Sverre. -1202. Norwegian king 1184-. Limited church power.

Svevo, Italo. 1861-1928. Italian psychological novelist. Confessions of Zeno 1923.

Sweden. c8000BC Settled. 9C Rurik establishes Russ dynasty. c1000 Christian. 1319 +Norway. 1397 Kalmar Union. 1520 Revolt. 1523 Independence Vasa dynasty. 1809 -Finland. 1814 +Norway. 1905 -Norway.

Swedenborg, Emanuel. 1688-1772. Swedish scientist, philosopher. Apocalypse Revealed 1743-4. Claimed to have been to hell and heaven. Followers founded Church of New Jerusalem 1788.

Sweelinck, Jan. 1562-1621. Dutch organ composer.

Swiss Guards. 1505- Swiss Mercenaries protecting monarchs, Pope. 600 massacred at Tuileries 1791. 1825- Incorporated in Vatican forces. Julius II.

Swiss War. 1712. Protestant cantons establish dominance over Catholic.

Symbolists. 19C French literary movement expressing truth subjectively by symbols. Spread to art, music. Verlaine. Mallarmé. Munch.

Syria. c10000BC Natufians. c2300BC Akkadian. c1900 Amorite. 16C Egypt. 14C Hittite. 8C Assyria. 7C Babylon. 538 Achaemenid. 332 Alexander...301 Seleucid. 64BC Rome...395 Byzantine. 634 Moslem. 877 Egypt. 11C Seljuk 1098 Latin Empire(part). 12C Ayyubid. 1249 Mameluk. 1516 Ottoman. 1920 French League of Nations mandate. 1943 Independent. 1958 +Egypt = United Arab Republic. 1961 -Egypt=Syria. Damascus.

Tacna-Arica Controversy. 1883-1929. Chile, Peru argue over provinces after War of Pacific.

Taft, William. 1857-1930. US president 1909-13. Dollar diplomacy. Chief Justice 1921-.

Tahiti. French Polynesia.

Tahiti Dispute. 1836-44. British reject Tahitian request for protection vs French.

Taine, Hippolyte. 1828-93. French Positivist scientific historian.

Taiping Rebellion. 1850-64. Hung Hsiu-ch’üan and Taiping socialist rebels capture Nanking 1853. Defeated by Gordon. Weakened Manchu dynasty.

Taiwan. Indonesians. 1590 Portugal discovers = Formosa. 17C Dutch/Spanish settle. 1662 Chinese settle, expel Europeans. 1895 Japan. 1945 China. 1949 Independent as Republic of China. 1971 United Nations gives Taiwan’s seat to People’s Republic of China.

Talleyrand, Maurice de. 1754-1838. French politician under Directory and Empire. Congress of Vienna.

Tallien, Jean. 1767-1820. French Jacobin. Led Rebellion of 9 Thermidor.

T’ang. 618-907. Chinese dynasty. Golden Age. Overthrown by provincial warlords.

Taoism. 6C BC Chinese philosophy. Lao-tzu wrote Tao-te-Ching. Natural course is through passivity, elimination of desire.

Tardieu, André. 1876-1945. French politician. Paris Peace Conference. Prime Minister 1929~32.

Tariff Reform League. 1903-6. Chamberlain presses for Imperial Preference.

Tascher de la Pagerie. Joséphine.

Tasman, Abel. c1603-59. Dutch navigator. Discovered Tasmania, New Zealand. 1642; Fiji, Tonga 1643.

Tawney, Richard. 1880-1962. British critic of affluent society. Acquisitive Society.

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