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98 matches to Caste System
Caste System. Hereditary social division, esp. in Hindu India. Brahman. Kshatriyas. Vaisyas. Sudras. Untouchables.
Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.
Castel Gandolfo. 1596-. Pope’s summer residence.
Giorgione. c1477-1510. Venetian painter. Tempest c1505. Madonna of Castel franco c1504.
Griquas. Bastards. 19C Tribe of Hottentot-Boer half-castes.
Hardy, Thomas. 1840-1928. English novelist: Far from the Madding Crowd 1874; Mayor of Casterbridge 1886; Jude the Obscure 1896. Man as victim of fate. -“the worth encompassed by the inevitable”.
Henry IV. 1366-1413. Rebelled vs Richard II. King of England 1399-. Consolidated government. First Lancaster.
Henry VII. 1457-1509. First Tudor King of England 1485-. Defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, 1485. Ended War of Roses. United Lancasters, Yorks.
John of Lancaster. 1389-1435. English regent of France. Allowed Joan of Arc’s execution.
Lancaster. 1399~1471. Dynasty ruling England. Henry IV to VI. War of Roses.
Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of. c1277-1322. English. Led barons vs Edward II. Beheaded.
Magi. Persian priest caste. Caspar, Melchior, Belthazar bore gifts to Jesus.
Plantagenet. 1154-1485. English dynasty. Lancaster, York. Angevins. Geoffrey.
Rajputs. 9C-. NW Indian Hindu warrior caste.
Roses, War of. 1455-85. York (white) vs Lancaster (red) for English throne. Lancaster rule ended. Henry VII (Tudor/Lancaster) married Elizabeth (York). Bosworth Field. Plantagenet.
Vellore Mutiny. 1806. Indians resenting removal of caste markings kill 130 British soldiers.
Warwick, Earl of. 1428-71. “The Kingmaker”-. Helped York Edward IV, then restored Lancaster Henry VI.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress. 1818. Restored King of France. Congress System.
Alcuin. c735-804. English Counselor to Charlemagne. Set up monastic education system in Europe.
Alphonsine Tables. 1252. Incorrect astronomical data on planets, based on geocentric system.
Anaximander. c611-547BC. Miletan (Greek) philosopher. First Greek maps. Attempted systematic explanation of Universe. Named zodiac signs 560BC.
Aristarchus. 310-230BC. Samos. First to postulate sun as center of solar system. Accused of impiety. Copernicus.
Autobahn. German road system begun by Hitler to reduce unemployment, 1934.
Berlin Decree. 1806. Napoleon announces Continental System blockading Britain.