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98 matches to Caste System
Bhascara. 1114-85. Hindu mathematician/astrologer. First user of decimal system.
Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.
Büsching, Anton. 1724-93. German scientific geographer. New System of Geography 1762.
Canton System. 1759-1842. All China foreign trade through Canton.
Capitalism. System of private ownership of property and industry for profit. Free enterprise. Smith.
Chase, Salmon. 1808-73. US. Founded Republican Party. National banking system.
Chinese Examination System. 124BC-1905. Civil service exams testing knowledge of Confucius.
Congress System. 1815-25. Diplomacy by regular meetings of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.
Corporate State. Mussolini economic system. Capitalist elements in state controlled economy.
Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.
Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.
Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.
Dewey, Melvil. 1851-1931. US. Devised library catalogue system.
Dyarchy. 1919. System of shared local/British power in India. Led to Indian autonomy.
Encomienda. 16-18C Spanish system of Indian forced labour.
Epiphenomenalism. Mind exists only as a process within the physical system of matter. Cannot exist without it. Hobbes.
Feudalism. 8-14C. Social system. Lord grants land rights (fiefs) to vassals in return for military or other service. Manorialism. Seignorialism.
Final Solution. 1941-45. Systematic slaughter of Jews and minorities by Nazis. Holocaust.
Fingerprints. 8C Chinese used as signatures. 1870 Indian classification system. 1901 Galton-Henry System, Scotland Yard.
Franco de Colonia. 13C. Systemized musical notation.
Frederick IV. 1671-1730. King of Norway and Denmark, 1699-. Abolished serfdom. Educational system.
Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.
Han Wu Ti. 156-87BC. Chinese Emperor 140-. Confucianism as state religion. Exam system for civil service used to 20C.