Se Ami. Japanese No dramatist. Offering of the Flowers 1395.

Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.

Alcmaeonidae. 7-5C BC. Prominent Athenian family. Pericles.

Aldine Editions. 1490-1597. Quality books printed by Aldo Manuzio and family, Venice.

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

Alia, Ramiz. 1925-. Albanian President 1982-92.

Alp-Arslan. c1030-72. Seljuk Sultan. Defeated Byzantines. Turks dominate Asia Minor.

Amanollah Khan. 1892-1960. Amir of Afghanistan 1919-29. Won independence from Britain, 1919.

Amati. 16-17C. Italian family of violin makers-taught Stradivari.

Amiens, Mise of. 1264. Louis IX arbitrated annulment of Provisions of Oxford. Barons War.

Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.

Amiens Cathedral. 1220-1270. Romanesque/Gothic.

Amin, Idi. c1926-. Uganda dictator 1971-9. Exile to France.

Amis, Kingsley. 1922-95. English novelist and poet. Angry Young Men. Lucky Jim 1954.

Amish. 17C-. Conservative Mennonites. 19-20C migrated to North America.

Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.

Anastasia. 1901-18.Daughter of Nicholas II, allegedly survived family execution.

Angry Young Men. 1950s British writers. Irreverence for establishment. Amis, Wain, Osborne.

Aramaeans. Ancient Semitic people of Mesopotamia, Syria. Language widespread 10C-5C BC. Alphabet 720 BC.

Archangels. Chief angels of Christian, Judaic, Islamic, other religions.

Archidamian War. 431-421BC. Peloponnesian War.

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

Asia Minor. = Anatolia.

Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.

Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.

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