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Abbasid. 750-1258. Second Empire of Caliphate dynasty. Overthrew Umayyads; destroyed by Mongols.
Achaeans. Greeks who beseiged Troy. May be originally Mycenaean or Doric.
Aeneas. Trojan hero of Virgil’s Aeneid.
Amazons. Mythical women warriors. Fought Greeks at Troy.
Amritsar. 1577 Sikh. 1761 Golden Temple destroyed; rebuilt 1764. 1849 India.
Bellerophon. Pegasus’ rider, destroyed the Chimera.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
Brute. Descendant of Aeneas, said to have founded New Troy at London..
Calchas. Wise Greek prophet at Troy. Advised use of Trojan Horse.
Capua. (Ancient) c600BC Etruria. c440BC Samnites. 338BC Rome. 216BC Hannibal. 211BC Rome. 456 Vandals. c840 Saracens destroy. Rebuilt as Sta Maria Capua Vetere.
Caroline Affair. 1837. Canadians destroy US vessel at Niagara for supplying rebels. Mackenzie.
Cassino. 1944. Town, monastery destroyed in German defence of route to Rome.
Chrétien de Troyes. 12C. French poet. Legend of King Arthur.
Copenhagen, Battle. 1801. Nelson destroys Danish fleet. 1807. British bomb Copenhagen.
Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.
Cressida. Unfaithful to Troilus, she deserted Troy for the Greeks.
Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.
Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.
Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.
Eretria. Greek city. Destroyed 490BC by Persia.
Falklands, Battle. 1914. British destroy German fleet.
Gomorrah. Licentious city destroyed by God. Sodom.
Hector. Prince, defender of Troy, killed by Achilles.
Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.
Henry V. 1387-1422. King of England 1413-. Claimed France. Victor at Agincourt. Treaty of Troyes.