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146 matches to Lex Talionis
Babylonia. c8000BC Tigris-Euphrates Civ’n. 1792-50BC Hammurabi’s emp. c1530 Kassite. 11C Aramaen, Assyrian. 625 Chaldean. 538 Achaemenid. 331BC Alexander.
Bactria. c1500BC Aryan. 545BC Persia. 328BC Alexander. 256BC-140 Graeco-Bactria. Badakhshan. 7C Moslem. 1220 Genghis Khan. Now Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.
Badakhshan. 255BC-1584. Kingdom in Bactria claiming direct descendance from Alexander the Great.
Bain, Alexander. 1818-1903. Scottish pragmatist philosopher, psychologist. Logic 1870.
Bell, Alexander Graham. 1847-1922. Scottish/ US inventor of the telephone 1876. Gray. Reis.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.
Borgia, Lucrezia. 1480-1519. Daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Known for vices and crimes.
Bucephalus. -326BC. Alexander the Great’ s horse.
Burr, Aaron. 1756-1836. US VP 1801-5. Tied in presidential election with Jefferson. Killed Hamilton in duel 1804. Acquitted of treason 1807.
Calder, Alexander. 1898-1976. US sculptor of mobiles.
Carrel, Alexis. 1873-1944. French/US surgeon. Pioneered transplants.
Cartwright, Alexander. “Father of American baseball”. Established rules for modern game.
Cassander. c354-297BC. Macedonian King. Fought for control after Alexander’s death. Diadochi.
Catherine, St. 4C. Virgin martyred on the wheel in Alexandria.
Chambord, Count de. 1820-83. Claimed French throne; inflexibility led to failure of Bourbon restoration negotiations 1874.
Cuza, Alexandru. 1820-73. First Prince of Romania, 1859-66. Freed serfs. Educational reform.
Cyril, St. c444. Patriarch of Alexandria. Deported Nestor. Lynched Hypatia. Launched pogroms against Jews. Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon.
Czechoslovakia Intervention. 1968. Russian troops end Dubcek reform policies. Warsaw Pact maintains right to intervene anywhere Socialism is threatened.
Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.
Demarcation Bull. 1493. Pope Alexander VI divides New World between Portugal/Spain. Tordesillas.
Diadochi, Wars of. 321-281BC. Partition of Empire among Alexander’s generals.
Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.
Doubleday, Abner. 1819-93. US formerly thought to be baseball inventor. Cartwright.
Dubcek, Alexander. 1921-92. Czech First Secretary, 1968-9. Attempted reforms led to Soviet Invasion.