Ammianus Marcellinus. 330-395. Wrote 31 volume History of Rome.

Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.

Amon. Horned Egyptian deity. Greek =Zeus.

Amor. Roman god of love. =Eros. =Cupid.

Amorites. 1900-1600BC. Babylonian civilization conquered Sumerians. Hammurabi.

Ampère, André. 1775-1836. Physicist: related magnetism to electric current, 1820. Galvanometer 1824.

Amphion. Thebian king with magic lyre.

Amphityron. Greek husband, impersonated by Zeus to seduce Alcmene.

Amritsar Riot. 1919. British Dyer opens fire on unarmed Indians. 379 dead. 1200 injured.

Amundsen, Roald. 1872-1928. Norwegian explorer, first to South Pole, 1911; NW Passage, 1906.

Amyot, Jacques. 1513-93. French humanist and Plutarch translator.

An. Sumerian god of heaven, father of all gods.

Anabaptists. 1520- Christian sect. Adult baptism. No clergy. Salvation via faith. Millenialist. Hutterites, Mennonites, Quakers. Peasants War.

Anacreon. c582-485BC. Greek lyric poet.

Analytical Psychology. Jungian psychology.

Ananias. Early Christian struck dead for lying to Peter.

Anarchism. 19C Philosophy: “Every man should be his own government, his own law, his own church”-Owen. Thoreau’s return to nature, passive resistance, and no taxes influenced Ghandi. Proudhon. Tolstoy. Godwin.

Anarchism, Communistic. Marxist revolutionary version of anarchism that seeks to overthrow the state. Bakunin. Kropotkin. Assassinated: Sadi-Carnot, Empress Elizabeth, Umberto I, McKinley.

Anastasia. 1901-18.Daughter of Nicholas II, allegedly survived family execution.

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.

Anaxagoras. c500-428BC. Ionian rational philosopher. Mind can move matter. Eclipses.

Anaximander. c611-547BC. Miletan (Greek) philosopher. First Greek maps. Attempted systematic explanation of Universe. Named zodiac signs 560BC.

Anaximenes. -c570BC. Miletan (Gr) philosopher: quantitive differences of substances. All matter is air.

Ancien Régime. Pre-Revolutionary French socio- political order.

Andalusia. Region of S Spain. 9C BC Phoenecia. 210BC Rome. 5C Vandal, Visigoth. 8C Moslem. 14C Christian. 1492 Castile.

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