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320 matches to Great Britain
Armenia. 9C BC Vannic kingdom. 8C BC Persians, Assyrians, Armenians settle. 521BC Persian. 331BC Alexander...Seleucid. 298 Rome. 387 Persia/Byzantine. 7C Moslem. 885 Independent kingdom. 1071 Seljuk. 13C Mongol. 1405 Ottoman/Persian. 1514 Ottoman. 1918 Independent. 1920 Russia/Turkey. 1990 Independent. CIS.
Augustus II. 1670-1733. King of Poland, 1697-. Provoked Northern War.
Avignon Papacy. 1309-77. Popes from Clement V based in Avignon, France. Great Schism.
Babylonia. c8000BC Tigris-Euphrates Civ’n. 1792-50BC Hammurabi’s emp. c1530 Kassite. 11C Aramaen, Assyrian. 625 Chaldean. 538 Achaemenid. 331BC Alexander.
Bactria. c1500BC Aryan. 545BC Persia. 328BC Alexander. 256BC-140 Graeco-Bactria. Badakhshan. 7C Moslem. 1220 Genghis Khan. Now Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.
Badakhshan. 255BC-1584. Kingdom in Bactria claiming direct descendance from Alexander the Great.
Benedict XIII. c1328-1423. Antipope 1394-1417. Great Schism.
Bentham, Jeremy. 1748-1832. English Utilitarian philosopher, jurist. Principles of Morals and Legislation 1789. Fragment on Government 1776.“Greatest happiness for the greatest number”.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
Boers. 17-19C Dutch settlers in South Africa. Great Trek.
Breitenfeld, Battles. 1631,42. Swedish victories over Catholic League in 30 Years War. Sweden a great power.
Bucephalus. -326BC. Alexander the Great’ s horse.
Cassander. c354-297BC. Macedonian King. Fought for control after Alexander’s death. Diadochi.
Catherine II, the Great. 1729-96. Autocratic Empress of Russia, 1762-. Overthrew husband, Peter III. Annexed Crimea, Polish territory.
Celts. Central European peoples who settled Spain, Gaul, Asia Minor 3000BC, and invaded Great Britain c3C BC. Plundered Rome 390BC. Thrived in Britain. after Romans. Invaded Greece 279-276BC. Forced to Wales by Invasions 5C. = Roman “Gauls”.
Charles X Gustav. 1622-60. Swedish king 1654-. Gt. Northern War.
Chopin, Fréderic. 1810-49. Polish/French composer of emotional expressiveness and pianist of great technical ability. Sand.
Ciceronian Period. 70-43BC. First great age of Latin literature.
Clay, Henry. 1777-1852. “Great Pacificator”. US statesman. Missouri Compromise.
Clement VII. Antipope 1378-94. Avignon. Election caused Great Schism.
Clement VIII. Antipope 1423-29. Ended Great Schism.
Conciliarism. 12C-. General Council has greater power than pope. Popular during Great Schism.
Constance, Council. 1414-18. Ended Great Schism. Church council victory over papal power. Martin V elected pope.
Crystal Palace. 1851. Built for the Great Exhibition, London. First iron-framed. Burned, 1936. Paxton.
Cybele. Roman Great Mother of gods. = Rhea.