Pontus. 3C-66BC. Asia Minor kingdom conquered by Rome.

Popish Plot. 1678. Oates’ fictitious allegations of conspiracy led to persecution of Catholics.

Porte St-Denis. Paris. 1672. Celebrates Louis XIV’s victories on the Rhine.

Post, Emily. 1872-1960. US writer. Etiquette 1922.

Pottawatomie Massacre. 1856. John Brown’s abolitionists kill 5 pro-slavery settlers.

Potter, Beatrix. 1866-1943. English children’s story writer. Peter Rabbit 1900.

Powhatan. c1550-1618. American Indian chief. Pocohantas’ father. Co-op. with settlers.

Praetorian Guard. 27BC-312. Roman Emperor’s guard. Only military allowed in Rome.

Prairial, Law of 22. 1794. France allowed only acquital or death penalty in trials. Terror.

Prandtl, Ludwig. 1875-1953. German “father” of aerodynamics.

Preemption Act. 1841-91. US law allowed squatters on government land to buy 160 acres. Homestead.

Prefect. Roman civil servants delegated Consul’s power.

Pride’s Purge. 1648. Removal of 143 Presbyterian royalists from Parliament. Rump Parliament.

Prince Rupert’s Land. Hudson Bay drainage area, NW Territory.

Privateers. 13-19C. Pirates licensed by letters of marque to plunder enemy vessels. Drake. Hawkins.

Privy Council. English monarch’s principal advisers. Little power since 17C.

Prophet, the. c1768-1834. Shawnee leader, Tecumseh’s brother. Blamed for Tippecanoe.

Protagoras. c485-411BC. First Greek Sophist. “Man is the measure of all things”. “Truth is subjective to each person”. Exiled c415-.

Proudhon, Pierre. 1809-65. French Anarchist Socialist: “Property is theft.”-What is Property? 1840. “Government is the Scourge of God”. Systèmes des Contradictions Économiques 1846.

Provisors, Statutes of. 1351, 1390. Limited pope’s power in England.

Prud’hommes, Councils. Medieval French trade tribunals revived by Napoleon.

Prud’hon, Pierre. 1758-1823. French painter. Crime and Justice 1808.

Prussia. 1226 Teutonic Knights. 1466 «Poland. 1525 Duchy of Poland. c1660 Independent. 1701 Kingdom. 1772-95 +NW Poland. 1871 Dominated German Empire. 1919 Weimar(W)/ Poland(E). 1933 Germany(W). Bismarck.

Ptolemy. c140. Alexandrian. First cartographer. Promoted Hipparchus’ geocentric theory of solar system. Copernicus. Columbus studied his Geography.

Puebla, Battles. 1862 Mexican guerillas humiliate French army. “Cinco de Mayo”. 1863 French victorious, Maximilian.

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