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Acre. 1450BC- Egypt/ Assyria/ Persia/ Macedonia. 336BC Alexander...Egypt. 1C Rome. 614 Persia. 638 Moslem. 969 Egypt. 1079 Seljuk. 1099 Crusaders. 1104 Jerusalem. 1187 Saladin. 1191 Crusaders. 1291 Mameluks. 1517 Turks. 1918 British. 1948 Israel.
Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.
Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.
Adelard of Bath. 1090-c1150. English mathematician/translator introduced Arabic numerals.
Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.
Adi Granth. Sacred Sikh scripture.
Adler, Alfred. 1870-1937. Austrian psychiatrist. Split with Freud, 1911.
Adlerian Psychology. Man is driven to attain power to compensate for “inferiority feeling”. Can lead to “Overcompensation”, e.g. short dictators. Neuroses are illnesses as an excuse for underachievement.
Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.
Admiralty Arch. 1910 London memorial to Q Victoria.
Adrian VI. 1459-1523. Only Dutch pope 1522-. Taught Erasmus.
Adullam. Biblical city in central Israel.
Aediles. 494BC-3C AD. Minor Roman magistrates.
Aeschylus. 524-456BC. Founded Greek tragic drama. Introduced 2nd actor, reduced chorus. Prometheus Bound. Seven Against Thebes, 467.
Aesop. Legendary/6C BC. Greek slave/fablist. Fox and Grapes. Hare andTortoise.
Aetius, Flavius. -454. Roman general, defeated Attila at Catalonia, 451.
Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.
Afghanistan. c200BC Aryan. 6C BC Achaemenid. 330 Alexander...Seleucid/ Maurya. 2C BC Persia/ India/ Parthia/ Kushan. 7C Arab (NW). 750 Persia (W)/ Hindu (E). 1219 Mongol...Timurid. 1525 Mogul. 1737 Persia. 1747 Monarchy. 19 C Britain/Russia dispute 1880 British suzerainty. 1919 Independent. 1973 Marxist coup, Republic. 1978 Communist coup. 1979 Russian occupation. 1989 Mujahideen expel Russians aided by CIA. 1990s Warlords. 2001 US attack Taliban.
AFL-CIO. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL 1886. CIO 1935. Merged, 1955. US labour union federation.
African Colonization. 1840-1920. 15C Portuguese exploration. 1884-1920 Africa divided by European powers. 1950- anti-colonial mvmts.
Agam, Yaacov. 1928-. Israeli optical artist.
Agora. Greek open-air market/meeting place.
Agrippa, Marcus V. 63-12BC. Roman general, supported Octavian.
Ahab. King of Israel 874-853BC.
Ahmad Shah Durrani. c1722-73. Founder, Afghanistan.