Anvari. 1126-1189. Persian poet.

Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.

Anville, J.B. d’. 1697-1782. French cartographer known for accuracy.

ANZAC. Australian+New Zealand forces in WWI. Gallipoli.

Anzio, Battle. 1944. Allied landing site in Italy.

ANZUS, Pact. 1951. Australia, NZ, US mutual defence in Pacific.

Apache. Natives of SW North America. Geronimo. Cochise.

Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.

Apelles. 4C BC. Greek painter. No surviving works.

Aphrodite. Greek goddess of love and beauty, Roman Venus.

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

Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.

Apollinarianism. 4C Christian heresy. Jesus not truly human because of his divine nature.

Apollo. Greek/Roman perfection of male beauty, god of prophecy, song and music.

Apollo Program. 1961-72. US moon mission. Apollo 11 landing 1969.

Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.

Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.

Apollonius Rhodius. 3C BC. Poet, librarian at Alexandria. Argonautica.

Apostles. 12 disciples of Jesus. Also, first missionary to a country.

Apostles’ Creed. 410. Widely-used affirmation of Christian faith.

Apostolic Constitutions. c380BC. Books of ecclesiastic law.

Appeasement Policy. 1937-9. British yield to Nazi demands in hope of maintaining peace. Munich Agreement. Gentleman’s Agreement.

Appert, Nicolas. c1752-1841. French inventor of preservation by canning.

Appian of Alexander. 2C. Greek/Roman historian.

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

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