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Roosevelt, Theodore. 1858-1919. US president 1901-9 after McKinley assassination. Founded Bull Moose Party 1912. Led Rough Riders. Panama Canal Zone.
Rough Riders. 1898. US volunteer cavalry in Spanish American War under Roosevelt. Won San Juan hill.
San Juan Hill, Battle. 1898. Part of Battle of Santiago. US defeat Spain in Cuba. Roosevelt. Rough Riders.
Wood, Leonard. 1860-1927. US military surgeon. Co-founder of Rough Riders.
Alphabet. 1500BC. Semitic invention developed through mnemonic, pictorial, ideographic, and phonetic stages.
Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.
Axis Pact. 1936-45. German-Italian Agreement, 1936. Cooperative alliance maintained through WWII. Allied with Spain, 1939; Japan, 1936. Yugoslavia 1941. Tripartite Pact.
Baha’ism. 1863-. Founded by Baha (1817-92), disciple of Bab. Religion advocating world peace, through unification of mankind.
Barons War. 1264-7. England. Led by Montfort vs Henry III’s spending. Evesham. Oxford Provisions. Ended by Marlborough Statute.
Barth, Karl. 1886-1968. Swiss Protestant theologian. Can only understand God through word of Christ.
Baudricourt, Robert. Brought Joan of Arc to Charles VII.
Belize. 4-9C Maya. 17C Buccaneers. 17C English settle. 17,18C Slaves brought. 1862 Colony =British Honduras. 1964 Self-government. 1973 =Belize. 1981 Independent.
Blenheim, Battle. 1704. Bavaria. Marlborough’s victory in War of Spanish Succession. First French defeat in 50 years, saves Vienna.
Boris I. -907. Ruler 852-89. Spread Christianity through Bulgaria.
Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.
Burns, Robert. 1759-96. Scottish national poet: Auld Lang Syne, Comin’ Through the Rye. Kilmarnock Edition 1786.
Burroughs, Edgar. 1875-1950. US writer. Tarzan 1912.
Burroughs, William. 1855-98. Cash Register 1888.
Canton System. 1759-1842. All China foreign trade through Canton.
Capella, Martianus. 4-5C. Carthaginian liberal arts curriculum. Influential through Middle Ages.
Chess. 7C Indian game evolved from earlier board games with carved pieces. 750 China. 10C Moslems brought to Europe. 1254 banned by Louis IX.
Chu Hsi. 1130-1200. Chinese Neo-Confucian. Four Books 1189. Individual goodness can be brought out by study of the classics.
Churchill, John. 1650-1722. Marlborough.
Cocoa. 1494 brought to Europe by Columbus.
Cole, George. 1889-1959. English economist/journalist: The Intelligent Man’s Guide Through World Chaos.