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Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1948. United Nations list of rights to be accorded people by their governments. Rejected by USSR, China, Poland, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, many Moslem countries. Signed by Russia, 1996.
Usury. Maximum interest rates: Rome 50BC: 12%, 529: 8%. Islam 622: 0%. Christian 1311: 0%. England: 1623 8%, 1651 6%, 1713 5%, 1854 eliminated. USA, by State: 5-45%
Utrecht, Treaties. 1713-14. Ended War of Spanish Succession. Austria gains Netherlands. France cedes Newfoundland, Hudson’s Bay, Nova Scotia to England. Spain cedes Gibraltar, Minorca to England.
Utrecht, Union of. 1579. United Provinces alliance created vs Spanish rule in Netherlands.
Uxmal. c600. Mayan city. Abandoned 1450. Mayapan.
Vagrancy Acts. England. 1459 Authorized imprisonment. 1530 whipping. 1535 mutilation. 1597 included entertainers. 1713 branding prohibited.
Vaisnavism. 7C BC Hindu sect. Worship Vishnu as Krishna and Rama.
Valentinian III. 419-55. Roman Emperor 425-. Lost Africa to Vandals, Gaul to Huns.
Valhalla. Scandinavian banquet hall for slain warriors. Odin.
Van de Graaff, Robert. 1901-67. US physicist. Particle accelerator 1929. High voltage generator 1932.
Van Dyck, Anthony. 1599-1641. Flemish portrait painter. Subjects showed dignity, elegance. Charles I 1635.
Van Gogh, Vincent. 1853-90. Dutch expressionist painter. Passionate intensity revealed in colors. Sunflowers. Potato Eaters 1885. Starry Night 1889. Wheat Fields. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear 1889.
Van Goyen, Jan. 1596-1656. Dutch landcape painter of familiar, commonplace.
Vandals. Germans fleeing Huns, invaded Gaul, Spain 409 and Africa 429-534. Sacked Rome 455. Arians, persecuted other Christians. Routed by Byzantines 533.
Vanderbilt. 19C US Railroad magnate family. Founded university.
Vanderlyn, John. 1775-1852. US Neoclassical artist. Ariadne 1812.
Varangian Guard. 977-15C. Byzantine infantry recruited from Scandinavia and later England.
Varna, Battles. 1444 Ottoman Turks defeat Hungarians, expand to Balkans. 1828 Russians defeat Turks.
Vasa. 1523-1818. Swedish dynasty. Ruled Poland 1587-1668. Dominated 17C Baltic.
Vedanta. Philosophy of Hinduism from 6C BC Upanishads. Developed by Sankara 7C and Ramanuja 11C.
Velázquez, Diego. 1599-1660. Spanish Naturalist court painter. Old Woman Frying Eggs 1618. Coronation of the Virgin 1641. Philip IV 1644. Surrender of Breda. Borrachos. Venus and Mirror 1655.
Vendôme Column. Paris. 1805. Has had statues of Napoleon as Caesar, Henry IV, a Fleur-de-lys, Napoleon in uniform, and now a copy of the original.
Venus. Roman goddess of love and beauty. =Aphrodite.