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South West Africa. German South-West Africa. Namibia.
African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.
Afrikaans. Dutch-derived language of South Africa.
Albigenses. (Cathars). Southern French ascetic Neo-Manichean heretic Christian sect. Eliminated by 13th Crusade, 1208-1229 and Inquisition.
American Civil War. 1861-5. Abolitionist North defeats slave-owning South. Britain and France support South, Russia supports North. Union. Confederacy.
Amundsen, Roald. 1872-1928. Norwegian explorer, first to South Pole, 1911; NW Passage, 1906.
Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.
Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.
Armagnac. Former county of southwest France, now Gascogne. 960 Independent. 1360 English. 1607 France.
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Bantu. Language of 60M natives in Southern Africa.
Barnard, Christian. 1922-2001. South African surgeon-first human heart transplant 1967.
Belgae. 150BC Celts in north Gaul. 75BC to south of England.
Boer War. 1899-1902. British defeat Boer Republic in South Africa. Vereeniging.
Boers. 17-19C Dutch settlers in South Africa. Great Trek.
Bolivar, Simon. 1783-1830. “Liberator of South America”. 1812- Led rebels in Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru.
Botha, Louis. 1862-1919. First Prime Minister 1910- of South Africa.
Boyacá, Battle. 1819. South American rebels win independence from New Granada from Spain. Bolivar. Santander.
Bushmen. South African tribe. = San.
Cable, George. 1844-1925. US author on color problem: Ole Creole Days 1879. Silent South 1885.
Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.
Cape Colony. 1806 British colony. South Africa.
Cape of Good Hope. Bantu. 1652 Dutch. 1814 British Cape Colony. 1910 Province, South Africa.
China. T’ang(leg). Yü (leg). c1994BC Hsia. c1500 Shang. c1027 Chou. 481 Warring States. 221 Ch’in. 202BC Han. 220 AD Three Kingdoms. 265 Chin. 386 Northern Dyn(N)/420 Southern Dyn(S). 581 Sui rebuild. 618 T’ang. 10C Five dyn/Ten kingdoms. 960 Sung. 1279 Yüan (Mongol). 1368 Ming. 1644 Ch’ing (Manchu). 1912 Republic. 1938-44 Japanese occupation. 1949 People’s Republic.