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Shih Huang-ti. c259-210BC. Emperor 246-. Unified China. Great Wall. Burning of Books 213.
Shih Wang. 10 Chinese gods of Hell.
Shi’ite. Major Moslem sect believing in Mahdi at the millenium. Official religion of Iran. Sunni. Fatimid. Assassin. Druze. Ali.
Shiloh, Battle. 1862. Second American Civil War battle. No clear victor.
Shimonoseki Treaty. 1895. Ended first Sino-Japanese War. Japan gained Taiwan, Port Arthur. Korea independent.
Shinran. 1173-1262. Japanese Buddhist. Founded True Pure Land sect.
Ships. Iron- Foss 1777. Clipper 1832. Paddle- Charlotte Dundas 1801. Screw- Archimedes 1839. Nuclear- Nautilus 1955.
Shipton, Mother. 1488-1561. Predicted 1666 Great Fire of London.
Shirikawa. 1053-1129. Japanese Emperor. Abdicated to avoid ceremony. Retained power.
Shockley, William. 1910-89. US. Transistor 1948.
Shogun. Japanese military leaders. 794 Otomaro. 1192-1867 Ruled Japan.
Sholokhov, Mikhail. 1905-84. Russian writer. Don series.
Short Parliament. 1640. England. Refused king taxes because of grievances.
Shostakovich, Dmitri. 1906-75. Russian. Composed complex profound intense personal works. Rebuked by Stalin. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk 1934.
Shot Heard Around the World. 1775. Battle of Lexington and Concord beginning American Revolution.
Shou Hsing. Chinese god of longevity.
Shrewsbury, Duke of. 1660-1718. English. Influenced Glorious Revolution, Hanoverian succession.
Shu Han. 221-264. Western China dynasty. Conquered by Wei.
Sibelius, Jan. 1865-1957. Finnish composer. Finlandia. Symphonies and tone poems evoke feeling of North. Kulervo Symphony 1892.
Siberia. 13C Mongol(S)...Golden Horde(W)/ Yüan(E). 1483 Russia explores. 1581 Khanate overthrown. 1689 Russo-Chinese border settled. 1891-1905 Trans-Siberian Railway.
Sibyl. Mythical Greek prophetess. Interceded with gods for humans.
Sicilian Vespers. 1282. Aragon-inspired massacre of French in Sicily. Aragon takes control.
Sidmouth, First viscount. 1757-1844. British Prime Minister 1801-4. Treaty of Amiens. Peterloo Massacre.