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Avalon. Elysium of Arthurian legend.
Babel. Babylonian tower to heaven started by Noah’s sons.
Babylon. 40C BC. Capital of Babylonia. Peak 7-6C BC.
Babylon, Hanging Gardens. 6C BC. One of Seven Wonders of the World.
Babylonia. c8000BC Tigris-Euphrates Civ’n. 1792-50BC Hammurabi’s emp. c1530 Kassite. 11C Aramaen, Assyrian. 625 Chaldean. 538 Achaemenid. 331BC Alexander.
Babylonian Captivity. 1309-77. Avignon Papacy.
Babylonian Captivity. 586-538BC. “70 Years” of Jewish exile by Nebuchadnezzar.
Bacon’s Rebellion. 1676. Virginia colonists under N.Bacon defeat Indians, take Jamestown.
Bahamas. Arawak. 1492 Columbus. 1646 English colonize. 1782-3 Spain. 1973 Independent.
Bailey, Old. London Law Courts. Building 1907.
Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.
Balthazar. (Belshazzar). -539BC. Babylonian co-regent. Daniel read writing on his wall 539BC.
Bandaranaike, Sirimavo. 1916-2000. Ceylon Prime Minister 1960~77. World’s first woman Prime Minister.
Bandung Conference. 1955. 29 Asian and African countries oppose colonialism, promote peace.
Barbuda. 1628 British Colony. 1680 Cordington family possession. 19C British Crown Colony. 1981 Independent Antigua and Barbuda.
Bel. Babylonian god. Lord of the Air. = Enlil.
Belize. 4-9C Maya. 17C Buccaneers. 17C English settle. 17,18C Slaves brought. 1862 Colony =British Honduras. 1964 Self-government. 1973 =Belize. 1981 Independent.
Bellona. Roman goddess of war. Mars’ sister.
Bermuda. 1511 Spain discovers. 1609 Shipwrecked British settle, inpiring Tempest. 1617-1834 Slavery. 1968 Autonomous British Colony. 1995 Referendum rejects independence.
Birth Control Clinic. 1881 Amsterdam. 1921 London. 1916-23 US.
Bishops’ Wars. 1639. Scots vs Charles’ Anglicanism. 1640. Covenanters force Charles to call Long Parliament.
Black Code. 1685. Louis XIV edict on treatment of slaves in French colonies.
Blondin, Charles. 1824-97. French tightrope walker over Niagara, 1859.
Bloody Sunday. 1887. Police kill 2 Socialists in Trafalgar Square Riot. 1905. Slaughter of petitioners to Winter Palace of Nicholas II leads to Russian Revolution. 1972. 13 killed in Londonderry riot.
Blue Stockings. 1750s French literary salon held by educated women.