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.

Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV). -1362BC. Founded sun (Aton) cult in Egypt. Reigned 1379-. Amarna age.

Alcamenes. c440BC. Greek sculptor; delicacy and finish.

Alcott, Louisa May. 1832-88. US novelist: Little Women 1869.

Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.

Alien and Sedition Acts. 1798-1800/02. US fear French Revolution. Forbade criticism of government. Abused by Federalists vs Republicans.

Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.

All the Talents. 1806. English government under Grenville.

Althing. 930~. Icelandic parliament. World’s oldest.

Amarna Age. 1379-1362BC. Reign of Akhenaton.

Amazons. Mythical women warriors. Fought Greeks at Troy.

Amiens, Mise of. 1264. Louis IX arbitrated annulment of Provisions of Oxford. Barons War.

Amish. 17C-. Conservative Mennonites. 19-20C migrated to North America.

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

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

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.

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

Anglo-Catholicism. High Church movement in Church of England. Stresses link with Roman Catholic church. Oxford Movement.

Anglo-Irish Agreement. 1985. Irish Republic gets voice in governing N. Ireland.

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

Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.

Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.

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-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.

Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.

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