Angelico, Fra. c1400-55. Florentine classical colorist painter: Convent of St. Mark. Madonna and Angel Musicians 1433.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 9C-1154. Records early British history.

Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.

Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.

Antaeus. Giant son of Poseiden killed by Heracles.

Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.

Anti-Clericalism. Hostility to church political power.

Antony, Mark. c83-30BC. Caesar’s lieutenant. Triumvirate 43-32. Defeated at Actium with Cleopatra. Suicide.

Apocrypha. 14 Books of the Old Testament excluded by Protestants and Jews.

Apostolic Constitutions. c380BC. Books of ecclesiastic law.

Appian Way. 312BC. Appius Claudius’ road from Rome to Brindisi.

Appleton, Edward. 1892-1965. English physicist: Appleton ionospheric layer.

Arafat, Yasir. 1929-2004. Arab Fatah PLO leader. President of Palestinian Authority 1996-.

Aristocracy. Gov’t by a privileged class.

Aristophanes. c450-388BC. Athenian poet and satirical dramatist: The Clouds 423, The Birds 414. Lysistrata.

Arrhenius, Svante. 1859-1927. Swedish physicist, discoverer of ions.

Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.

Articles of Confederation. 1781-9. First US Constitution.

Aryabhata. 476-550. Hindu astronomer. Explained eclipses, earth’s rotation.

Asclepius. Greek god of healing. Killed by Zeus to prevent immortality of man. Son of Apollo.

Ashurbanipal. Assyrian king 669-626BC. Lost Egypt. Built Nineveh Library-22,000 clay tablets.

Aston, Francis. 1877-1945. English physicist. Mass spectrograph.

Athens. 3000BC. 6C BC growth. 5C decline. 4C Macedonia (aut). 27 BC Rome. 1458 Ottoman. 1834 Greek capital.

Atlantic Charter. 1941. British-US declaration of 8 principles of peace and security. Endorsed by >25 nations.

Atomism. 5C BC. World is an infinity of small indestructible particles. Leucippus.

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