Nagano, Osami. 1880-1947. Japanese admiral. Attacked Pearl Harbor.

Nagarjuna. c150-250. Indian Buddhist. Founded Madhyamika school. Clarified concept of Emptiness.

Namibia. Bushman. Nama, Dama. Ovambo, Herero. 1884 German protectorate. 1892 Colony = German South-West Africa. 1915 South Africa...League of Nations mandate. 1948 South Africa despite UN protest. 1990 Independent. SWAPO.

Nassau. German family which controlled the Rhine from 12C. One branch was House of Orange.

Neerwinden. 1693 Victory of Luxembourg over William of Orange.

Nernst, Walther. 1864-1941. German scientist: Third law of thermodynamics. Physical chemistry.

Nobel, Alfred. 1833-96. Swedish. Invented dynamite 1867. Founded Nobel Prize 1901.

Nonjurors. 1689. Clergy refusing to take oath of Allegiance to William and Mary.

Obote, Milton. 1925-. Ugandan Prime Minister/Pres 1962-71. Overthrown by Amin. Pres 1980-.

Old Kingdom. c2780-2160BC. Pyramid Age of Egypt.

Orange, House of. French dynasty influential in Netherlands. William I. William III.

Orsini. 12C-. Influential Roman family. Popes Celestine III, Nicholas III, Benedict XIII.

Pakistan. 25C BC Indus civilization. 15C BC Aryan. 6C Achaemenid. 326 Alexander. 4C BC Maurya Empire. c50 AD Kushan. 4C Gupta. 5C Hun. 8C Moslem. 11C Turks. 1206 Delhi Sultanate. 1526 Mogul. 1780 Sikh. 1840 British India. 1947 Independent. 1956 Islamic Republic. 1971 -Bangladesh.

Pei, I.M. 1917-. Chinese/US architect. Kennedy Airport 1960. Place Ville-Marie. Louvre Pyramid.

Pergamum. 5C BC-. Attalid capital 3-2C BC of Mysia in Asia Minor.

Pestalozzi, Johann. 1746-1827. Swiss educator. Modern primary education system. Paced development from familiar to new. Lienhard and Gertrude 1781-9. How Gertrude Teaches 1801.

Phrygia. 13-6C BC. Kingdom dominating Asia Minor.

Pissarro, Camille. 1830-1903. French Impressionist painter of street scenes. Boulevard Montmartre 1897.

Pontus. 3C-66BC. Asia Minor kingdom conquered by Rome.

Prakrit. Family of Indic languages from which Indo-Aryan springs.

Prandtl, Ludwig. 1875-1953. German “father” of aerodynamics.

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

Pure Land Buddhism. 4C China, Japan. Followers of Buddha saviour Amitabha (Amida, O-mi-t’o). Paradise for invoking his name.

Pyramids. c2686-2160BC. Oldest of Seven Wonders.

Pyramids, Battle. 1798. Napoleon wins access to Cairo.

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