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47 matches to Wailing Wall
Wailing Wall, Battle. 1929. Jews battle Moslems.
Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.
Antoninus, Pius. 86-161. Roman Emperor 138-. Built Antonine Wall.
Aurelian. 214-75. Roman Emperor 270-. Restored rule of Europe. Began wall around Rome.
Balthazar. (Belshazzar). -539BC. Babylonian co-regent. Daniel read writing on his wall 539BC.
Berlin Wall. 1961-89. Soviet troops erect. US guarantees West Berlin’s freedom.
Breton. Language of Brittany, Cornwall.
Cadwaller. -689. Last Briton king; led people to Brittany.
Carothers, Wallace. 1896-1937. Invented nylon, 1935 at duPont.
Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.
Cornwallis Code. 1793. For civil servants in India. No private trade. No Indians in important posts.
Creek War. 1813-14. Creek Indians defeated by Jackson, give up lands to US.
Cronus. Greek Titan = Saturn. Swallowed own children.
Edward VIII. 1894-1972. King of UK 1936. Abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, became Duke of Windsor.
Flemings. Dutch speakers of north Belgium. Walloon.
Great Wall of China. Parts 4C BC. Joined 214-204BC.
Gropius, Walter. 1883-1969. German architect. Bauhaus director. Modern horizontal buildings, glass walls.
Hadrian. 76-138. Roman Emperor 117-. Built wall across England 122-36, Aelius Bridge 134. Rebuilt Greek cities.
Hsiung-nu. 5C BC-5C AD. Asian empire. Great Wall completed to keep them out 214-204BC.
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”. 1824-63. Mexican War and Confederacy general. Bull Run, Shenandoah, Antietam.
Jericho. c9000BC. First walled city. 2300BC Amorite. 1900BC Canaanite. c1300BC Israelites destroy.
Khrushchev, Nikita. 1894-1971. Soviet leader 1953-64. Berlin Wall 1961. Hungarian Uprising 1956. Malenkov.
Korah. Led Hebrew revolt vs Moses. Swallowed up by the earth.
Kremlin. 1156 walled city. Moscow Imperial Palace to 1712. Now houses Russian government.
Laurens, Henry. 1724-92. US President of Continental Congress 1777-8. Captured by British. Exchanged for Cornwallis.