Cairo Riots. 1919, 30, 52. vs British rule. Egypt.

Candragupta. Founded Maurya dynasty; united most of India. Ruled c321-297BC.

Capetians. Dynasty that ruled France 987-1328.

Carausius, Marcus. 245-293. Rebel Roman General. Ruled Britain 286-.

Carloman. 751-771. Charlemagne’s brother and co-ruler.

Cartwright, Alexander. “Father of American baseball”. Established rules for modern game.

Charles I. 1600-49. King of Great Britain and Ireland. 1625-. Attempted to rule without Parliament. Defeated in Civil War. Beheaded.

Charles I. 1887-1922. Last ruler of Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1916-18.

Charles I, of Anjou. 1226-85. French King of Naples and Sicily 1246-. Son of Louis VIII. Harsh rule. First Angevin.

Cid, El. (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar). c1043-99. Spanish hero, who fought for Moors and Christians. Idealized in 1140 epic El Cantar de mio Cid. Conquered and ruled Valencia 1094-99.

Cistercians. 1098-. RC monastic order. Rigorous rule. Trappist vows of silence 1664.

Committee of Public Safety. 1793-5. Ruled France. Robespierre’s reign of Terror.

Congress Poland. 1815-64. Polish Kingdom created by Congress of Vienna. Ruled by Russian Czar.

Dalai Lama. 14C- Leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Ruled Tibet until 1959 exile to India. Lamaism. Yellow Hats. Tenzin Gyatso.

Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. American colonies declare independence from British rule during War of Independence.

Democracy. Government based on rule by the people.

Dien Bien Phu, Battle. 1954. Decisive Vietnamese victory; ends French rule.

Dominican Order. 1216. Mendicant preaching friars with severe rule. Thomists.

Doria, Andrea. 1466-1560. Genoese admiral, statesman. Freed, ruled Genoa.

Dost Muhammed. 1793-1863. Afghanistan ruler 1826-. Provoked Afghan Wars.

Dred Scott. 1857. US Supreme Court ruled slaves had no rights in court. Missouri Compromise invalid.

Eastern Question. 19-20C. Instability caused by decline of Turkish rule led to Crimean War and WWI.

Empire of the East. 286-1453. Eastern Roman Empire ruled from Byzantium. =Byzantine Emp.

Enver Pasha. 1881-1922. Young Turk leader. Revolt, 1908. WWI. Ruled with Triumvirate. 1913-18. Talât Pasha.

Ezzelino III da Ramono. 1194-1259. Cruel ruler of northern Italy. Subject of Dante’s Inferno.

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