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Alcmaeonidae. 7-5C BC. Prominent Athenian family. Pericles.
Archaic Period of Greek Art. c650-500BC. Egyptian influenced sculpture. Mythological vase painting.
Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.
Aurignacian. Late Paleolithic art period.
Bacon, Roger. 1214-94. English Franciscan monk. Advocated scientific experiment, observation. Alchemist. Formulated gunpowder. Magnifying glass 1250. Opus Majus 1266.Telescope.
Baldwin, James. 1924-87. US writer of black experience. Another Country 1962. Go Tell it on the Mountain 1953.
Barbusse, Henri. 1873-1935. French writer: Le Feu (The experiences of a common soldier) 1916.
Bennett, Richard B. 1870-1947. Canadian Conservative Prime Minister 1930-5. Advocated Empire Free Trade. Imperial Conference 1932.
Bernard, Claude. 1813-78. French physiologist and logician. Influenced Pavlov. Intro. to Experimental Medicine 1865.
Bischoff, Theodor. 1807-82. Ger: periodic fertility, 1844.
Borden, Robert. 1854-1937. Canadian Cons Prime Minister 1911-20. Union Gov’t. Imperial War Cabinet. Women suffrage.
Brahmanism. 700-500BC. Philosophical period of Hinduism. Upanishads. Vedism.
Brecht, Bertolt. 1898-1956. German experimental dramatist: Threepenny Opera 1928. Mother Courage.
Cage, John. 1912-92. Father of US avant-garde musical movement. Experiments with randomness and new sounds.
Carter, Elliott. 1908-. US composer. Experimental approach to material and structure.
Chamberlain, Joseph. 1836-1914. English imperialist politician.
Ciceronian Period. 70-43BC. First great age of Latin literature.
Claudian. c370-404. Classic Latin poet. Rape of Prosperine.
Copland, Aaron. 1900-90. US composer blending Jewish, folk, jazz, and Latin influences into a popular style. Experimented with serial techniques.
Couperin. 17-18C French family of Baroque composers.
Couperin, François. 1668-1733. French Baroque keyboard composer. Concerts Royeaux, Leçons de Ténebres 1714.
Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.
Davies, William. 1871-1940. Welsh peripatetic poet. Autobiography of a Super-Tramp 1907.
DeGasperi, Alcide. 1881-1954. Italian Prime Minister 1945-53. Post-war reconstruction.
Diaz, Porfirio. 1830-1915. Mexican rebel, dictator 1877-1911. Apparent prosperity, but resources sold to foreigners.