Alfonso XIII. 1886-1941. King of Spain 1886-1931. Survived 5 assassination attempts. Support for Primo de Rivera weakened monarchy.

Boulle, Pierre. 1912-94. French novelist. Bridge on the River Kwai 1952.

Charon. Ferryman on River Styx.

Durand, Asher. 1796-1886. US painter. Founded Hudson River school.

Falange. 1933-37. Spanish Fascist party founded by Primo de Rivera. Merged with Franco 1937. Won civil war.

Henze, Hans. 1926-. German/Italian composer. Combines German intellectualism with Italian lyricism. We Come to the River 1976.

Hudson River. 1825-75. US Romantic landscape painting school.

Kahlo, Frida. 1907-54. Mexican painter in brilliant colors. Self portraits. Rivera.

Lethe. Greek mythical river of forgetfulness in Hades.

Lorelei. Rhine river cliff. Siren lures sailors to death.

Maritsa River, Battle. 1371. Ottomans defeat Serbs. Turkey expands in Balkans.

Mesopotamia. 5000BC. Tigris-Euphrates river plain where civilization began. 550BC Persia. 331BC Alexander. 115 Rome. 637 Moslem. 13C Mongol. 1534 Ottoman. Babylon. Akkad. Ur. Iraq.

Primo de Rivera, Miguel. 1879-1930. Spanish fascist dictator 1923- by coup. Ended Moroccan War 1927.

Revera, Miguel Primo de. Primo de Revera, Miguel.

Rivera, Diego. 1886-1957. Mexican mural painter. Murals at Rockefeller Center 1933. Kahlo.

Rubicon. Italian river crossed by Caesar to wage war vs Roman Senate 49BC.

Styx. River of Hades. Souls ferried by Charon.

Tigris-Euphrates. SW Asian river system. Assyrian, Chaldean civilizations.

Tolls. 1109, Elbe River. 1264, English roads.

Ur. 4000BC Sumerian city on Euphrates River. Mesopotamian capital 26~21C BC.

Yarmuk River, Battle. 636. Arabs defeat Byzantines, dominate Syria.

Acadia. 1605 French colony centerd in Nova Scotia. 18C resettled by British.

Angola. Bantu. 1482 Cao discovers.1641-8 Dutch. 1575 Portuguese colony. 1975 Independent.

Barbuda. 1628 British Colony. 1680 Cordington family possession. 19C British Crown Colony. 1981 Independent Antigua and Barbuda.

Belize. 4-9C Maya. 17C Buccaneers. 17C English settle. 17,18C Slaves brought. 1862 Colony =British Honduras. 1964 Self-government. 1973 =Belize. 1981 Independent.

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