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82 matches to Troy
Hiroshima. Japanese city destroyed 1945 by first A-bomb. 75000 killed.
Ionia. 1000BC Greeks colonize. 546BC Cyrus. 479 Independent. 334 Alexander. 133BC Rome. 15C Ottomans destroyed cities.
Isabella of Bavaria. 1371-1435. French Queen consort/regent 1389-1422. Recognized British heir to French throne. Treaty of Troyes. Hundred Years War.
Jericho. c9000BC. First walled city. 2300BC Amorite. 1900BC Canaanite. c1300BC Israelites destroy.
Jewish Revolts. vs Romans. 66-73: Failed, Temple destroyed. 132-5: Suppressed by Hadrian. Jews banished from Jerusalem.
Joshua. Old Testament hero. Led conquest of Canaan. Destroyed Jericho.
Kaliningrad. 1946- On site of Königsberg, destroyed 1945. Russian enclave surrounded by Poland, Lithuania.
Kamikaze. 1281 “Divine Wind”. Typhoon that destroyed Mongol invasion of Japan. 1944- suicide pilots. Okinawa.
Leda. Spartan Queen. Mother of Helen, Castor, Pollux.
Luddites. 1811-16. Workers who destroyed machines to stop the Industrial Revolution. Led by mythical Ned Ludd.
Magdeburg. 1631. German republic destroyed by Tilly in Thirty Years War.
Mahmud II. 1785-1839. Ottoman sultan 1808-. Lost Greece, Syria. Destroyed Janissaries.
Maine. 1898. US battleship destroyed at Havana. Excuse for Spanish American War.
Medway, Battle. 1667. Dutch destroy British fleet. Breda Treaty.
Megalopolis. 370-222BC. Greek city destroyed by Spartan Cleomenes III.
Memnon. Ethiopian king killed at Troy by Achilles.
Menelaus. King of Sparta. Husband of Helen of Troy.
Milan. c400BC Celtic. 222BC Rome. 539 Goths destroy. 12C Independent. 1277 Visconti. 1450 Sforzas. 1535 Spain. 1713 Austria. 1797 Napoleon. 1815 Austria. 1859 Sardinia. 1861 Italy.
Nagasaki. Japanese city destroyed by 2nd A-bomb, Aug 9, 1945.
Native Land Acts. 1862, 65-92. New Zealand abolishes tribal land ownership, destroying traditional Maori society.
Nebuchadnezzar II. c638-562BC. King of Babylon. 586 Destroyed Jerusalem and Temple. Babylonian Captivity. Built Hanging Gardens.
Odysseus. Hero of Odyssey. Conquered Troy. =Ulysses.
Oenone. Nymph wife of Paris. Deserted for Helen of Troy.
Ottoman Empire. 1300-1922. Turkish empire in Balkans, Near East, N Africa. Conquered Byzantine Empire. 1402 Destroyed by Tamerlane. 1413 Rebuilt by Mehmed. 1453 Conquered Constantinople. Eastern Question. Mehmed II. Süleiman the Magnificent. Turkey.
Palladium. Sacred image of Athena protecting Troy. Stolen by Odysseus.