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Swiss War. 1712. Protestant cantons establish dominance over Catholic.
Swithin, St. c800-862. Rain fell when his body was moved, July 15, 971. (St. Swithin’s Day).
Switzerland. Celts (Helvetii). 58BC Rome. 5C Alemanni, Burgundians. 6C Frank. 962 HRE. 1291 3 Cantons unite vs Hapsburgs. 1515- Neutral. 1648 Indepence recognized. 1815 Neutrality recogognized.
Sybaris. 720-510BC. Wealthy decadent Greek city in Italy. Rebuilt twice.
Sydenham, Thomas. 1624-89. English doctor. Popularized quinine vs malaria, iron for anemia. Described scarlet fever.
Symbolists. 19C French literary movement expressing truth subjectively by symbols. Spread to art, music. Verlaine. Mallarmé. Munch.
Symplegades. Cyanean Rocks. Cliffs at entrance to Black Sea. Crushed ships until Jason and Argonauts slipped through.
Syndicalism. 1900-39. Union movement vs capitalistic order by direct action, general strikes. Sorel. IWW.
Synge, John. 1871-1909. Irish poet, dramatist. Riders to the Sea 1904. Playboy of the Western World 1907.
Syracuse. c734BC Corinthian colony in Sicily. 211BC Rome. 878 Arab. 1085 Norman. Sicily. Dionysius.
Syracuse, Battle. 480BC Carthage repelled. 415-413BC Critical Athenian defeat in Peloponnesian War. 396, 392 Carthage defeated. 382-75 Defeated by Carthage. 214-211 BC Rome conquers, sacks city.
Syria. c10000BC Natufians. c2300BC Akkadian. c1900 Amorite. 16C Egypt. 14C Hittite. 8C Assyria. 7C Babylon. 538 Achaemenid. 332 Alexander...301 Seleucid. 64BC Rome...395 Byzantine. 634 Moslem. 877 Egypt. 11C Seljuk 1098 Latin Empire(part). 12C Ayyubid. 1249 Mameluk. 1516 Ottoman. 1920 French League of Nations mandate. 1943 Independent. 1958 +Egypt = United Arab Republic. 1961 -Egypt=Syria. Damascus.
Syrian Wars. 274-200BC. Egypt vs Seleucid Empire.
Tabari, At. 839-923. Arab. Wrote world history to 915. Annals of Apostles and Kings.
Taborites. -1452. Militant Bohemian Hussites. Defeated by Catholic-Utraquist alliance.
Taft, William. 1857-1930. US president 1909-13. Dollar diplomacy. Chief Justice 1921-.
Tagore, Rabindranath. 1861-1941. Bengali writer. Blending eastern, western thought.

Tahiti Dispute. 1836-44. British reject Tahitian request for protection vs French.
Taiping Rebellion. 1850-64. Hung Hsiu-ch’üan and Taiping socialist rebels capture Nanking 1853. Defeated by Gordon. Weakened Manchu dynasty.
Taisho. 1879-1926. Japanese Emperor 1912-. Modernization, liberalism, imperialism.
Taiwan. Indonesians. 1590 Portugal discovers = Formosa. 17C Dutch/Spanish settle. 1662 Chinese settle, expel Europeans. 1895 Japan. 1945 China. 1949 Independent as Republic of China. 1971 United Nations gives Taiwan’s seat to People’s Republic of China.
Tajikistan. 3C BC Persian Empire. 711 Moslem. 1860 Russia. 1924 USSR. 1991 Independent.
Talât Pasha. 1874-1921. Young Turk leader. Ruled with Triumvirate 1913-18.
Taliban. 1994. Militia created to unite Afghanistan under Sharia, strict Islamic law. Wahabi.
Talion. Law.Early Babylonia -18C. “Eye for an eye”.