Anglo-Russian Entente. 1907. Defined spheres of influence.

Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.

Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.

Anschluss. Austrian “reunification” with Germany, 1938 by plebiscite-99.75% for.

Aphrodite. Greek goddess of love and beauty, Roman Venus.

Apollo Program. 1961-72. US moon mission. Apollo 11 landing 1969.

Apostles. 12 disciples of Jesus. Also, first missionary to a country.

Appleton, Edward. 1892-1965. English physicist: Appleton ionospheric layer.

Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.

Aquinas, St Thomas. Thomas Aquinas, St.

Arab League. 1945. Non-aggression and cooperation treaty of Arab states. Collective Treaty of Defence, 1950, to defend against Israeli aggression.

Arafat, Yasir. 1929-2004. Arab Fatah PLO leader. President of Palestinian Authority 1996-.

Aranjuez, Revolt. 1808. Forced abdication of Charles IV (Spain) and dismissed Prime Minister.

Arc de Triomphe. Paris monument. Commissioned 1806 by Napoleon. Completed 1836.

Arcadian. Venetian paintings with Greek gods in Italian dress.

Ariosto, Ludovico. 1474-1533. Italian Renaissence poet, playwright: Orlando Furioso 1516.

Aristocracy. Gov’t by a privileged class.

Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.

Armenia. 9C BC Vannic kingdom. 8C BC Persians, Assyrians, Armenians settle. 521BC Persian. 331BC Alexander...Seleucid. 298 Rome. 387 Persia/Byzantine. 7C Moslem. 885 Independent kingdom. 1071 Seljuk. 13C Mongol. 1405 Ottoman/Persian. 1514 Ottoman. 1918 Independent. 1920 Russia/Turkey. 1990 Independent. CIS.

Armenian Massacres. 1894-1918. 1.8M Armenians killed in Turkey.

Arms, Assize of. 1181. Forced Brit. free men to acquire arms.

Arnhem, Battle. 1944. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to cross Rhine.

Arrhenius, Svante. 1859-1927. Swedish physicist, discoverer of ions.

Arsacids. 247BC-224 AD. Parthian dynasty ruling Persia and Mesopotamia. Def by Sassanians.

Artemis. Greek goddess of hunting. =Roman Diana.

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