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2029 matches to All the Talents
All the Talents. 1806. English government under Grenville.
Aasen, Ivar. 1813-96. Developed New Norwegian language, officially adopted, 1907.
Abu Moslem Revolt. 747-50. Umayyad downfall.
Achaeans. Greeks who beseiged Troy. May be originally Mycenaean or Doric.
Ahimsa. Hindu/Buddhist doctrine: non-injury to all living things. Jainism.
Alboin. -572. Germanic Lombard King. Allied Germanic tribes and conquered N Italy.
Alchemy. Magic art of Egyptian origin attempting to transmute metals, esp lead to gold. Based on belief that all metals are a pure base metal + impurities which the philosopher’s stone can remove.
Alexander, Harold (of Tunis). 1891-1969. British. Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean 1944-45. Directed Dunkirk evacuation. Governor General of Canada, 1946-52.
Alexander I. 1777-1825. Russian Czar, 1801-. Liberal reformer. Defeated Napoleon. Holy Alliance.
Alexander III. 1845-1894. Russian Czar 1881-. Established absolute rule using secret police. Temporary Rules. Franco-Russian Alliance.
Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.
Allah. Arabic word for God; name of Islam’s God.
Allen, Ethan. 1738-89. Led Green Mountain Boys in American Revolution. Failed to take Montreal, 1775.
Allende, Salvador. 1908-73. Marxist president of Chile 1970-3.
Alliance for Progress. 1961. Coordination of Latin American economies, resistance to communism.
Allobroges. Celts who inhabited SE France; conq by Rome 121BC.
Alyscamps. Gallo Roman cemetery, Arles.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
An. Sumerian god of heaven, father of all gods.
Anastasia. 1901-18.Daughter of Nicholas II, allegedly survived family execution.
Anaximenes. -c570BC. Miletan (Gr) philosopher: quantitive differences of substances. All matter is air.
Andrássy, Gyula. 1823-90. Hungary’s first Prime Minister. Arranged Dual Alliance.
Animism. Belief of a spirit within all objects.
Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.