Acupuncture. 2500BC.- Chinese treatment with needles.

Adad. Babylonian, Assyrian weather god.

Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.

Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.

Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.

Adler, Alfred. 1870-1937. Austrian psychiatrist. Split with Freud, 1911.

Adlerian Psychology. Man is driven to attain power to compensate for “inferiority feeling”. Can lead to “Overcompensation”, e.g. short dictators. Neuroses are illnesses as an excuse for underachievement.

Adonis. Beautiful youth, beloved of Aphrodite and Persephone, worshipped by the Phoenicians.

Adoptionism. 8C Christian heresy. Christ was born human, became divine after baptism.

Adrian IV. c1100-59. Only English pope 1150-. Crowned Barbarossa.

Adrianople, Treaty. 1829. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Ottomans cede control of Greece.

Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.

Aelfric. c955-1010. Anglo-Saxon writer. Love of the Saints.

Aeolus. Greek king (later, god) of the winds.

Afghanistan. c200BC Aryan. 6C BC Achaemenid. 330 Alexander...Seleucid/ Maurya. 2C BC Persia/ India/ Parthia/ Kushan. 7C Arab (NW). 750 Persia (W)/ Hindu (E). 1219 Mongol...Timurid. 1525 Mogul. 1737 Persia. 1747 Monarchy. 19 C Britain/Russia dispute 1880 British suzerainty. 1919 Independent. 1973 Marxist coup, Republic. 1978 Communist coup. 1979 Russian occupation. 1989 Mujahideen expel Russians aided by CIA. 1990s Warlords. 2001 US attack Taliban.

African Colonization. 1840-1920. 15C Portuguese exploration. 1884-1920 Africa divided by European powers. 1950- anti-colonial mvmts.

African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.

Africanus Sextus. c180-250. Wrote chronology of World, Creation to 221 AD.

Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.

Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.

Agnosticism. Huxley’s term for not knowing whether God exists or not.

Agricola, G. J. 40-93. Roman governor who subdued Britain.

Agrippina. c16-59. Roman princess, who poisoned husband Claudius. Killed by son Nero.

Aiken, Conrad. 1889-1973. US poet, short story writer. Silent Snow, Secret Snow 1934.

Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd. 1916. World’s first airline, Britain.

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