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235 matches to Ten Commandments
Bekhtrev, Vladmir. 1857-1927. Extended Pavlov’s Conditioned Response theory. Objective Psychology, 1910.
Benedict XIV. 1675-1758. Pope 1740-. Promoted arts, learning during Enlightenment.
Beneš, Eduard. 1884-1948. Czech Nationalist, President, 1935-8,46-. Little Entente.
Benten. Japanese god of reasoning. Patron of literature, music, femininity.
Birdseye, Clarence. 1886-1956. US inventor of frozen foods. Founded General Foods, 1924. 300+ patents.
Black, Joseph. 1728-99. French/Scottish chemist. Latent heat 1757. CO2.
Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon I.
Breitenfeld, Battles. 1631,42. Swedish victories over Catholic League in 30 Years War. Sweden a great power.
Brezhnev, Leonid. 1906-82. Soviet First Secretary 1964-. Detente. Brezhnev Doctrine.
Britten, Benjamin. 1913-76. Influential English composer of operas and symphonies. Paul Bunyan 1941. Billy Budd 1951. War Requiem 1962. Death in Venice 1973.
Bronte, Emily. 1818-48. English Romantic novelist of passionate intensity: Wuthering Heights 1847.
Bull, John. 1562-1628. English early keyboard composer. Often credited with God Save the Queen.
Burschenschaften. 1815-19. Militant student societies seeking united Germany.
Camus, Albert. 1913-60. Existentialist absurd French writer: l’Étranger, Caligula.
Cardigan, James Brudenell, Earl of. 1797-1868. British General. Led Charge of the Light Brigade. Tennyson. Crimean War.
Carlsbad Decrees. 1819. Censorship and repressive measures against liberal Burschenschaften.
Caruso, Enrico. 1873-1921. Dramatic Italian tenor.
Chamberlain, Austen. 1863-1937. British Statesman. Locarno Pact.
Charles III. 1716-88. King of Spain 1759-. Enlightened despot. Lost Florida but strengthened empire.
Charlie, Bonnie Prince. 1720-88. Scottish Stuart pretender to the English throne. Unsuccessful revolt 1745. Exiled.
China. T’ang(leg). Yü (leg). c1994BC Hsia. c1500 Shang. c1027 Chou. 481 Warring States. 221 Ch’in. 202BC Han. 220 AD Three Kingdoms. 265 Chin. 386 Northern Dyn(N)/420 Southern Dyn(S). 581 Sui rebuild. 618 T’ang. 10C Five dyn/Ten kingdoms. 960 Sung. 1279 Yüan (Mongol). 1368 Ming. 1644 Ch’ing (Manchu). 1912 Republic. 1938-44 Japanese occupation. 1949 People’s Republic.
Clearance of Scottish Highlands. 1790-1850. Increased sheep farming displaces tenant crofters.
Code of Hammurabi. 18C BC. Written legal code.
Cold War. 1946-90. Alternating crisis and detente between west and east, begun with Russia breaking Potsdam Agreement and creating communist regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Conceptualism. Reality has no objective existence; it is a concept in the mind. Abelard.