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Acupuncture. 2500BC.- Chinese treatment with needles.
Addled Parliament. 1614. England. Criticized James I; achieved nothing.
Ader, Clement. 1841-1926. French aviation engineer. 1890 first plane.
Adler, Alfred. 1870-1937. Austrian psychiatrist. Split with Freud, 1911.
Adlerian Psychology. Man is driven to attain power to compensate for “inferiority feeling”. Can lead to “Overcompensation”, e.g. short dictators. Neuroses are illnesses as an excuse for underachievement.
Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.
Adrianople, Battle. 378. Visigoths defeat Rome, kill Valens.
Adrianople, Treaty. 1829. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Ottomans cede control of Greece.
Aediles. 494BC-3C AD. Minor Roman magistrates.
Aeëtes. Greek. Medea’s father. Guardian of Golden Fleece.
Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.
Aesop. Legendary/6C BC. Greek slave/fablist. Fox and Grapes. Hare andTortoise.
Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.
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.
Aga Khan. Title of leader of Ismaili Moslem sect.
Aga Khan III. 1877-1957. Indian Moslem leader. President, League of Nations, Gen Assembly, 1937.
Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Agnosticism. Huxley’s term for not knowing whether God exists or not.
Agrippina. c16-59. Roman princess, who poisoned husband Claudius. Killed by son Nero.
Aiken, Conrad. 1889-1973. US poet, short story writer. Silent Snow, Secret Snow 1934.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress. 1818. Restored King of France. Congress System.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty. 1668. Ended War of Devolution between France, Spain. 1748. Ended War of Austrian Succession. Hapsburgs weakened, Prussian power recognized.
Alamein, El, Battles of. 1942. Montgomery defeats Rommel, saving Egypt from Germans.