Four Noble Truths. Basic Buddhist doctrine. Existence is suffering, suppressed by following the 8-fold path.

Francis Joseph II. 1906-89. Ruled Liechtenstein 1938-. Neutral in WWII. High tech, banking, Europe’s richest nation. Woman suffrage 1984.

French Revolution. 1789-99. Monarchy overthrown. Republic established 1792. Caused by Absolutism, financial crisis, Enlightenment. Terror. Napoleon. French Revolutionary Wars.

Froebel, Friedrich. 1782-1852. German kindergarten 1841. Creativity, personal development, social adjustment.

Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.

Fürstenbund. “League of Princes” 1785. Prussian-led association of German states vs Joseph II.

Fust, Johann. 1400-66. German partner of Gutenburg.

Garcia Iñiguez, Calixto. 1836-98. Cuban leader. Ten Years War. Spanish-American War.

Gellert, Christian. 1715-69. German Enlightenment poet, writer. Fables + Tales 1746-48.

Georgian Architecture. 1714-1830. Palladian, 1720-60. Adam, 1760-1800. Regency, 1810-37. Often red brick with white trim.

Gotham. English villagers, to avoid expense of entertaining King John, pretended to be fools.

Graces. Three beautiful attendants of Aphrodite. Aglaia, brightness. Euphrosyne, joy. Thalia, bloom.

Gray, Thomas. 1716-71. English poet. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 1751.

Griquas. Bastards. 19C Tribe of Hottentot-Boer half-castes.

Gutenberg, Johannes. 1400-68. German printer, inventor of movable type.

Heemskerk, Maerten van. 1498-1574. Dutch Mannerist painter.

Heidegger, Martin. 1889-1976. German Existentialist philosopher. Being and Time 1927.

Helsinki Accords. 1975. Human rights, freedom, co-operation. Reduced East-West tensions.

Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.

Hillary, Sir Edmund. 1919-2008. New Zealand, first to climb Mt. Everest, 1953, with Tenzig Norgay.

Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.

Homer. 8C BC. Greek poet: reputed to have written the Iliad 748 and Odyssey 727BC.

Hottentots. South African native tribe.

Hui-neng. 638-713. Chinese Zen priest. Satori-sudden enlightenment.

Incunabula. Books printed before 1500. Caxton. Gutenberg.

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