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Amphitrite. Greek sea goddess. Wife of Poseidon.
Amram bar Shishna. -875. Hebrew scholar. Oldest prayer book. Seder Rab Amram.
Amritsar. 1577 Sikh. 1761 Golden Temple destroyed; rebuilt 1764. 1849 India.
Angevin Dynasty. Descendants of French House of Anjou. France -1480. Plantagenet Kings of England 1154-1485. Charles I of Anjou.
Anglo-American War. 1812-14. US, angry at British blockade of France, and Tippecanoe interference, invades Canada. Toronto and White House burned. US defeated. Ghent Treaty.
Aphrodite. Greek goddess of love and beauty, Roman Venus.
Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.
Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.
Aramaeans. Ancient Semitic people of Mesopotamia, Syria. Language widespread 10C-5C BC. Alphabet 720 BC.
Archimedes. 287-212BC. Greek mathematician: lever, screw. Principle of displacement of liquid. Screw pump 260BC. Catapult 215BC.
Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.
Artemis. Greek goddess of hunting. =Roman Diana.
Astarte. Semitic goddess. =Aphrodite.
Ate. Greek goddess of mischief.
Athena. Greek goddess of wisdom. = Minerva.
Atomism. 5C BC. World is an infinity of small indestructible particles. Leucippus.
Auer, Carl. 1858-1929. Austrian chemist. Incandescent gas lamp 1898.
Augsburg Confession. 1530. Doctrine of faith of Lutheran Church. Consubstantiation. Predestination. Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon.
Aurora. Roman goddess of dawn. = Eos.
Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.
Badakhshan. 255BC-1584. Kingdom in Bactria claiming direct descendance from Alexander the Great.
Baden-Powell, Robert. 1857-1941. English General, founded Boy Scouts 1908; Girl Guides with sister Agnes, 1910.
Bangladesh. c200BC Maurya. 4C BC Gupta. 8C Buddhist(E). 12C Hindu. 13C Turk. 1576-Mogul. 1857 Britain. 1947 = East Pakistan. 1971 Independent = Bangladesh.
Banville, Théodore de. 1823-91. French Parnassian poet. Early Symbolist. Odes funambulesques 1857.
Barricades, Day of the. 1588. Paris. Catholic League rebels vs Henry III.