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862 matches to Trojan War
Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.
Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.
Ajax. Greek hero of Trojan Wars.
Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.
Diomedes. Greek leader in Trojan War.
Errs. Greek goddess of discord. Threw the apple that led to the Trojan War.
Iliad. 8C BC. Homer’s epic of Trojan War.
Paris. Son of Priam. Carried Helen back to Troy, starting the Trojan Wars. Shot Achilles. Judged first beauty contest.
Trojan War. c1184BC. 10 Year siege to retrieve Helen taken by Paris to Troy. Trojan Horse leads to Greek victory.
Troy. Asia Minor city settled c3000BC. Besieged for 10 yrs and destroyed by Greeks 1184BC. Trojan War. 7C BC-4C = Ilion.
Aeneas. Trojan hero of Virgil’s Aeneid.
Calchas. Wise Greek prophet at Troy. Advised use of Trojan Horse.
Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.
Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.
Laocoön. Trojan priest, distrusted Trojan Horse. Killed with sons by serpents.
Neoptolemus. Mythic Greek hero. Killed Priam in Trojan War.
Aarau Treaty. 1712. Ended Swiss War.
Abel, Frederick. 1827-1902. English inventor of military explosive cordite with Dewar, 1889.
Abyssinia-Italy War. 1894-6. Ended Italian colonialism.
Abyssinian War. 1935-6. Italy invades Ethiopia. League of Nations ineffective.
Achinese War. 1873-1904. Dutch defeat Moslems in Sumatra.
Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.
Adrianople, Treaty. 1829. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Ottomans cede control of Greece.
Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.
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.