Anacreon. c582-485BC. Greek lyric poet.

Anatolia. 1900BC Hittite(C)/ Akkadian(E). 1200BC Phrygian. 8C Lydia. 546 Cyrus. 334BC Alexander. 133 AD Rome...Byzantine. 1071 Seljuk. 1243 Mongol/Crusaders. 1307 Ottoman. 1920 Turkey.

Angad. 1504-52. Sikh Guru. Created Punjab script.

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

Antioch. 300BC Seleucus I founds. 64BC Rome. First reference to disciples as Christians c42. 540 Persia. 637 Moslem. 10-11C Syrian capital. 969 Byzantine. 1098 Crusader State. 1268 Egypt. 1517 Ottoman. 1920 Syria. 1939 Turkey.

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.

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

Archer, William. 1856-1924. Scottish critic, playwright. Translated Ibsen.

Archimedes. 287-212BC. Greek mathematician: lever, screw. Principle of displacement of liquid. Screw pump 260BC. Catapult 215BC.

Aristocracy. Gov’t by a privileged class.

Armenian Massacres. 1894-1918. 1.8M Armenians killed in Turkey.

Arnhem, Battle. 1944. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to cross Rhine.

Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.

Athos, Mt. 963-. Greek theocracy, site of Orthodox monasteries.

Aubusson Tapestry Works. 17 and 18C works for aristocracy and bourgeoisie.

Aventine Secession. 1924. 150 Italian government members protest Fascist government. Matteotti.

Avernus. Crater lake, believed by Romans to be Hell’s entrance.

Averroës, Ibn Rushd. 1126-98. Arab philosopher: eternity of creation, universal shared consciousness.

Balaklava, Battle. 1854. Crimean War. Indecisive British victory at high cost. Charge of Light Brigade.

Balboa, Vasco de. 1475-1519. Spanish. Crossed Panama to Pacific 1513. Beheaded.

Balkan Crisis. 1875-8. Britain, Austria fear Russian expansion. Congress of Berlin.

Balkan League. 1912-13. Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro. Balkan Wars.

Balkans. Inhabited c6000BC. 6C BC Illyria. 148BC Rome(Illyricum)(N). 285 Byzantine(E). 4-7C Goths, Avars, Huns, Ostrogoths, Lombards, Slavs, Bulgars, Serbs invade. 890 Bulgar Empire. 1159 Serbian empire. 1389 Ottoman. 1699 Austria(E,N)/Venice(S,W). 19C Eastern Question. Albania. Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bulgaria. Croatia. Greece. Macedonia. Montenegro. Romania. Serbia. Slovenia. Yugoslavia.

Balliol, Edward. -1363. Invaded Scotland 1332. King 1332-56. Ceded crown to ally Edward III.

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