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Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Actium, Battle. 31BC. Octavian defeats Antony to become sole ruler of Roman Empire.
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.
Afghanistan Invasion. 1979-87. Russian troops support Marxist revolutionaries.
Agnes, St. 4C. Roman girl martyred at 13.
Agora. Greek open-air market/meeting place.
Agrippa, Marcus V. 63-12BC. Roman general, supported Octavian.
Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV). -1362BC. Founded sun (Aton) cult in Egypt. Reigned 1379-. Amarna age.
Alban, St. -c303. First British martyr.
Albert, Prince Consort. 1819-1861. Married Queen Victoria, 1840. Responsible for International exhibitions 1851, 62. Moderated Trent Affair.
Alden, John. c1599-1687. Pilgrim father. Married Priscilla Mullens.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Alexander VI. Pope. Demarcation Bull 1493 divided newly discovered land between Spain, Portugal. Tordesillas.
Allende, Salvador. 1908-73. Marxist president of Chile 1970-3.
Almohads. 1130-1269. Berber dynasty in Morocco and Spain. Ibn Tumart.
Altmark Truce. 1629-35. Polish-Swedish wars of succession.
Amarna Age. 1379-1362BC. Reign of Akhenaton.
Ammianus Marcellinus. 330-395. Wrote 31 volume History of Rome.
Anarchism, Communistic. Marxist revolutionary version of anarchism that seeks to overthrow the state. Bakunin. Kropotkin. Assassinated: Sadi-Carnot, Empress Elizabeth, Umberto I, McKinley.
Andrew, St. Apostle and martyr. Patron saint of Scotland and Russia. Peter’s brother.
Angelico, Fra. c1400-55. Florentine classical colorist painter: Convent of St. Mark. Madonna and Angel Musicians 1433.
Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.
Antony, Mark. c83-30BC. Caesar’s lieutenant. Triumvirate 43-32. Defeated at Actium with Cleopatra. Suicide.
Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.