Ingoldsby, Thomas. 1788-1845. English humourist. Jackdaw of Rheims.

Jabir Ibn Hayyan. c721-815. Arab alchemist. Mercury+sulphur=gold. 2,000 works.

Jason. Led Argonauts in quest for Golden Fleece.

Kazakstan. 8C Turkik settlers. 13C Golden Horde. 1798 Russia. 1910-85 Russification. 1925 Kazak SSR. 1991 Independent. CIS.

Klondike. 1896-9. Yukon gold rush.

Knights of the Golden Circle. 1859-66. Secret US organization of South supporters during Civil War.

Kulikovo, Battle. 1380. Russia defeats Golden Horde, ending Tatar rule.

Legal Tender Act. 1862. US authorizes paper money without gold backing.

Levites. Hebrew religious teachers, who slaughtered the idolators of the golden calf.

Louis d’Or. 1641-1795. French gold coin.

Marshall, James. 1810-85. Discovered gold 1848. California Gold Rush 1849.

Meir, Golda. 1898-1978. Israeli Labour Prime Minister 1969-74.

Mercantilism. 16-18C. Economic policy opposed to Adam Smith’s. Regulation of industry and trade. Large armies. Wealth of nation is its gold.

Midas. 7C BC King of Phrygia. Everything he touched, turned to gold.

Middle Kingdom. 2040-1786BC. Golden age of art and commerce in Egypt.

Mindon Min. 1814-78. Burmese king 1853-. Founded Mandalay. Golden age. Ceded lower Burma to British.

Mongol Empire. Asia. Established 1207 by Genghis Khan. Peak included Persia, China, Russia. 1260- Fragmented. Yuan. Golden Horde. Tamerlane.

Nero. 37-68. Cruel, licentious Roman Emperor 54-. Persecuted Christians. Killed mother, wife. Blamed for fire, 63. Golden House.

Nkrumah, Kwame. 1909-72. Gold Coast/Ghana Prime Minister 1952-60, President 60-66.

Odets, Clifford. 1906-63. US playwright of social protest. Waiting for Lefty 1935. Golden Boy 1937.

Omar Khayyam. c1027-1123. Persian mathematician/ poet: Rubaiyat. Specific gravity of gold 1061.

Owens, Jesse. 1913-80. Black US athlete. 4 golds at 1936 Berlin Olympics contradicted Hitler’s Aryan supremacy.

Paris School. 1900-30. Bohemian golden age of arts in Montparnasse.

Phidias. c490-430BC. Greek sculptor. Parthenon frieze. 42 foot gold and ivory statue of Zeus at Olympia. 7 Wonders.

Rimini Golden Bull. 1226. Frederick II grants sovereignty of Prussia to Teutonic knights.

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