasha, Mehmed Emin. 1815-71. Reforming Ottoman Vizier.
Alvarez, Luis. 1911-88. US physicist. Linear accelerator, bubble chamber.
Amorites. 1900-1600BC. Babylonian civilization conquered Sumerians. Hammurabi.
Ascham, Roger. 1515-68. English humanist, author.
Babylonia. c8000BC Tigris-Euphrates Civ’n. 1792-50BC Hammurabi’s emp. c1530 Kassite. 11C Aramaen, Assyrian. 625 Chaldean. 538 Achaemenid. 331BC Alexander.
Badr, Battle. 624. Muhammad’s first military victory. Defeats Umayyad caravan.
Bahamas. Arawak. 1492 Columbus. 1646 English colonize. 1782-3 Spain. 1973 Independent.
Barons War. 1264-7. England. Led by Montfort vs Henry III’s spending. Evesham. Oxford Provisions. Ended by Marlborough Statute.
Bell, Alexander Graham. 1847-1922. Scottish/ US inventor of the telephone 1876. Gray. Reis.
Bentham, Jeremy. 1748-1832. English Utilitarian philosopher, jurist. Principles of Morals and Legislation 1789. Fragment on Government 1776.“Greatest happiness for the greatest number”.
Boabdil (Mohammed XI). -1538. Last Moorish King of Spain, 1482-92.
Booth, John Wilkes. 1838-65. US actor. Shot Lincoln, 1865.
British North America Act. 1867. Granted Canada self-governing Dominion status.
Brunel, Marc. 1769-1849. French engineer. Thames tunnel 1825-42.
Buckingham Palace. 1703. Rebuilt by Nash 1825. London residence of British sovereigns since 1837.
Bukhari, al. 810-870. Arab scholar. Collected sayings of Mohammed.
Burr, Aaron. 1756-1836. US VP 1801-5. Tied in presidential election with Jefferson. Killed Hamilton in duel 1804. Acquitted of treason 1807.
Cabal. 1667-73. Charles II’s advisers: Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, Lauderdale.
Caliphate Empire. 632-1258. Moslem Empire founded by Muhammad. From Afghanistan to north Africa and Spain. Umayyad. Abbasid.
Chamberlain, Austen. 1863-1937. British Statesman. Locarno Pact.
Chamberlain, Houston. 1855-1927. British/German antisemite pro-Aryan philosopher. Foundation of the Nineteenth Century, 1899.
Chamberlain, Joseph. 1836-1914. English imperialist politician.