ABC Powers. 1905. Argentina, Brazil, Chile.

Aesop. Legendary/6C BC. Greek slave/fablist. Fox and Grapes. Hare andTortoise.

Aetius, Flavius. -454. Roman general, defeated Attila at Catalonia, 451.

Aga Khan III. 1877-1957. Indian Moslem leader. President, League of Nations, Gen Assembly, 1937.

Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.

Agrippa, Marcus V. 63-12BC. Roman general, supported Octavian.

Albigenses. (Cathars). Southern French ascetic Neo-Manichean heretic Christian sect. Eliminated by 13th Crusade, 1208-1229 and Inquisition.

Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.

Alexander, Harold (of Tunis). 1891-1969. British. Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean 1944-45. Directed Dunkirk evacuation. Governor General of Canada, 1946-52.

Angevin Dynasty. Descendants of French House of Anjou. France -1480. Plantagenet Kings of England 1154-1485. Charles I of Anjou.

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

Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.

Antipater. -319BC. Macedonian general and regent.

Appeasement Policy. 1937-9. British yield to Nazi demands in hope of maintaining peace. Munich Agreement. Gentleman’s Agreement.

Araucanian Wars. 1530-1870. Chile, Argentina. Natives forced onto reservations.

Argentina. Tehuelch, Querandi, Puelche, Inca. 1536 Spanish. 1776 Viceroyalty of La Plata. 1816 Independent United Province of La Plata. 1862 =Argentina. 1943 Peron. 1982 Falklands War. 2001 Economic collapse.

Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.

Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.

Arnold, Benedict. 1741-1801. American Revolution general. Betrayed US.

Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.

Arthur. c500. Legendary king of Camelot. Knights of the Round Table.

Atlantis. Legendary island which disappeared after earthquake.

Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.

Aumale, Henri, duc d’Orleans. 1822-97. French general, Orleanist leader.

Avalon. Elysium of Arthurian legend.

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