Amorites. 1900-1600BC. Babylonian civilization conquered Sumerians. Hammurabi.

Amphion. Thebian king with magic lyre.

Amritsar Riot. 1919. British Dyer opens fire on unarmed Indians. 379 dead. 1200 injured.

Anabaptists. 1520- Christian sect. Adult baptism. No clergy. Salvation via faith. Millenialist. Hutterites, Mennonites, Quakers. Peasants War.

Anarchism, Communistic. Marxist revolutionary version of anarchism that seeks to overthrow the state. Bakunin. Kropotkin. Assassinated: Sadi-Carnot, Empress Elizabeth, Umberto I, McKinley.

Anastasia. 1901-18.Daughter of Nicholas II, allegedly survived family execution.

Anaxagoras. c500-428BC. Ionian rational philosopher. Mind can move matter. Eclipses.

Anaximander. c611-547BC. Miletan (Greek) philosopher. First Greek maps. Attempted systematic explanation of Universe. Named zodiac signs 560BC.

Ancien Régime. Pre-Revolutionary French socio- political order.

Andalusia. Region of S Spain. 9C BC Phoenecia. 210BC Rome. 5C Vandal, Visigoth. 8C Moslem. 14C Christian. 1492 Castile.

Andorra. Ibericbasc. Greeks/Carthaginians/Romans/Visigoths 8C Muslim. 803 Charlemagne. 1133 Bishop of Urgell. 1159 Fiefdom of Foix. 1278- Principality under joint French, Spanish suzerainty. 1993 Constitution. Coprincipality.

André, John. 1750-80. British officer in American Revolution. Conspired with Benedict Arnold.

Androcles. Roman slave, saved by a lion.

Andromeda. Ethiopian wife of Perseus.

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

Anglo-American War. 1812-14. US, angry at British blockade of France, and Tippecanoe interference, invades Canada. Toronto and White House burned. US defeated. Ghent Treaty.

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. 1936. Conditional independence for Egypt.

Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.

Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.

Anjou. Region, former province of western France. Under English 1151-1204, 1360. 1480 France. Angevin.

Annates. Proportion of first year’s income paid to Pope by office holders.

Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.

Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.

Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.

Anschluss. Austrian “reunification” with Germany, 1938 by plebiscite-99.75% for.

2609 more results ...