Aga Khan. Title of leader of Ismaili Moslem sect.

Aga Khan III. 1877-1957. Indian Moslem leader. President, League of Nations, Gen Assembly, 1937.

Abraham. c2000BC. Old Testament father of Jewish, Arab peoples. Sarah. Hagar.Ishmael.

Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.

Aeschylus. 524-456BC. Founded Greek tragic drama. Introduced 2nd actor, reduced chorus. Prometheus Bound. Seven Against Thebes, 467.

Agadir Crisis. 1911. French/German crisis by German manoevres off Morocco.

Agam, Yaacov. 1928-. Israeli optical artist.

Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.

Aggression. 1974 UN Definition-Use of armed force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another state.

Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.

Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.

Anti-Semitism. Racial prejudice against Jews. Pogrom. Final Solution.

Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.

Arab League. 1945. Non-aggression and cooperation treaty of Arab states. Collective Treaty of Defence, 1950, to defend against Israeli aggression.

Arriaga, Manuel. 1842-1917. First President of Portugal.

Ashikaga. 1338-1573. Japanese Shogunate. Overthrew Emperor.

Aske, Robert. -1537. Led Pilgrimage of Grace against Henrician Reformation.

Atreus. King of Mycenae. Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

Barton, Elizabeth. 1506-34. Maid of Kent. Executed for prophesy against Henry VIII marrying Anne Boleyn.

Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.

Bernardin de St. Pierre, Jacques. 1737-1814. French writer. Propagated JJ Rousseau’s back to nature philosophy. Paul et Virginie 1788.

Bhagavad-Gita. (Lord’s Song) Hindu scripture.

Bhagavatas. 2C BC. Hindu sect.

Blondin, Charles. 1824-97. French tightrope walker over Niagara, 1859.

Braganca. Ruling dynasty of Portugal 1640-1910, Brazil 1822-89.

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