Asquith, Herbert. 1852-1928. Liberal Prime Minister of England, 1908-16: Pensions and unemployment insurance. Parliament Act.

Assad, Hafiz al-. 1928-2000. Syrian President 1971-. Supports Qadaffi, PLO. Anti-Israel.

Assignats. French legal tender, 1789-96. Overissue caused inflation. Became worth 1% of face value.

Athanagild. ~567. Visigoth King of Spain. Ended persecution of Catholics.

Atlantic Charter. 1941. British-US declaration of 8 principles of peace and security. Endorsed by >25 nations.

Attica. Region around Athens in ancient Greece.

Attlee, Clement. 1883-1967. British Labour Prime Minister. 1945-51. National Health. Nationalization.

Augsburg Confession. 1530. Doctrine of faith of Lutheran Church. Consubstantiation. Predestination. Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon.

Augustine, St. 354-430. Author of Confessions, City of God. Bishop of Hippo. “God is omnipotent.” Introduced Neoplatonic Determinism to Christianity. Church should rule state.

Augustinians. RC religious orders following Rule of St. Augustine.

Augustus III. 1696-1763. King of Poland 1734- after War of Polish Succession.

Aurignacian. Late Paleolithic art period.

Auriol, Vincent. 1884-1966. French President, 1947-54.

Auschwitz. 1940-45. German death camp in Poland. 1-4 million killed. Final Solution.

Austin, Herbert. 1886-1941. English car manufacturer. Small car pioneer.

Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.

Australopithecus. Hominid ancestor to man, discovered in Africa. Lived 1 to 5 million years ago.

Austrian State Treaty, 1955. Ended Allied occupation of Austria.

Austrian Succession, War. 1740-48. Jenkins Ear and King George’s Wars. Maria Theresa recognized. Francis I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Prussian power shown. Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty. Silesian War.

Austro-Prussian War. 1866. Austria excluded from German Confederation. Austrian influence in Italy ended. Dual Monarchy.

Auto-da-fé. (Act of Faith). 1481-1850. Sentencing ceremony of Inquisition.

Aventine Secession. 1924. 150 Italian government members protest Fascist government. Matteotti.

Averroës, Ibn Rushd. 1126-98. Arab philosopher: eternity of creation, universal shared consciousness.

Ayala Plan. 1911. Zapata to renew Mexican Revolution, return land to communal ownership.

Ayer, Alfred. 1910-89. British Logical Positivist. Foundation of Empirical Knowledge. Language, Truth and Logic 1936.

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