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Portugal. Iberians, Celts. 5-4C BC Greek colony. c225BC Carthage(S). 2C BC Rome. 411 Suevi. 5C Visigoth. 711 Moor. 868 Christian(N). c1060 León. 1143 Independent kingdom. 1250 Moors expelled. 1500 +Brazil. 1580 Spain. 1640 Independent. 1820 Constitutional Monarchy. 1822 -Brazil. 1910 Republic. 1932 Salazar dictator. 1976 Democracy.
Positivism. Knowledge based on senses alone. Personal knowledge. Natural laws lead to social engineering to secure a happy society. Comte. Mill. Spencer. Logical Positivism.
Post-Impressionism. -1910. Modern art movement of solid color and forms as a reaction to Impressionism. Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin.
Pravda. 1912. Newspaper of Russian Communist Party.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 1848-53. British painters vs Royal Academy. Advocated return to simple classical naturalism. Painted with bright colors on white vs dark tones of the time. Rossetti. Millais. Hunt.
Prehistoric. Period of Greek Art. 1500-1000BC. Mycenaeans created massive stone works, painted vases, bronze ornaments.
Presley, Elvis. 1935-77. US singer of rock, folk, gospel, and country music. 28M records sold. Heartbreak Hotel 1956.
Pretorius, Marthinus. 1819-1901. First president of South African Republic 1857-71, president. Orange Free State 1859-64.
Primitivism. Naive art by primitive peoples, children, or as an adopted style. Rousseau. Grandma Moses.
Progressive Conservative. 1854-. (Named 1942) Major Canadian political party. Bennet. Diefenbaker.
Progressive Party. 1912,24 Dissident US Republicans. 1948 Dissident Democrats.
Prohibition Party. 1869-. US political party promoting Prohibition.
Protestantism. Christian doctrine based on faith instead of church dispensations. Reformation. Presbyterianism. Calvin. Luther.
Prud’hommes, Councils. Medieval French trade tribunals revived by Napoleon.
Psychophysical Parallelism. Mind and body run on synchronized clocks started by God, but do not interact. Guelinex.
Ptolemy. c140. Alexandrian. First cartographer. Promoted Hipparchus’ geocentric theory of solar system. Copernicus. Columbus studied his Geography.
Public Works of Art Project. (PWAP) 1933-4. New Deal. Gave work to unemployed artists. WPA.
Punic Wars. 264-241BC Rome gains Sicily from Carthage. Mylae. 218-201BC Rome defeats Hannibal attack, gains Spain. 149-146BC Rome destroys Carthage.
Purcell, Henry. 1658-1695. English chorale composer. First English opera. Dido and Aeneas 1689. King Arthur 1691. Fairy Queen 1692.
Pyramids, Battle. 1798. Napoleon wins access to Cairo.
Quartering Acts. 1765-70,74. Forced Colonies to pay for British troops stationed there. Intolerable Acts. Stamp Act.
Quatre Bars, Battle. 1815. Preliminary to Waterloo. Napoleon defeats Prussians.
Quebec. 1534 Cartier discovers. 1608 French colony. 1763 British. 1867 Founding province of Canada.
Québecois, Parti. Political party dedicated to separating Quebec from Canada. Despite 1976 election majority, 1980 referendum rejected secession.
Radical Republicans. 1860-77. Anti-slavery faction of US Republican Party. Abolitionists.