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257 matches to Adi Granth
Adi Granth. Sacred Sikh scripture.
Abbadids. 1023-91. Moslem dynasty in Andalusia.
Aberhart, William. 1878-1943. Canadian Social Credit advocate.
Abolitionists. 1774-1868. US anti-slavery party. Merged into Republicans. Radical Republicans.
Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Acadia. 1605 French colony centerd in Nova Scotia. 18C resettled by British.
Acre. 1450BC- Egypt/ Assyria/ Persia/ Macedonia. 336BC Alexander...Egypt. 1C Rome. 614 Persia. 638 Moslem. 969 Egypt. 1079 Seljuk. 1099 Crusaders. 1104 Jerusalem. 1187 Saladin. 1191 Crusaders. 1291 Mameluks. 1517 Turks. 1918 British. 1948 Israel.
Aditi. Hindu goddess, mother of Krsna and Vishnu.
Agadir Crisis. 1911. French/German crisis by German manoevres off Morocco.
Alto Adige. German speaking Tyrol area of Italy 1919-. Granted semi-independence, 1971.
Amati. 16-17C. Italian family of violin makers-taught Stradivari.
Anarchism, Communistic. Marxist revolutionary version of anarchism that seeks to overthrow the state. Bakunin. Kropotkin. Assassinated: Sadi-Carnot, Empress Elizabeth, Umberto I, McKinley.
Anatolia. 1900BC Hittite(C)/ Akkadian(E). 1200BC Phrygian. 8C Lydia. 546 Cyrus. 334BC Alexander. 133 AD Rome...Byzantine. 1071 Seljuk. 1243 Mongol/Crusaders. 1307 Ottoman. 1920 Turkey.
Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.
April Theses. 1917. Lenin’s plan for Soviet takeover of state power from provisional government.
Arcadia. Ancient Greek region of Peloponnesus. Megalopolis.
Arcadia, Academy of. 1690. 1925 =Italian Literary Academy. Originally known for poetic, pastoral style.
Arcadian. Venetian paintings with Greek gods in Italian dress.
Arcadian League. 370-362BC. Union of states vs Sparta.
Arcadius. 377-408. First Roman Emperor of East, 395-.
Aroostook War. 1838-9. US-Canadian border dispute in East.
Avars. 6-8C. Nomadic Caucasus tribe defeated by Charlemagne.
Banting, Frederick. 1891-1941. Canadian physician: discovered insulin with Best, MacLeod, 1921.
Barnburners. 1842-54. US radical anti-slavery Democrats vs Hunkers.
Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.