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Crispi, Francesco. 1819-1901. Italian Prime Minister 1887~96. Thousand.
Cunaxa, Battle. 401BC. Failed revolt vs Artaxerxes II. Retreat of the Ten Thousand.
Harun-ar-Rashid. c764-809. Abbasid Caliph, 786-. Subject of One Thousand and One Nights.
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. 1917-. US historian. A Thousand Days 1965.
South Sea Bubble. 1711-20. England sold trade monopolies to reduce National Debt. Their resale at speculative prices led to financial ruin for thousands. George I implicated. Walpole.
Sulla, Lucius. 138-78BC. Roman consul 88-79. Dictator 82-79. Civil war with Marius. Murdered thousands of opponents. Conquered Athens. Constitutional reforms.
Ten Thousand, Expedition of. 401BC. Xenophon leads Persian-paid Greek mercenaries out of Iraq.
Ten Thousand Immortals. Core of Achaemenid army.
Thousand, Expedition of the. 1860. Garibaldi takes Sicily, Naples for Victor Emmanuel II.
Two Thousand Words. 1968. Czech proclamation supporting Dubcek reforms prompts Russian Invasion.
Wallenberg, Raoul. 1912-47?. Swedish diplomat. Saved thousands of Jews in WWII Budapest. Jailed by Soviets. Holocaust.
Xenophon. 431-350BC. Greek general/historian. Expedition of Ten Thousand. Anabasis. Hellenica.