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Chinese Examination System. 124BC-1905. Civil service exams testing knowledge of Confucius.
Congress System. 1815-25. Diplomacy by regular meetings of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.
Corporate State. Mussolini economic system. Capitalist elements in state controlled economy.
Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.
Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.
Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.
Dewey, Melvil. 1851-1931. US. Devised library catalogue system.
Dyarchy. 1919. System of shared local/British power in India. Led to Indian autonomy.
Encomienda. 16-18C Spanish system of Indian forced labour.
Epiphenomenalism. Mind exists only as a process within the physical system of matter. Cannot exist without it. Hobbes.
Feudalism. 8-14C. Social system. Lord grants land rights (fiefs) to vassals in return for military or other service. Manorialism. Seignorialism.
Final Solution. 1941-45. Systematic slaughter of Jews and minorities by Nazis. Holocaust.
Fingerprints. 8C Chinese used as signatures. 1870 Indian classification system. 1901 Galton-Henry System, Scotland Yard.
Franco de Colonia. 13C. Systemized musical notation.
Frederick IV. 1671-1730. King of Norway and Denmark, 1699-. Abolished serfdom. Educational system.
Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.
Han Wu Ti. 156-87BC. Chinese Emperor 140-. Confucianism as state religion. Exam system for civil service used to 20C.
Henry II. 1133-1189. Plantagenet king of England 1154-. Common Law system. Married Eleanor of Aquitaine. Angevin Empire. Becket. Rosamund.
Hieroglyphics. c3400BC-500. Egyptian picture writing system. Rosetta Stone.
Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.
Independent Treasury. 1846-1913. US financial system not using private banks. Federal Reserve System.
Jackson, Andrew. 1767-1845. US President 1829-37. General 1812-18. Opposed tarrifs. Retired public debt 1835. Spoils system. Universal white male suffrage. Kitchen Cabinet. New Orleans.
Jagirdar System. 13C-. Indian feudal system granting tax revenues to officials.
Joei Shikimoku. 1232. Established Japanese Shogunate feudal system.