Provence. 6C BC Greeks settle. 121BC Rome. 5C Visigoth/Burgundy...Ostrogoth. 6C Frank. 1246 Angevin. 1486 France.

Provisors, Statutes of. 1351, 1390. Limited pope’s power in England.

Prud’hommes, Councils. Medieval French trade tribunals revived by Napoleon.

Prud’hon, Pierre. 1758-1823. French painter. Crime and Justice 1808.

Prussia. 1226 Teutonic Knights. 1466 «Poland. 1525 Duchy of Poland. c1660 Independent. 1701 Kingdom. 1772-95 +NW Poland. 1871 Dominated German Empire. 1919 Weimar(W)/ Poland(E). 1933 Germany(W). Bismarck.

Pruth, Treaty. 1711. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Turkey regains territory.

Przhevalsky, Nikolai. 1839-88. Russian explorer of Tibet, Mongolia.

Psamtik I. -610BC. Pharaoh 664-. Reunited Egypt. Ended Assyrian rule.

Psyche. Beautiful girl, loved by Cupid. Symbolized soul.

Psychophysical Parallelism. Mind and body run on synchronized clocks started by God, but do not interact. Guelinex.

Ptah. Egyptian creator god. =Hephaestus.

Ptolemy. c140. Alexandrian. First cartographer. Promoted Hipparchus’ geocentric theory of solar system. Copernicus. Columbus studied his Geography.

Ptolemy I Suter. c366-283BC. Ruled Egypt 323-; king 305-. General of Alexander the Great.

Ptolemy II. 308-246BC. Egyptian king 285-. Made Alexandria a cultural center. Built Pharos.

Ptolemy XIV. c59-44BC. Last Macedonian king of Egypt 47-. Brother, co-ruler with Cleopatra.

Ptolemy XV. Caesarion. 47-30BC. Egyptian king 44-. Son of Caesar and Cleopatra. Killed by Octavian.

Public Safety, Committee. 1793-4. Ruled France during Terror.

Public Weal, League of. 1465. French nobles ally vs Louis XI.

Public Works of Art Project. (PWAP) 1933-4. New Deal. Gave work to unemployed artists. WPA.

Puccini, Giacomo. 1858-1924. Popular Italian naturalist opera composer: La Boheme 1896. Tosca 1900. Madame Butterfly 1904.

Puck. Medieval English mischievous fairy.

Puebla, Battles. 1862 Mexican guerillas humiliate French army. “Cinco de Mayo”. 1863 French victorious, Maximilian.

Pueblo. US intelligence ship siezed 1968 by North Korea.

Pueblo Rebellion. 1680. Pueblo Indians expel Spain from New Mexico -1692.

Puerto Rico. Taino. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1508 Spanish colony. 1898 US (Spanish American War). 1998 rejects statehood.

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