Delft. Dutch city famous 17-18C for pottery.

Deme. Subdivision of a Greek City-State.

Dodge City. 1864. Famed US frontier town.

Dowie, John. 1847-1907. Scot. founder of Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, IL, USA.

Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.

El Dorado. 16C Legendary city of gold in S America.

Ephesus. Major Greek, Roman city now in Turkey. 133 Bequeathed to Rome by Attale. 263 Goths sacked Temple of Artemis, 7 wonder.

Eretria. Greek city. Destroyed 490BC by Persia.

Forbidden City. 1421-1911. Peking. Emperor’s fortified palace. Commoners forbidden to enter.

Galileo Galilei. 1564-1642. Italian physicist. Planetary motion. Thermometer 1592. Acceleration of falling bodies 1604. Astronomical telescope 1609. Sunspots 1610. Arrested for heliocentricity, 1632. Rehabilitated by Vatican 1992. Copernicus.

Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.

Gomorrah. Licentious city destroyed by God. Sodom.

Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus.

Hellenic League. 338~322BC. Philip of Macedonia. All Greek city-states except Sparta.

Hexapolis. 700BC. 6 city trading league. Rhodes.

Hippodamus. 5C BC. Greek architect. City of Rhodes.

Hiroshima. Japanese city destroyed 1945 by first A-bomb. 75000 killed.

Jericho. c9000BC. First walled city. 2300BC Amorite. 1900BC Canaanite. c1300BC Israelites destroy.

Jericho, Battle. ~1300BC. Israelis under Joshua capture city.

Jung, Karl. 1875-1961. Swiss psychiatrist. Synchronicity-theory that related events occur at the same time without connecting cause. Astrology. Psychology of the Unconscious 1912. Extrovert. Introvert. Collective Unconscious.

Kremlin. 1156 walled city. Moscow Imperial Palace to 1712. Now houses Russian government.

Lamian War. 323-322BC. Greek city-states rebel vs Macedonian rule. Defeated by Antipater.

Lindos. c700-408BC. Major Rhodes city. Colonized Spain and Italy.

Machu Picchu. c800 Inca city in Andes.

Mansart, Jules Hardouin-. 1646-1708. French architect, city planner. Dome Church 1677. Grand Trianon 1687. Place de Vendôme.

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