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Ahriman. Zoroastrian spirit of evil.
Ahurza Mazda. Zoroastrian spirit of good.
Barbary. 16-19C. Name given to North African coast. Berbers.
Blockade. Naval strategy preventing access to an enemy’s coast.
Burkina Faso. (Upper Volta). 11C Bobo. 14C Mossi(E)/Gourma(C)...Kingdoms of Yatanga, Ouagadouga. 1895(E)/97(C) French protectorate. 1904 French Sudan. 1919 French colony. 1932-47 Divided Ivory Coast/Niger/French Sudan. 1948 French Territory. 1960 Independent. 1984 =Burkina Faso.
French West Africa. 1895-1958. Dahomey, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkino Faso.
Ghana. 1957 Gold Coast + British Togoland =Ghana. 1960 Republic. 1981 Dictator.
Gold Coast. 1481 Portugal. 1642 Dutch. 1874 Britain. 1957 Independent +British Togoland = Ghana.
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix. 1905-93. West African leader. President of Ivory Coast 1960-.
Ivory Coast. Baulé, Kru, Lobi, Senefu. 1895 French West Africa. 1960 Independent republic. Cote d’Ivoire.
Manichaeism. 240-6C. Dualist ascetic Persian religion founded by Mani (-274) combining Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity. Man’s spirit is good, body is evil. Albigens, Cathars, Paulician.
Martello Towers. 1804. Swiss designed defensive towers on English coast against Napoleon.
Melilla. Spanish city on Moroccan coast conquered 1497. Berbers.
Nigeria. c5C BC Nok. c12C Yoruba(SW). 13C Hausa(N)/Kanem-Bornu/Ibo(E). 15C Portugal reach. Slave source. 1851 British colony. 1884 British protectorate. 1960 Independent. 1963 Republic. 1993-98 Abacha military dictatorship. Biafra.
Nkrumah, Kwame. 1909-72. Gold Coast/Ghana Prime Minister 1952-60, President 60-66.
OAS. Organisation de l’Armée Secrète. 1961-9. Right-wing terrorist anti-Gaullist group founded by Salan. Failed revolt in Algeria 1961.
OAS. Organization of American States. 1948. Western Hemisphere organization for peace, security, and economic cooperation. Cuba expelled 1962.
Olmecs. c1150-800BC. Mexican Gulf coast civilization.
Pacific, War of. 1879-84. Chile wins land from Peru, Bolivia’s coastline.
Pan-American Conferences. 1826- US, South American states. Pan-American Union, OAS.
Parses. Parsis. Indian followers of Zoroastrianism from Persia 8C.
Peking, Treaty. 1860. China cedes coastal land to Russia.
Salan, Raoul. 1899-1984. French general. Created OAS 1961. Imprisoned 1962-8.
Satan. Fallen angel later identified with Zoroastran Ahriman, the spirit of evil. Lucifer. Beelzebub.