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Forbidden City. 1421-1911. Peking. Emperor’s fortified palace. Commoners forbidden to enter.
Galileo Galilei. 1564-1642. Italian physicist. Planetary motion. Thermometer 1592. Acceleration of falling bodies 1604. Astronomical telescope 1609. Sunspots 1610. Arrested for heliocentricity, 1632. Rehabilitated by Vatican 1992. Copernicus.
Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.
Gomorrah. Licentious city destroyed by God. Sodom.
Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus.
Hellenic League. 338~322BC. Philip of Macedonia. All Greek city-states except Sparta.
Hexapolis. 700BC. 6 city trading league. Rhodes.
Hippodamus. 5C BC. Greek architect. City of Rhodes.
Hiroshima. Japanese city destroyed 1945 by first A-bomb. 75000 killed.
Jericho. c9000BC. First walled city. 2300BC Amorite. 1900BC Canaanite. c1300BC Israelites destroy.
Jericho, Battle. ~1300BC. Israelis under Joshua capture city.
Jung, Karl. 1875-1961. Swiss psychiatrist. Synchronicity-theory that related events occur at the same time without connecting cause. Astrology. Psychology of the Unconscious 1912. Extrovert. Introvert. Collective Unconscious.
Kremlin. 1156 walled city. Moscow Imperial Palace to 1712. Now houses Russian government.
Lamian War. 323-322BC. Greek city-states rebel vs Macedonian rule. Defeated by Antipater.
Lindos. c700-408BC. Major Rhodes city. Colonized Spain and Italy.
Machu Picchu. c800 Inca city in Andes.
Mansart, Jules Hardouin-. 1646-1708. French architect, city planner. Dome Church 1677. Grand Trianon 1687. Place de Vendôme.
Mathura. Indian city sacred to Hindu as birthplace of Krsna.
Mecca. Holy city of Islam. Muhammad’s birthplace. Captured by Muhammad 630. Ka’bah.
Megalopolis. 370-222BC. Greek city destroyed by Spartan Cleomenes III.
Melilla. Spanish city on Moroccan coast conquered 1497. Berbers.
Meshed. Iranian city of Moslem pilgrimmage.
M’Naghten Rule. 1843. US legal test of capacity to determine right from wrong.
Mondrian, Piet. 1872-1944. Dutch neoplastic abstract De Stijl movement painter. Composition with Yellow and Blue 1929. New York City 1943.
Mormons. 1830-. Latter Day Saints. Christian sect founded by Joseph Smith after divine revelation. Settled Utah. Founded Salt Lake City 1847.